How Chuck Norris Helped Bring Down Communism

DON’T F**K WITH CHUCK

At a time when travel and video players were illegal in Romania, smuggled Chuck Norris tapes gave people a window to the West.

Published Dec. 30 2015 12:01AM EST

In the 1984 Chuck Norris film Missing In Action, there’s a scene in which Norris, as a former POW who has returned to Vietnam looking for MIAs, is captured and strung upside down by Vietnamese soldiers.

Lewis Beale

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How Chuck Norris Helped Bring Down Communism

At a time when travel and video players were illegal in Romania, smuggled Chuck Norris tapes gave people a window to the West.

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Lewis Beale