About the only thing this installment has going for it is the action. Unfortunately, even the action is poorly done. A shirtless Rambo cuts through the Soviet war machine like a hot knife through butter. At no point does one get the sense that Rambo is in any real jeopardy even when the Russians fire everything short of an atomic bomb at him. The players are cartoonish caricatures. With an A-Team like endless amount of ammunition, absurdly huge knife, and compound bow Rambo is an American killing machine. A Stallone vanity piece that doesn't really even tie in to the original First Blood in any way. It takes a brutal war in Afganistan that ended up spawning the Taliban and simplifies it to the level of parody.
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Rocky IV
(1985)
Stallone really had it out for the Soviets in the 80's
26 June 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This film is the epitome of formula. A cash grab sequel of the worst rank. We find our hero Rocky Balboa pitted against the robotic Ivan Drago. The seemingly invincible Drago kills Apollo Creed in the ring. The same blows that did in poor Apollo simply spur Rocky on however, because he went old school in his training and apparently reacquired the Eye of the Tiger. In the end we see Rocky draped in an American flag and hoisted up as victor over both Drago and the apparatchiks who created and controlled him. So over the top it is hard to believe it was meant to be serious. In addition to all of this we are also forced to endure the uber-skank Brigette Nielson.
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