# Missing in Action 2 - Die Rückkehr (1985)

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**Original title**: *Missing in Action 2: The Beginning*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Action, War, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Lance Hool
**Written by**: Steve Bing, Larry Levinson, Arthur Silver
**Starring**: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, John Wesley, Professor Toru Tanaka, John Otrin

> *Chuck Norris is back! A one-man time bomb set to explode!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Monsoon rains hammer a jungle clearing, 1972.  
A downed helicopter pilot watches prisoners dig trenches under rifle butts, their ribs visible through soaked shirts.  
This is Rambo’s war before Rambo—grittier, less heroic, all mud and method.

**Mood tags**: raw

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