Missing in Action (1984)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.7/10   

Director:

Joseph Zito

Escritores:

Arthur Silver (characters) &
Larry Levinson (characters) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 noviembre 1984 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Guerra

Frase comercial:

The war's not over until the last man comes home.

Plot:

Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago...

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam | Colonel | Mia | Cartoon | Saigon

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Chuck Norris vehicle as tough Colonel Braddock followed by two sequels

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 10

1:45 PM

AMC

Reparto

Chuck Norris	...	Col. James Braddock
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Tuck
David Tress	...	Sen. Porter
Lenore Kasdorf	...	Ann
James Hong	...	Gen. Trau
Ernie Ortega	...	Vinh
Pierrino Mascarino	...	Jacques
Erich Anderson	...	Masucci (as E. Erich Anderson)
Joseph Carberry	...	Carter
Avi Kleinberger	...	Dalton
Willie Williams	...	Randall
Ric Segreto	...	GI
Bella Flores	...	Madame Pearl
Gil Arceo	...	First Vietnamese Businessman
Roger Dantes	...	Second Vietnamese Businessman

También conocida como:

Desaparecido en combate (Spain) [es]

Duración:

101 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (2000) | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1985) | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | Netherlands:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Philippines

Compañía:

Cannon Group

Trivialidades:

In his autobiography, Chuck Norris stated that he made this film as a memorial honor of his younger brother Wieland, who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1970.

Citas:

Col. James Braddock: The misfortunes of war!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The Hunting Party (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

Living on the Edge

Chuck Norris vehicle as tough Colonel Braddock followed by two sequels

A Vietnam war vet and previous POW goes back to Vietnam ten years later.When Braddock arrives is accused of war crimes by a Vietnam general(James Hong).Then he schemes to free an American soldiers group still held prisoners in a far prison camp into Vietnam.As long as he's there, he decide to head Thailand where is pursued by a former enemy who tortured him in the concentration camp where was prisoner.He's helped by a friend gunrunner(M.Emmet Walsh).The two-fisted Colonel Braddock tries continuously free the prisoners held captives suffering various tortures in charge of the camp wardens and the evil ruler.

This is a routine actioner with Karate star Chuck Norris as the Vietnam veteran in one of the best roles,he's nice as tough,cold,stubborn Colonel Braddock.It's a predictable, shallow and brainless film though will like to Chuck Norris enthusiastic but contains some excellent action sequences(when Braddock shot with machine gun or scenes of bounds and leaps of motorboat).In the wake of ¨Uncommon courage¨(Ted Kotcheff)and RamboII(George Pan Cosmatos)with Norris attempting to imitate at Silver Stallone or Arnold Schwarnezzegger like an one army man.The film is the original from a trilogy,concerning the second part (directed by Lance Hool,the first's producer)about tortures and suffering of Braddock into prisoners camp and the third part(directed by Aaron Norris,Chuck's brother)upon the looking for his wife after downfall Saigon.In the three movies there are a nasties,ominous villains well played by Asian players: James Hong,Soon Teck Oh,Aki Aelong with offensive racial stereotypes.Appropriate music score by Jay Chattaway and adequate cinematography by cameraman Joao Fernandez.The motion picture is produced by Cannon films(Mennahem Golan ,Yoram Globus)and professionally directed by Joseph Zito(USA invasion,again with Norris).