Rambo: Last Blood

[Ted C]

Well, here's a trailer for something I did not expect to see.

https://youtu.be/km_L0v3C0ms

[RCMerchant]

To quote a line from the THING- "You gotta be f**king kidding ."

[zombie no.one]

if I'd never heard of Rocky before then watching that trailer I'd be thinking he was some demented evil psychopath.

[RCMerchant]

if I'd never heard of Rocky before then watching that trailer I'd be thinking he was some demented evil psychopath.

He was! In FIRST BLOOD (1982)!

[zombie no.one]

damn I actually just said Rocky when I meant Rambo, of course. lol

tbh I've never seen an entire movie of either character....

[RCMerchant]

damn I actually just said Rocky when I meant Rambo, of course. lol

tbh I've never seen an entire movie of either character....

FIRST BLOOD is actually pretty good!
I never seen any others...or any Rocky movies either...

[Alex]

I've always thought the first two Rocky's and the first Rambo showed that Stallone can act, but he went down the mega bucks action star route and didn't really perform in the same way until Copland many years later.

[RCMerchant]

I thought he was great in DEATHRACE 2000! 

[zombie no.one]

he's pretty good in NIGHTHAWKS iirc

FIRST BLOOD is actually pretty good!
I never seen any others...or any Rocky movies either...

I feel a bit odd for having not seen them, given their iconic mega-blockbuster status. might have to check out FIRST BLOOD next time it's on.

[Bushma]

Stallone still trying to prove he's not over the hill?

Official Movie poster

[Svengoolie 3]

damn I actually just said Rocky when I meant Rambo, of course. lol

tbh I've never seen an entire movie of either character....

FIRST BLOOD is actually pretty good!
I never seen any others...or any Rocky movies either...

You got that right. First blood was a good movie and had some decent acting on stallone's part. The rest were "trashion" movies, just trash with a lot of action.

[Trevor]

Stallone still trying to prove he's not over the hill?

Official Movie poster

[Trevor]

That was a very strange trailer indeeddd

[Archivist]

First Blood was a very good film, showing that Stallone can act, as others have said. Rambo 2 was fun. Rambo 3 (vs the evil Russians) went into straight over the top 80s action fare, in the same vein as Arnie movies of that time. Fun, but nothing terribly deep or requiring much acting chops. Surprisingly, Rambo (the second last movie) was deeply satisfying and should have been the end of the run.

Unfortunately, there were always rumbles about another Rambo movie; I've been following the news fairly carefully as I've always enjoyed the movies. First it looked like another war actioner. Then there was talk of Rambo hunting an escaped black ops military hybrid animal (WTF guys). Then the story follows Rambo as he rescues the daughter of an old friend who has been kidnapped by a drug cartel. Not sure if this follows that plot.

Stallone's movies have been hit and miss in his last ten years or so. Rambo was unexpectedly good, although viscerally violent. Escape Plan was fun, as was The Expendables, but the sequels suffer from the usual sequel syndrome. Creed and Creed II were excellent.

There is also talk of a Rambo prequel with Stallone directing; I'd love to see this, especially if they could make it with the same kind of gritty feel as the original First Blood.

Apparently, Stallone and the author of First Blood developed an emotional journey story for Rambo V, but the studios rejected it in favour of the 'rescue kidnapped woman from drug cartel' plot.