Beystiman
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Aedonerre
I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.
Helloturia
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
madameminty
Childish, edgy characters, exploitation, gore and a lot of pew pew. Who would ever want more? Like a real plot, real social commentary, or maybe a real challenge for the protagonist, as opposed to the eerie equivalent of riding a lawnmower over a bunch of rats. Me, I guess.
cinemajesty
Movie Review: "Rambo" (2007)Slightly delayed in exhibition efforts for a preliminary release in holiday season 2007/2008, Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone directs himself reprising the legendary U.S. military drop-out "John Rambo" to the heart in balance-seeking beginnings in small village by the river in Thailand after years of mercenaries war-zone labor reaching from being hunted in his homeland "First Blood" (1982) to a devastating traumatizing mission of reentering Vietnam in "Part II" (1985) and further far-regions of slave-like states of mine labor toward rescuing his sole friend in life, U.S. military black-op mission granting Colonel Trautman from the clutches of invading Russian forces in Afghanistan in 1988, when Rambo must one more time indulge into mass-killings beyond ultra-violent proportions executed with live-action gun-shells, bow & arrow, grenades and machine-guns to rescue a Christian activist group, entering a war-zone with pink-eyed wish to bring meaning and change a world gone havoc.Director Sylvester Stallone, who had also been co-written the screenplay with Art Monterastelli that wants to be nothing more than full-bodied, honesty-seeking war-action-thriller entertainment with sharing personal thoughts on hidden conflicts raging around the globe; here the for five decades struggling state of Burma, now the official republic of Myanmar, building a government apart from a Military state ruling from 1962 to 2011 in which this motion picture is set with pitch-striking 85-Minute-cut by editor Sean Albertson, who despite fairly-covered angles of cinematography in fast-paced close-to-action shots, bringing a transforming character of John Rambo, who becomes the war machine in every spectator mind to push war-action to final extremes with combining live-action ultra-violence with digital polishing works, when this re-interpretation of what war injects into a man's spirit turn into a beating heart, which lies under a wall of memories to cope with, while life spins on to fulfillment.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend
(Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)
juneebuggy
Well holly hell Rambo is back with a vengeance here. Probably one of the most violent films I've seen but I will say once the audience got over the initial shock at the type of visceral, brutal and gratuitous violence we were witnessing we started cheering with each blood spraying kill. It was entertaining in a grisly sort of way.I've been a lifelong fan of the Rambo franchise and this fourth instalment is excellent, granted a very different type of film then the originals. It's a bit light in the plot department but set in a backdrop of real life atrocities in Burma. We join Rambo 20 years after his little Afghanistan extraction, John is living the quiet life in a rural village in Northern Thailand, he has given up fighting, found a shirt and now spends his days capturing snakes for local entertainers, and chauffeuring locals in his old PT boat.He's also gotten pretty bitter with age, world weary and tired so that when a group of Christian missionaries ask for his help in reaching their aid camp in war torn Burma he refuses, his response at one point being "fu** the world". After pretty blonde Sarah Miller tries again to get his help (this time giving him a necklace -seems that's all the girls have to do to get his attention) he finally agrees to ferry them upriver.Some time later the mission is attacked, the do-gooders taken hostage and Rambo is now asked to transport a group of mercenaries, on a rescue mission and that's when hell rains down. The violence from this point on is brutal and gratuitous, with video game style killings, bodies blown apart, blood spraying the camera, tons of explosions. After that savage attack on the village you don't have much remorse though.The closing scene is just perfect...the long road home. 1/5/16
Paul Magne Haakonsen
With a gap of 20 years between "Rambo III" from 1988 and "Rambo" from 2008, then expectations were quite high for me towards this movie. And having grown up as a teenager with the likes of the "Rambo" trilogy, then the 2008 "Rambo" movie was long awaited.And now having seen "Rambo" a couple of times, I can with all sincerity claim that this 2008 movie was great. It is a good addition to the "Rambo" franchise, and it is right back in track and in tune with the old movies, although a hint of political correctness can be seen throughout the movie. But wanting to add a new layer to the "Rambo" movies, was an okay change of pace for director Sylvester Stallone (also starring in this 2008 movie).In this 2008 movie the story takes place in war-torn Burma. Vietnam veteran John Rambo is living a reclusive life in Thailand, away from his past and the life of a soldier. But trouble always has a way to slither back, and manages to do so again when Rambo is tracked down and asked to help a group of mercenaries trek into Burma.The story in "Rambo" was good, as it has been in the previous movies. But it is not the story which is the main attraction here, it is the abundance of action, of course. And "Rambo" offers more than enough action to satisfy us old fans of the franchise, as well as catering to a whole new audience.The acting in "Rambo" is what you would and could expect from a movie of this type. You know exactly what you get here, and people do not disappoint. Sylvester Stallone does what he does best here in this 2008 movie, and he proved that he was more than up for the task of bringing new life to the "Rambo" franchise."Rambo" was missing Col. Samuel Trautman (played by Richard Crenna in the previous three movies). But given his death in 2003, it was of course not possible. I just think that the Trautman character was almost as much a part of the "Rambo" franchise as John Rambo himself. But of course, it is a matter of personal preference.I thoroughly enjoyed this 2008 movie, and it is right at home next to the other "Rambo" movies in any movie collection.
