Missing in Action 2 & 3 (The Beginning and Braddock)

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Summary: Double play DVD
Review: 2 films, both sadistic and great. MIA 2 is a pure classic while MIA 3 aint bad either. MIA 1 is awful and should be avoided at all costs.
Here you get MIA 2 and 3 on a single two-sided disc. Cant go wrong I say- heres two powerful Cannon Golan Globis films from the mid/late 1980's. These films are timeless.
MIA 3 has the fall of Saigon, while MIA 2 deals with tasteless POW prison camp routines. Very well done indeed.

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Summary: Plot holes abound....
Review: After recently purchasing the Missing in Action 2 & 3 double feature dvd, I have have noticed many plot holes in connecting the series. Missing in Action 2 isn't near as guilty as part 3, but it still has a few. MIA 2 is a prequel to the original so hence it takes place befor it with Braddock getting captured and held in a POW camp. The only real plot holes it it doesn't contain the characters out of Braddocks past that were present in the first film. These characters are the sadistic guard that tortured Braddock and his war time buddy M. Emmit Walsh. These plot holes were acceptables as the filmmakers didn't know they were going to make a sequel when the first film was made so the actors were probably not available or maybe the writers just found it easier to ignore the characters altogether. Now moving on to MIA 3. MIA 3 begins with Braddock being in Siagon when America is pulling out. Anyone who has seen the first two films know that this cannot be as Braddock was captured before teh war was over and was held in a POW camp for 7 years in which during that time the war ended. It mentions in the second film that the POWs didn't even know that the war was over. The film also has Braddock have a Vietamanese wife which he presumes is dead after an explosion in Siagon. This also cannot be as it says in MIA 2 that Braddock has a wife back in the states. Its as if the writers decided to go a whole new direction with the character Braddock and totally ignore the first two films. Maybe they were hoping that the audiences wouldn't remember the plots of the first films or that they just wouldn't care, but there are a few people like me that do care and such carelessness for plot holes makes us a little angry. But then again its only a MIA movie so I shouldn't get too worked up over it. Even though they have plot holes, I found both films to be highly entertianing B-Grade action films in the vein of the Rambo series. I even found it interesting on how the title Braddock: Missing in Action III is reminicent of Rambo: First Blood, Part II. Maybe the filmmakers were trying to get Braddock to be a household action name as with Rambo, which obviously they did not succeed in.

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Summary: Double play DVD
Review: Classic battle of good (Norris) vs. evil (Viet Cong/North Vietnamese). Evil is no match for Mr. Norris. You've got to love it when Colonel Braddock (Norris) goes to work on the bad guys.

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Summary: Chuck Norris --- One-Man Wrecking Crew
Review: Classic battle of good (Norris) vs. evil (Viet Cong/North Vietnamese). Evil is no match for Mr. Norris. You've got to love it when Colonel Braddock (Norris) goes to work on the bad guys.

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Summary: CHUCK IS BACK!!!!
Review: Get ready for the ride of your life in this awesome take no prisoners, balls to the wall,bone crunching, action packed thriller. Chuck Norris stars as Colonel Braddock, a man who knows how to kick [booty]. Chuck norris never fails to amaze me with his brilliant acting, and his abilitly to whoop some [booty]. The man is a genius, he can wipe out a whole town with a couple gernade, the man is a god. I lost count on how many times a gasped in amazement due to the artistry of Chuck. It is a sad world we live in , when ones talent is not recognized....WHERE'S THE ACADEMY AWARD???? This movie is the greatest movie ever!!!!

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Summary: missing in action 2 , the best of the series
Review: in my opinion part two is the best of the serie, chuck norris is in verry good shape and the action is also verry good.
in this part you see how everything is begon,and then it goes ferther in part one and then part three.
i think this is his second best film he made,(the best film is absolutly lone wolf mcquade).
about the dvd release , its verry sad that its no widescreen version and part 3 is not that good , but you could say you get it for free , and it is not a bad movie , there is enough action in it.

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Summary: WOW! MIA 2 & 3 FOR ONE LOW PRICE!!
Review: The MIA movies are all great. I like the first one the best but 2 and 3 were also very entertaining. These are great movies and with 2 and 3 together at a great price it just don't get any better!