Missing in Action - Watch Order: Story Timeline

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1984 - 19883 Films5h 4m3 Average

This chronological watch order follows Braddock's story from his original capture during the Vietnam War through his subsequent rescue missions. Beginning with The Beginning provides the full context for Braddock's motivations and experiences that drive the events of the first film.

The timeline flows naturally from Braddock's imprisonment and escape, to his return mission for other POWs, and finally to the discovery and rescue of his own family members still trapped in Vietnam.

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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning poster

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

19851h 40m3
Director: Lance Hool
Cast: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, John Wesley, Professor Toru Tanaka

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.

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Missing in Action poster

Missing in Action

19841h 41m3.1
Director: Joseph Zito
Cast: Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress, Lenore Kasdorf, James Hong

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

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Braddock: Missing in Action III

19881h 43m3
Director: Aaron Norris
Cast: Chuck Norris, Aki Aleong, Yehuda Efroni, Floyd Levine, Jack Rader

When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.

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