A veteran of the Vietnam War who spent several years as a prisoner of war is convinced that there are still American soldiers being held prisoners in Vietnam camps, and decides to rescue them.
A fairly insane movie, yet not an altogether bad one, once you watch it with the proper spirit. Cannon, the company behind it, specialized in low-budget films, many of them rip-offs of bigger productions. Missing in Action is sometimes tagged as a Rambo rip-off due to certain similarities between the protagonists of both franchises. It should be pointed out, though, that the first Rambo film, called First Blood, had a very different plot, and the second one appeared after Missing in Action. In plot, it is closer to Uncommon Valor (1983), which is a superior film, and not in the low-brow surreal genre as this one.
Rating: 34
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