If you loved Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, try Flight of the Phoenix

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

1985 · dir. Lance Hool

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Flight of the Phoenix

2004 · dir. John Moore

What they share

Theyboth carry the epic mood tag, and they sit in Action / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

epic

What Flight of the Phoenix is

Gobi Desert sandstorm, a cargo plane shudders. A crashed C-119 Flying Boxcar, oil workers and a drifter stranded, rebuilding begins. John Moore's pragmatic touch grounds the survival tale.

If you loved Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, try Flight of the Phoenix

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning

Flight of the Phoenix

What they share

What Flight of the Phoenix is

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