Missing In Action(1984) May 2026

Teaming up with an old war buddy, (played by M. Emmet Walsh ), Braddock launches a covert, one-man rescue mission deep into the jungle to bring his fellow soldiers home. Highlights & Key Features

Released in 1984, Missing in Action is a quintessential 80s action-war film that solidified Chuck Norris as a premier action star. Directed by Joseph Zito, the film taps into the "Vietnam POW/MIA" subgenre, famously similar in theme to Rambo: First Blood Part II . The Plot Missing in Action(1984)

The story follows (Chuck Norris), a former POW who escaped a brutal Vietnamese prison camp ten years prior. Haunted by the belief that American soldiers are still being held captive, Braddock joins a government investigation in Ho Chi Minh City. When diplomatic efforts fail and the Vietnamese government denies the existence of any prisoners, Braddock goes rogue. Teaming up with an old war buddy, (played by M