Our Reviews

Impressed by “Rambo – first blood” , I was anxious to watch the latest installment of the Rambo series and here is my take on this film(and by the way, I haven’t watched part 2 and part 3 of the series). Former Green Beret , John Rambo (Stallone) , has moved to Thailand and lives his life, away from the western world. He captures snakes (cobras and pythons, to be specific) to trade with the locals, recovers scrap metal, and operates as a boatman to make a living there. Meanwhile, in Burma, the local people there are struggling to survive the brutal tyranny of the Burmese army. A group of christian missionary workers from America try to convince John to take them to Burma (to offer medical supplies to the local Burmese people who are suffering), since he is the only person who knows the way through the rivers from Thailand to Burma. At first John refuses to help them since he prefers to mind his own business and stay away from trouble , but Sarah (one of the missionary workers played by Julie Benz) manages to convince him to take them. So for her sake, he takes them on his boat to Burma. Predictably, the missionary workers get captured by the brutal Burmese army , shortly after they start to offer help to the locals (in terms of medicines and supplies). John is informed by the christian mission that the workers never returned. They tell him that they are planning to hire mercenaries to rescue the missionaries and ask for his help to take them to where he dropped of the missionaries. The rest of the movie shows how John Rambo and the mercenaries rescue the missionary workers.

This film is quite short (about an hour and thirty minutes long) so it doesn’t really get boring at any point. The plot is quite predictable ( the storyline is very simple) and focus is more on the action sequences. Stallone(Rambo) doesn’t talk much , which in my opinion is a good thing. The action in this film, though gory, is really good , very different from that in the Bourne series(I would say its a different genre altogether and both are at the top of their game). There were atleast three of four sequences in the film which had the whole audience (including me) applauding like crazy. You know that all those bad guys are going to end up dead, and you know that John Rambo is going to kill them, but how it happens is what this film is all about. Despite what most of the critics have said, I really enjoyed this film and I would say its a must watch for any Rambo fans !