What It Is: A Rambo to end all Rambos, written and directed by Sly himself.Why I Watched It: I saw the trailer and turned to a friend, "It looks like he spends the whole movie killing a shit load of people. I think I'll watch that!"
What I Thought: Holy fuck!
Before I bore you with my gushing, why not check out this handy reference chart for all your vital Rambo statistics?
Now that you're back, all I have to say is 236 and 2.59! This is an action movie in the tradition of all those glorious '80s action fests. The good guys kill more people than the bad guys, the good guys never question whether a black hat deserves to be slain, and the deaths are usually as visceral and visually stunning as possible. Did I mention that life is pretty fucking cheap in the movie?
Aside from all of the awesome action moments in Rambo, and mark my words this one will go down in the action hall of fame, there are two other things worth mentioning. The first is that the film doesn't waste time with any of the typical moral crap that faces today's action heroes. Should you kill the bad guy or capture him? If you kill him aren't you just as bad as he is? Rambo is told several times in the movie that killing is wrong and his rebuttal basically boils down to "but I'm so good at it." The other super nifty thing about the film is the ending. All I'll say is that Rambo finally gets what he wanted in the first movie. The ending makes Rambo dovetail nicely with First Blood and I think the two of them make a pretty awesome pair, regardless of parts 2 and 3.
Highlights: Rambo could kick a certain blonde elf's ass in an archery contest, the mercs played off Rambo's character nicely, the missionaries were proved wrong, 236 and 2.59!
Oh, I almost forgot. This poor bastard's fate...
is too awesome for words!
Who Should See It: Action fans, Rambo fans, and anyone that has a guess regarding what happens to that guy!
How Soon: Definitely the best action movie out there now, see it when you need to cope with some anger issues!
1 comment:
wow, you seem to really like this one! we saw the previews and i wanted to see it right away, partly because it's rambo, duh, hello... but secondly because i thought he did such a good job with Rocky Balboa that i wanted to see if he could do the same with this franchise as well. i will definitely have to give it a look now.
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