Review - Rambo
RAMBO [R]
Dear Mr. Stallone:
I just saw your latest First Blood movie, and I’m happy to report that I liked it. It won’t make my Top 10 list or anything, but it affected me enough to recommend it. I say “affected” and not “entertained,” because frankly, the violence tripped me up. And I say “tripped up,” not as a dis, but as a compliment.
Nobody goes to see a Rambo movie and doesn’t expect violence. I just didn’t expect to feel it the way I did about it. Without turning it into a spoof like Hot Shots, you, to allude to another of your recent dark horse sequels, Rocky Balboa, pack a punch with the intense, bloody violence. At first, it seemed almost comical, but as I realized how there was no amount of tongue-in-cheek intended, I sobered up quickly. I sobered up to the point that I became increasingly more upset […]
Original post by Robert Newton
Comments»
no comments yet - be the first?