Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 26
  2. Negative: 7 out of 26
  1. 38
    Needlessly violent? No, Rambo is needfully violent. Johnny R. is a man constructed of violence.
  2. Reviewed by: Mark Feeney
    38
    Rambo isn't dull. It is, however, often murkily directed, a real shortcoming in an action movie. In the big rescue-the-prisoners sequence, it's very hard to keep track of who is doing what to whom where.
  3. 30
    There will be blood in the ultraviolent Rambo, a movie that depicts both heinous acts and righteous reckoning with equal degrees of flying body parts and arterial sprays.
  4. 30
    The orgy of violence, as ghastly as in any video game, should go a long way toward erasing whatever goodwill Stallone earned with his sentimental "Rocky Balboa."
  5. Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    25
    There is a blessed dearth of dialogue, but much of it is unintentionally hilarious.
  6. Can anyone still be rooting for Rocky or Rambo?
  7. With its first-person-shooter perspective and gun-andrun narrative, this one’s for the PlayStation crowd. It’s not a movie. It’s an adrenaline pump and purveyor of raw carnage.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 319 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 9 out of 162
  1. 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. Full Review »
  2. ErnieL.
    3
    Ultra violence and gore is campy now? What a waste of time. Stallone's worst acting performance, ever.
  3. sanjay
    10
    pretty gruesome stuff!!