Braddock - Missing in Action 3

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Movie
German title Braddock - Missing in Action 3
Original title Braddock: Missing in Action III
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1988
length approx. 104 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Aaron Norris
script James Bruner
Chuck Norris
production Yoram Globe
Menahem Golan
music Jay Chattaway
camera João Fernandes
cut Ken Bornstein
Michael J. Duthie
occupation

Braddock - Missing in Action 3 is an American action film from 1988 starring Chuck Norris .

After Missing in Action and its prequel Missing in Action 2 - The Return , this is the final part of the trilogy " Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris as Colonel James Braddock . The film is a Cannon Films production .

action

12 years after the end of the Vietnam War , Colonel James Braddock returns to the scene to free his Asian wife Lin and his 12-year-old son, believed to be dead, from the hands of the communists.

Armed with high technology, Braddock fights his way inland from the coast of Vietnam . After he has found his wife and son, he wants to leave the country with them, but is tracked down by the military; in the process his wife is shot. Braddock and his son are arrested. They later manage to escape. His son is hiding in Pastor Polanski's orphanage. The communists track down Braddock's son and imprison him again, along with all the American-Asian orphans and their carers, Pastor Polanski. Braddock finds out about this and is able to free all detainees after a battle with the military.

Together they set off to the safe border to Thailand and hijack a transport plane on their escape, but it is shot at from the ground, causing a leak. Braddock is then forced to make an emergency landing. The plane was badly damaged on touchdown, but all occupants were able to disembark unharmed and continue their flight to the nearby Thai border. Once there, there is now one last bridge to cross. Colonel Braddock takes up the fight with the communist military again and achieves the final victory thanks to the support of US attack helicopters called for help.

Reviews

“The crude sequel is particularly unpleasant against the current political background. Was it heroic clichés like that of Chuck Norris that shaped the political consciousness of [...] US President George W. Bush ? Action figures usually do not care about international law or international treaties. They act according to the law of the fittest. The world still seems simple. "

- TV movie

“The third part of the series 'Missing in Action' is again wildly exaggerated action cinema with questionable enemy images; in the violent scenes of the German version, cut by around 20 minutes, but more reserved. "

- Lexicon of international film

background

  • The basic idea of ​​the film goes back to Chuck Norris and his brother Aaron, who both came into contact with reports of American soldiers who wanted to bring their children, who were born in Vietnam during the war, to the United States.
  • The original director was Joseph Zito , who canceled after budget cuts. Due to the reduced funds, the original script was not realized by James Bruner, who then left the production and did not take part in the subsequent script changes. The film was his last involvement in a Cannon production.
  • The film was not shot on the original location in Vietnam, but in the Philippines .
  • There is a geographical flaw in the film: Vietnam and Thailand do not have a common border (in fact, Vietnam borders Laos and Cambodia in the west ).
  • The film opened on January 22, 1988 and grossed approximately $ 6 million at the US box office. Compared to his two predecessors, he made the least profit.
  • A helicopter crash occurred during filming, in which four people died and several people were seriously injured.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://my.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/braddock-missing-in-action-iii,1320128,ApplicationMovie.html
  2. ^ Braddock - Missing in Action 3. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, Hille 2013, p. 228f.
  4. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 229f.
  5. ^ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 235.
  6. ↑ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 227.
  7. ^ Tobias Hohmann: Norris, p. 233.