6 Films & TV Shows Set In Thailand During The 1980s

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  The Mule

  🇹🇭 Thailand Victoria The 1980s

  It's what's inside that counts. — In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.

  Released in 2014 • 103 minutes
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  The Railway Man

  🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇹🇭 Thailand The 1980s The 1940s

  Revenge is never a straight line. — A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

  Released in 2013 • 116 minutes
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  Rambo III

  🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇹🇭 Thailand The 1980s

  The first was for himself. The second for his country. This time it's to save his friend. — Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.

  Released in 1988 • 102 minutes
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  Vice Versa

  Illinois 🇹🇭 Thailand The 1980s

  Just when he was ready for mid-life crisis, something unexpected came up. Puberty. — A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

  Released in 1988 • 98 minutes
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  Braddock: Missing in Action III

  🇹🇭 Thailand The 1970s The 1980s

  He's fighting for everyone who can't fight back. — When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the country and ends up battling his way out with several dozen abused Amerasian children in tow! Struggling to keep them alive while outmaneuvering a sadistic Vietnamese officer, Braddock ignites the jungle in a blazing cross-country race for freedom.

  Released in 1988 • 101 minutes
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  Rambo: First Blood Part II

  🇻🇳 Vietnam 🇹🇭 Thailand The 1980s

  What most people call hell, he calls home. — John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

  Released in 1985 • 96 minutes