Rambo Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Awful

I went to see this movie with high expectations on what reviewers has been saying.But I am sad to say that I have wasted the price of a cinema ticket, money on refreshments and couple hours of my life.This has totally ruined the Rambo series.I felt I needed subtitles to hear what Sly was saying most of the time.Stallone just looks awful and not the Stallion he used to be.Only watch if you want to waste your time and money.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Splatter-tastic

First a warning that this film can resemble a sensory deprivation technique. The battle scenes are extremely loud and vivid, the action and camerawork very fast-paced, though not quite to the point of Spun. The visual effects are quite stunning, expecially the close up fragmentation, puncturing and discombobulation due to various heavy ordnance.

Rambo has evolved from parts 2 and 3 to re-inforce the global message of fighting oppression, though this can seem a little like an Amnesty International advert, particularly duing the opening credits.

Plot-wise, you will be ahead of the game in 3 minutes, it only remains to pinpoint the minor characters who survive and those who do not.

85 minutes - 50% build up, 50% blow s**t up.

Good with beer.

[Highly rated reviewer]

A MAN OF WAR!

Stallone returned Rocky Balboa in 2007 to go out in a blaze of glory, and in doing so made the best film in the series.

But to return Rambo for a final outing would be more difficult, as the world is a very different place after 9/11. Also after the disaster that was Rambo III, did we need him?

The good news is Stallone as pulled off the almost impossible, This is a mean and raw action film, also is without a doubt the most grapic in it's violence. The plot is basic, but thats not what Rambo is about. The short running time means the films rattles along at a great speed.

The only down side of the film is the one dimentional bad guys, never do any have the class of Steven Berkoff in First Blood part II. But the film does highlight the on going troubles in Burma.

This film might not be as a triumphant a return as Rocky, but for final chapter in the Rambo Quadrilogy he has made this entry almost as good as the first.

A must see for any action fan.

Superb bloody entertainment!

[Highly rated reviewer]

The best Rambo sequel...

About 20 years after the previous installment, Rambo returns to take out the trash in Burma. Is this film any good?? Well... yes and no. The film works best as a straight forward, no-nonsense, action film with some of the most gory violence ever committed to film. However, this is also where the film shoots itself in the foot as it attempts to point out that 'violence is bad'. Rambo is a film where the good guys kick the bad guys' asses far worse than the bad guys ever did in the first place. It is best viewed as a mindless action film instead of the hard hitting, political drama that it wishes it was. Those expecting a dramatic counterpart to Rocky Balboa will be disappointed. Fans of the previous three Rambo films will delight.

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Just Poo!!

Sly, Sly, Sly, what have you done? I think this is the worst film that I have ever seen, maybe on a par with 'The Sword of Bushido', starring Richard Norton.If you have seen that I pray the comparison will put you off Rambo.

This film is utter tosh. Sly looks like he has had an allergic reaction to wasp something in the jungle, all puffed up from something, but never mind, this will not prevent him from slaying almost at least 200-300 people in increasingly gory fashion. That may have been enough to entertain me as a 12 year old, but now sadly not.

A decent sript? No. Characters that are even likebale? No. A thrilling plot? No.

Synopsis - randoms ask Rambo for help to get into wartorn Burma. Randoms get kidnapped. Rambo decieds to rescue and kill those baddies that took them. He kills a lot of baddies.

On a positive note I am happy to say that as my boredom was reaching the point where I was ready to sleep in my cinema chair, the film ended, strangely, at a point that seemed kind of mid way through the story.

Sly - did you commission this poo yourself? Bet you did

[Highly rated reviewer]

Our John. A man of few words.

After the last Rocky, which in my view is the worse movie I have ever seen, I wasn’t sure what to expect with this Rambo. I love the Rambo movies, even the third one where the irony is ‘Oh so sweet’. So I was curious as to what I was going to view. I was blown away ( no pun intended) by this one.

I have heard Sly say that this movie is intended to highlight the plight of the Burmese. But let’s face it, it is just a cover to let Rambo loose again and cause carnage. The violence is wild at times. They say they wanted to show the real damage that such weapons cause but I doubt if the reality would look so aesthetically precise and choreographed. I think Sly just wanted to make the most violent movie ever, I mean, how much room for political theorem can there be in that mind? Then again, how much can there be in Arnold’s? So what do I know.

Sly may come across as a dope but he has show great skill in the past as a screenwriter with the first Rocky and has proven he is capable of Directing as well as Starring and I am not so ignorant as to think that is an easy thing to do. He shows his skill as a Director here again. The overall look of the movie is impressive and the action sequences, which make up the majority of the movie (Rambo is a man of few words) are amazing and visceral. There really is carnage in this movie unlike you will ever have seen before. It is just beyond crazy at times. I loved this movie and it was great to know our John is doing well all things considered.

life time achievment reward for Sly

Saw Rambo in Boston last week and it's the best since the first. A good story, characters you are interested in and most of all great action scenes with plenty violence. Stallone looks very fit for 62, even though he has had help, so still looks good in this role. He could very easily make another one. So go to the cinema and see this!

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[Highly rated reviewer]

bloody beyond belief!

Sly stallone returns to the role as john rambo 20 yrs after we last saw him in the appaulingly bad Rambo 3. Thankfully like Rocky balboa,stallone has made a much better film than the prevoius installment. Although pushing 63 stallone is in tremendous shape for his age and would put me in my 30's to shame!!

The basic premise is that Rambo is now living as a snake catcher in Thailand,when some american missionaries attempt to hire rambo to boat them up to the Burmese border,he tries to dissuade them. Rambo goes along and drops the missionaries off..soon after which they are captured after an attack on the village which they are helping by the burmese army. Rambo is then hired along with a few mercenaries to rescue said missionaries and return them safely.

WARNING! THIS FILM IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED,IF YOU ARE SQUEMISH OR OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION THEN DON'T SEE THIS..WHAT ENSUES MUST BE THE BLOODIEST ACTION FILM SINCE THE OPENING OF SAVING PRIVATE RYAN..LIMBS ARE BLOWN OFF,HEADS DECAPITATED,CHILDREN KILLED AND TORTURED,HINTS OF CHILD ABUSE/RAPE AND MORE BLOOD AND GUTS THAN YOUR LOCAL BUTCHERS FOLLOW FOR THE NEXT 90 MINS OR SO!

This is much better than the awful Rambo 3 and also the moderately good Rambo 2..the best sequel since the first part First Blood. The pacing is spot on and stallone directs the action sequences very well. I guess stallone was trying to portray the horrors of war more acurately than he had before but this is still just a kick ass action film at athe end of the day and although the burmese conflict is rue and no doubt bad things happen on a daily basis,this is obviously pumped up to the extreme here.

A great action film for the lads for a sat night..stallone still has it and has made what rambo 2 and 3 shoulda been..and you also get the gorgeous julie benz(Angel,Buffy,Dexter) thrown in too!!

Brilliant... whens the next one!!

Brilliant, fast action, lots of guts and gore but with a genuine reason for it this time with great story-line. Rambo is back. I loved it. Look forward to the next one soon. There is a reason for the 18 certificate... But to be remembered as a film, this is really still going on in some countries in real life!!! it makes you think.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Rambo 4

An excellent and very graphic film possilbly horrific in places. The sound effects are excellent with some music from Rambo 1 in there as well.

Overall much better than the second and third episodes of Rambo and this equals the first in my opinion. Go see this at the cinema for full effect.

Also a good ending.......