RAMBO!!!

The 80's were a time when action movies reigned. Men were men and the bullets ripped you apart. We've been missing that from action movies from the last several years where all action movies now have to have a digital twist to it. We saw this happen with Live Free or Die Hard. A once awesome character was turned into a PG-13. Stallone noticed this, and promised a super violent film with his iconic character Rambo. After the failure of Rambo III, could Sly bring it back?

Hell yes he can. This film goes BOOM! If that doesn't sound good to you, avoid this movie.

The film opens with real footage of the Burmese Genocide where the film takes place. These are horrible horrible people whose one of their favorite pass times is laying down mines and sending their victims to step on them. Then we have Rambo. He has been living by himself for many years and has never returned home. He knows what he did at one point was wrong. Then, these Christian missionaries get captured. Rambo has a fondness for one of the missionaries. So he plus a group of mercenaries go in to fuck up the evil Burmese.

This is an 80's action movie by every sense of the word. The action in this is big, giant and sometimes goofy but god damn is it a good time. The last 20 to 30 minutes of this film is just drenched with blood except for the few moments where the  screen is filmed with fire from explosions and flame throwers. Every action of moment grabs you by the balls and goes "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO DO!? HUH?!" 

This is the definition of the fun action movie. The bad guys are incredibly evil and the good guys just don't give a shit. Nobody except the missionaries are very good people. Stallone doesn't give a shit as Rambo except when talking with Sarah. The acting, all around is okay, nothing really outstanding but that is not why you are buying a ticket, you paying a ticket to see Rambo rip a guys throat out.

If that doesn't sound like a good time to you, then avoid this movie but if you love blood and guts and people getting blown to little pieces: this is the movie for you.