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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
For the crimes against the people of "MIA2 appreciators", I now sentence you to........
I've loved this film since I was a kid, and when it first came out in the US coupled with the 3rd film in the series, I was a little miffed it didn't get a separate release, but was rapt anyway - anything was better than nothing. But then there was horror - the US version is cropped 4:3 pan and scan - devastating.
I've just been living in England for 5 months this year and to my great surprise, saw this version of the film - and it's in WIDESCREEN. I'm now back in OZ with my UK copy very safely in tow - and it ain't leavin'!
You lose! (if you don't buy this version)
I've loved this film since I was a kid, and when it first came out in the US coupled with the 3rd film in the series, I was a little miffed it didn't get a separate release, but was rapt anyway - anything was better than nothing. But then there was horror - the US version is cropped 4:3 pan and scan - devastating.
I've just been living in England for 5 months this year and to my great surprise, saw this version of the film - and it's in WIDESCREEN. I'm now back in OZ with my UK copy very safely in tow - and it ain't leavin'!
You lose! (if you don't buy this version)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Missing in Action was an entertaining Chuck Norris vehicle in which he plays Colonel Braddock, an ex POW in Vietnam hell bent on going back in to rescue more unfortunates trapped in the country. In this entertaining pre-sequel we see Braddock's earlier adventures as a POW that led up to the events of the first film.
There's nothing startlingly original here. American POW's are being tortured so as to force Braddock into signing some confession or other. Braddock refuses to bend to pressure and the tortures become nastier and nastier as a duel between Braddock and the eviller than thou camp commandant escalates. This includes one particularly shocking scene with a rat, which is probably just a home video of Chuck Norris eating his normal breakfast. There is a side plot involving drug smuggling and gun running that seems to have been included merely as an excuse to get a helicopter into the camp. The first 2 thirds of the film show the increasing cruelty towards the POW's and can be quite intense, the final third shows the consequences when Braddock finally breaks and goes into super-heroic action mode.
Norris plays Braddock with his patented style of self righteous moralistic goodness, so heroic it gives you a headache, and often it seems that all he has to do is point his beard aggressively at a bad guy and they fall over. The grand finale, where he and the camp commandant finally go head to head is a well done and thoroughly entertaining effort.
A fairly standard entry in the Norris Oeuvre, but a middling Norris film is still pretty entertaining fare, so 4 stars.
There's nothing startlingly original here. American POW's are being tortured so as to force Braddock into signing some confession or other. Braddock refuses to bend to pressure and the tortures become nastier and nastier as a duel between Braddock and the eviller than thou camp commandant escalates. This includes one particularly shocking scene with a rat, which is probably just a home video of Chuck Norris eating his normal breakfast. There is a side plot involving drug smuggling and gun running that seems to have been included merely as an excuse to get a helicopter into the camp. The first 2 thirds of the film show the increasing cruelty towards the POW's and can be quite intense, the final third shows the consequences when Braddock finally breaks and goes into super-heroic action mode.
Norris plays Braddock with his patented style of self righteous moralistic goodness, so heroic it gives you a headache, and often it seems that all he has to do is point his beard aggressively at a bad guy and they fall over. The grand finale, where he and the camp commandant finally go head to head is a well done and thoroughly entertaining effort.
A fairly standard entry in the Norris Oeuvre, but a middling Norris film is still pretty entertaining fare, so 4 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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CHUCKS BACK! M.I.A 2 IS GOOD STUFF FROM MR NORRIS AGAIN. A GOOD STORY TO KEEP YOU INTERESTED AND ALTHOUGH THE END FIGHT IS NOT UP TO PAR OF OTHER CHUCKS FILMS, IT'S STILL ONE TO OWN! HAVE YET NOT SEEN M.I.A.3 AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THIS COUNTRY-ONLY THROUGH OVERSEAS SELLERS..PITY THE WHOLE TRILOGY IS NOT RELEASED IN BOX SET!
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