There’s nothing
like Rambo:
First Blood; to me, it’s one of the best Sylvester Stallone movies out
there. Every other Rambo movie has failed to deliver the same thrill and
excitement that comes with First
Blood, and Rambo: First Blood Part II is no exception. This movie moves
more into the realm of the unrealistic compared to the first one, which made me
feel that if I ever came across such a man, I should be careful.
In this movie,
we have a man going up against a whole bunch of soldiers while also dealing
with his backstabbing country. The odds are stacked so high against him that it
seems impossible for him to come out on top, but it’s Rambo, and he does the
impossible. The movie has plenty of cheesy lines, typical of action films, and
numerous scenes where people shoot at one person, but that person doesn’t get
hit. Yet, when he shoots at the many, they all die.
I don’t
understand how the writing includes a scene where a whole village gets burned
down to facilitate an escape.
Three years
after the events of First
Blood, Rambo is approached by his old friend and commander, Colonel Sam
Trautman. He tells Rambo that he can help get him out of jail and secure a
presidential pardon if he does a job for the government. Rambo is tasked with
going back to Vietnam to take pictures of the camps. These photos would be sent
to Congress and shown to the American people to prove that no POWs (prisoners
of war) were left behind. It seemed like a simple task—all Rambo had to do was
meet their contact there, take the pictures, and leave.
Rambo meets with
the contact and is led to the camp. But instead of just taking the pictures and
leaving, Rambo decides to go into the camp to make sure there’s no one there.
As he explores, he discovers that there’s more going on than he initially thought,
and he can’t just leave without doing something about it. His actions lead to
the base, which he reported to, leaving him behind—betrayed by his own country,
much to Colonel Trautman’s frustration.
Now, Rambo is
determined not only to escape the Vietnam hell he’s trapped in but also to make
it back to base and get even with the base leader who ordered him to be left
behind.
The movie was a
huge box office success but not as critically acclaimed. For me, it’s an
enjoyable movie, but nothing beats Rambo:
First Blood.
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