Rambo kills a bunch of people in the most over the top bloody way possible. What more did you except and what more did you want?
This movie is never going to win any awards and I won't argue that it should. Regardless of this though, it is pure fun. This movie follows a simple formula that we are familiar with but does it very well. Some people do horrible evil things and Rambo plots revenge against them. What makes this work is that the bad guys are completely horrible people. They have no redemptive qualities whatsoever, and it is really easy to hate them. After what they do there is no way you are not going to root for our buddy, John Rambo. We not only root for him, but we take immense satisfaction in each one that he kills. Of course Sylvester Stallone's performance doesn't hurt at all. Though he has been parodied more times than you can count, there is no doubt that he is a one of a kind and very talented actor. Like in all the previous Rambo movies he brings a real humanity to the character, and therefore gives some heart behind the over the top gore. When I say gore, I mean gore. This is by far the bloodiest Rambo movie. The climax itself is a nonstop gore fest. However the movie does not rush into this gore from the beginning, it instead takes its time setting up the characters and story, so that the gory finale can fully satisfying and it is. The story itself is nothing original but it is well told enough for us to care.
This has very little of the social commentary of First Blood, instead this is a pure action movie and quite a satisfying one at that.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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