Rambo
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46 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Starring: Julie Benz, Sylvester Stallone
  • Summary: Twenty years after the last film in the series, John Rambo has retreated to northern Thailand, where he's running a longboat on the Salween River. On the nearby Thai-Burma border, the world's longest-running civil war, the Burmese-Karen conflict, rages into its 60th year. But Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell, has long given up fighting, even as medics, mercenaries, rebels and peace workers pass by on their way to the war-torn region. That all changes when missionaries are captured by the Burmese Army. Pastor Arthur Marsh turns to Rambo for help. Although the United States military trained him to be a lethal super soldier in Vietnam, decades later Rambo's reluctance for violence and conflict are palpable, his scars faded, yet visible. However, the lone warrior knows what he must do. (Lionsgate)
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 26
  3. Negative: 7 out of 26
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    80
    A straight-ahead exercise in brutality.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    60
    The movie does have its own kind of blockheaded poetry.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    60
    Gorier, meaner and uglier than anything Sylvester Stallone has made before, and as such damnably effective in rousing your blood lust, this wind-up groin kicker of a movie seems initially as wary of being pulled back into a dirty job as its reluctant hero.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Needlessly violent? No, Rambo is needfully violent. Johnny R. is a man constructed of violence.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 149 out of 162
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 162
  3. Negative: 9 out of 162
  1. nickexile
    10
    One of my favourite movies, it really deserves more than it got. Great story and action, Stallone is really charismatic. An awesome finale to the series.… Expand
  2. imthenoob
    8
    A very fitting end to a great action hero. One could argue that it even gives First Blood a run for it's money. Stallone is at his best here imo. I liked it.… Expand
  3. thecursedones
    7
    Although this film lacks an original story and the acting is sub par at best, the over the top violence and unrealistic action scenes help make this film decent enough to watch it at least once.… Expand
  4. BrianR.
    4
    This movie was pretty lame. Another Stallone attempt to become relevant again. In this film, Rambo once again administers lone gunman justice to a mob of one-dimensional asian soldier stereotypes. The action is so over-the-top to be borderline psychotic. It's the movie equivalent of Viagra for aging action stars and fans.… Expand

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