Rambo: First Blood II

Well, Rambo always was and always will be coming back, Sylvester Stallone was churning out cultural icons on the level of making shake protein in the morning, So, rambo first blood part two was a sequel to the first blood part, which took over three years to be released, however, the marketing team was excited after the first installment and gave the incentive to go see this movie.

My goodness, 1985 was the infamous year of Sylvester Stallone’s growth to stardom. Starting in May ‘85, Rambo was released on big screens and grossed an extraordinary amount of $300 million globally with a budget of $25.5 million. Soon after in November of that same year, around the same budget of $28 million, Rocky IV was also released turning out to be a blockbuster with global earnings of $300 million as well! For better understanding, let me explain, Stallone’s Rambo and Rocky IV were among the highest-grossing movies of 1985 earning billions, alongside Back to the Future and Beverly Hills Cop and greatly outshining Cocoon which was the next in line.

Stallone has always been a powerhouse and it has been 35 years and he still is. A fun fact about me is that I haven’t watched Rambo the sequels released in the 80s. Now this may sound strange, but for me the plot was fascinating, and considering I had not seen any previous movies made me truly hooked. The plot goes as Colonel Troutman (the character) who is played by Richard Crenna is responsible for getting Rambo out of prison but only if Rambo agrees and gets captured and photographed by Vietnamese soldiers.

However, it seems the government was playing a trick and did not hope that Rambo would surrender the prisoners of war. Instead, the government practically sought to cooperate by making it appear as if indeed they were doing something. So, Rambo is stuck in Vietnam and he understands that he has been set up. Besides all of this, remember in the last review I said I was wondering why Rambo did not have a girlfriend. Here comes the girlfriend, Co Bao (Julia Nickson), who uhm, perishes during the events to fuel Rambo’s rage. Oh, and like Rocky IV, there are some Russians to punch in this one too.

I mean, I must admit the premise is a bit of a stretch since it is reported that the last Vietnam POW emerged six years before the event of this film, but hey, there are all sorts of nuts blasting and scenes throughout this film, such as Rambo’s helicopter command skills, and getting crazy out of situations, but you know what the most unbelievable thing to me was? He slugs at Elvis, he fights and jumps around in the Vietnam jungle and he goes at least three days without a single bite. There is even a sequence where Co tries to give him food and he ignores her. He is a weapon this man.

Absolutely, for me, the last puzzle is quite clear and I do hope you get there: I enjoyed this more than the first. It’s become fashionable Oh and for good reason to point out, hold on, the first Rambo was great. the others turned into the rock-em-sock action flicks of the 80s we now recognize, but that one was a fantastic movie, a well-crafted film. And I agree! But let’s not dismiss the second Rambo.

Wow! This is exactly what everyone was waiting for – pure adrenaline with grease-stained Stallone wrestling his way through it. Well, it’s exactly how the title has always intended to be.

Two astounding moments stick out in my mind. The first is Rambo’s response when the Russian and Vietnamese try to torture him. Now, the context is important, the guy is surrounded by dozens of enemies, and one of the Russians talks him into relaying a message to the Americans. Rambo does relay the message but it is not intended for them. Instead, he speaks to Murdock (acted by Charles Napier) the Director of Government Bureaucracy who was in charge and left shepherded the POWs to be. His hand starts tightening around the radio (I get goosebumps as I think of the moment!). He snarls, ‘Murdock, I am coming to get you this time.

Then, he goes full Rambo and after getting some help from Co, who acted as a prostitute so she could gain entry, they can break the walls and escape.

The second great scene is when Rambo is in, well again, full Rambo slasher mode picking off the Russians and the Vietnamese one by one in one awesome vignette after another, but the best of these is when Rambo is adorned with Vietnamese jungle-style camouflaged uniform and pours a thick layer of mud on his face. Rambo’s mud smear amid the Vietnamese jungle while fighting is camo is so cool

Another Great thing to say about this film is that Stallone is so good at that dead behind-the-eyes look. Movies force washed in Marine like Stallone is outrageous and so emphasize displaying the roughened aspect of him in his act yet the unexplainable dead stare captivates the audience in contrast with his other performative elements; this bears repeating: These films function because Stallone is in them. The man is Stallone.

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