The Interrogation of Muscular POW

The Interrogation of Muscular P.O.W. is a 2014 war drama-action film starring Belarusian bodybuilder-turned-actor Vitaly Rudakovskiy, Chong Yuk-Lan, Mike Sherman, and George Cheung. It was directed, written and produced by Rowan Ian Pacey, and shot in the Vietnam.

Plot

Group of American commandos goes for the secret mission in Vietnam. The team's lead, tough guy lieutenant John Schaefer (Rudakovskiy) separates from his unit and gets captured by the opponents. He is taken to the hidden village and is imprisoned in the main camp. Held in captivity, the soldier is interrogated for long months, tortured for information everyday. Vietnamese soldiers subject him to electric shocks, whip him, scorch his body with cigarettes, cut his muscles with a knife, etc. Schaefer stays strong and remain the tortures in silent, not giving his interrogators any answers.

Cast

• Vitaly Rudakovskiy as Lieutenant John Schaefer
• Chong Yuk-Lan as General Tong Po
• George Cheung as General Vihn
• Mike Sherman as Corporal Brad Johnson
• Li Jun as Sung Li
• Mark Wilson as Private Kennedy
• Yuen Wang as female interrogator

Production

The Interrogation of Muscular P.O.W. was shoot as an independent film. Principal filming began in March 2013. Some of the torture scenes were filmed with Rudakovskiy being in complete [...]. To prepare himself for the film, Rudakovskiy – who is professional bodybuilder – trained for almost a year prior to shooting in order to get an even better, more muscular shape than his usual. George Cheung, cast as sadistic Vietnamese General, played a torturer in action film classic Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). Many of scenes in The Interrogation of Muscular P.O.W. were inspired by Rambo sequel.

Release

The film's release date was set for January 26, 2014.

See also

• List of Belarusian films
• Prisoner of war