Yet another right wing action film from Cannon Films, P.O.W. The Escape (love that title) feeds the fantasy that American servicemen were abandoned by their country when the Vietnam War wound down in 1974. In a part surely written for Chuck Norris, David Carradine plays Colonel Cooper, a macho American soldier charged with getting 'behind enemy lines' and liberating a bunch of prisoners from the brutal hands of the Viet Cong, personified by evil and two-faced Captain Vinh (Mako). There's action aplenty, naturally, a lot of convoluted plot machinations revolving around some stolen gold, and some absurd developments that keep the characters chasing after each other in the most unlikely circumstances. Chuck Norris' favourite (and best) sidekick, Steve James, is on hand as well, and his presence (plus the Philippines location work) makes this a classic entry in the Cannon canon.
Review of P.O.W. the Escape
