Rambo First Blood Part II

[baumer]

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[A Marvel Fanboy]

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[baumer]

Dragon Fly. Wolf Den..colorful names.....You may scream, there is no shame., 9 July 1999

First Blood and Rambo are completely different movies. They have same two characters bu that is where the similarity ends. First Blood was a tightly wound excellent action picture directed very well by Ted Kotcheff. Rambo is an action extravaganza that is not to high on the psychological element the way the first one was. They are both excellent films but I find them entertaining for different reasons. One of the reasons that I find Rambo so damn entertaining is because I enjoy that Rambo is now larger than life. He is the ultimate fighting machine who's only desire is to win a war that someone else lost, and if winning means he has to die then he'll die, no fear, no regrets. That is what makes Rambo the ultimate fighting machine and the ultimate movie character.

I love this movie. I love how far fetched it is. I love that Rambo can withstand hours of torture and then have enough energy to escape into the jungle and take on the whole Vietnemese and Russian army. That is what makes this movie so damned entertaining. When I was 14, this was my favourite movie, and it took a great many films and years before it was dethroned. I think I can enjoy and appreciate movies like Apocalypse Now and JFK better than when I was 14, but my love for Rambo and films of its kind will never diminish. This movie is amazing from start to finish.

Rambo's mission in this film is to go back to Vietnam and see if he can find a certain camp that may be harbouring POW's. But if he finds these men, he can only take pictures. He has a problem with that and when he does find one he is left behind by the "stinkin bureaucrat" named Murdoch who orders the mission aborted before Trautman can pick him up. It is while Rambo is captured that the movie becomes tight, tense and incredibly entertaining. Rambo is also fun to watch on a physical level. Stallone was in the best shape of his life in 1985 as he simultaneously made Rambo and Rocky IV. He is huge, ripped and strong as hell in this movie and it is his psychical presence that adds to his persona. He single handedly goes through a whole army and lives to go get the bastards that left him behind. Rambo is one of the old school feel good summer type movies.

Rambo does not claim to be JFK or Mississippi Burning in the sense that it wants you to leave the theater with a message. It has its own beliefs that is for certain, but what Rambo does just like Raiders does is, it entertains. It has you rooting and cheering for Rambo and dissing and swearing at the bad guys for 90 minutes. It is so much fun that I highly recommend this film to anyone who likes to be entertained. Leave your politics for some other movie, that is not what Rambo is about. It is about being entertained and wearing your emotions on your sleeve. That is what is beautiful about this movie. It doesn't apologize for being a bit over the top. Neither should you, for enjoying the film. It is a true wonder. A great piece of entertainment.

10/10

[75Live]

I have this a tad below First Blood. I get the series went in a different direction with this one but I love the direction it went. It's kind of like the Alien series in that way with the first and second being almost different genres.

It's a very good movie and again the speech at the end is great.

A-

[The Toymaker]

Rambo First Blood Part II

Part II? It seems like it has jumped to Part VI for how different this movie is in theme to First Blood. That matters little.

This is the quintessential action movie. Rambo is the icon of a generation. No man, no law, no war can stop him, and that's what we love. This is a pure 80’s action hero classic; unashamedly killing his way through the jungles and terrain that once haunted his thoughts. This movie is not a joke, this is a serious movie. That’s why I love it. Nobody that I know of when watching this ever concentrates on the character, they always go for the action, explosions and muscles. I can never understand this; Stallone plays the character the same way and with the same feelings and emotions as he did in First Blood, yet people fail to see the human side to Rambo, instead opting for the insults/parodies of the action, which are pretty lame.

It’s the best action extravaganza to ever grace my eyes. It's a feast, and for years I've been getting full and happily bloated on this stuff.

A+

[baumer]

If I could like your post 100 times over algren, I would.Beautifully said.

[The Toymaker]

This is making me want to watch some Rambo right now.

[baumer]

I still remember seeing this in Windsor Ontario Canada as a 13 year old. It was rated 14AA (adult accompaniment at the time) in Canada so I had to go with my older friend at the time. Rambo was the best cinematic experience I'd ever had up until that time, even better than ET and Temple of Doom. He was larger than life and this film really got into the American psyche......I love this film.

[The Toymaker]

I envy you.

[baumer]

It might have been my favourite summer ever for film......Rambo, Back to the Future, Goonies, Cocoon, Weird Science and Better off Dead....I saw them all in theaters.

[75Live]

It might have been my favourite summer ever for film......Rambo, Back to the Future, Goonies, Cocoon, Weird Science and Better off Dead....I saw them all in theaters.

Yeah I remember that summer as well. Some really good movies there

[Lazer]

Just watched this again, and still love it.Interesting points....Screen play was written by Stallone, as usual.....but also James Cameron!!!!!Stallone was at his muscular best in this movie....a total V shaped muscular body.Just like in a Bond movie, a possible love interest is killed....and damn cute also!!!And he was a bad ass killing machine, against the best!

[Omario]

Haven't seen it for ages but i recall it was better than the original which in itself was brilliant too.

 

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[superstancer]

Loved it!!!!! 

Stallones best action movie till date First Blood had emotions as well which was presented in a right manner....but 2nd part is high on action.....action scenes top notch.....stallone looks fab in the movie......He was very much handsome at tat point of time....any idea about his female fan following??? 

9/10

[RobinHood26]

My dad tells me stories of him seeing this opening day in high school the local theater. Line around the block he said. Best theater experience my dad has ever had he said. Its an all time favorite for him. 

[Lazer]

My dad tells me stories of him seeing this opening day in high school the local theater. Line around the block he said. Best theater experience my dad has ever had he said. Its an all time favorite for him.

Yup, the 70s and 80s with the single screen theaters, were the true days of the blockbuster.

[baumer]

[75Live]

My dad tells me stories of him seeing this opening day in high school the local theater. Line around the block he said. Best theater experience my dad has ever had he said. Its an all time favorite for him. 

 

 

Yup, the 70s and 80s with the single screen theaters, were the true days of the blockbuster.

 

Yeah I am not going to lie, but in a way I miss the lines.  It made the film mean more to me and more special.  Nowadays, nothing feels like an event any more because now, it's just go there buy a ticket and sit down.  Or just buy the ticket online.  It just lacks the same feel I guess

[Lazer]

That is the perfect set of muscles. A V shaped body. Edited September 2, 2014 by Lazer Deadshot

[tommycruise]

First one was much more intelligent and emotional but Ill be damned if I didn't enjoy the overtop action in this. Stallone looked like a perfectly cut muscular piece of death.

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