Going to a movie with the word Rambo in the title and expecting any more than this film actually delivers is like going into a Porsche dealership and then getting sniffy that they haven't got any people carriers.
This was never going to be a cerebral exercise, but little prepared me for just how primeval, visceral and yet entirely mindless it manages to be for its entire running time. The first three movies don't even scratch the surface of how imaginatively people can expire with firearms, explosives and sharp implements, though towards the end of this I was beginning to think they'd scrapped the bottom of this barrel, and some.
Given the thought that obviously went into Rocky's return, I'd hoped - stupidly as it transpired, that equal deep thinking might develop the John Rambo character in ways we'd not considered. Maybe he'd resolve issues with charm and diplomacy, while leaving the bad guys stinging from his acerbic witticisms? Err…no…that wasn't an option was it?
I'd mention the plot, but I've taken to writing sentences with more than five words in them recently, so I'll skip over that chore. The acting performances are neatly divided into those actors you know, who get to survive or die heroically, and those you don't and die brutally. With the exception of Julie Benz they're all pretty awful, and her character’s plan to bring medicine to the poor of war torn Burma is so suicidal that I was hoping she'd learn a short but valuable lesson early in the carnage. But alas, she doesn't.
Another disappointment is that late Richard Crenna can't pop up as Col. Samuel Trautman, to tell anyone who'll listen how many body bags they'll need. In fact the US Army seems completely disinterested in one of its most effective killing machines, and hasn't noticed he's retired to live the quiet life next to one of the most brutal regimes on the planet. In the same way that The Kingdom wasn't exactly a tourism banker for Saudi Arabia, John Rambo gives the Burmese dictatorship its unique stamp of disapproval. Although I'm sure they'll take the negative PR in their stride, as they have done for the past 50 years or more.
Stallone looks in exceptional shape for his age, and handles the few dozen words he has with relative ease. He’s also directed the film, and while a bit painting-by-numbers in its approach, it's a workmanlike effort. But with his fingerprints all over the picture – not least co-writing the excuse for the screenplay - he has to carry the can for the ultimate end result.
After the last bad guy bites the dust I'm drawn to conclude that the one and only 'smart' Rambo story is First Blood, and from there it's gone consistently downhill. This fourth instalment spares us the jingoistic rhetoric or national pride of previous outings, but doesn't actually say any more about the brutality of war, and the effects on those that go to it.
At the end of it I knew nothing new about Rambo other than his dad's name began with an R. As the credits rolled on that revelation I chuckled to myself that his name could be Reggie, Ronnie or Ralf, or even Rambo…they all sounded equally daft.
If you want to be transported back 25 years to action movies that have no aspirations to be more than the wrapper suggests, then you'll be at home with Rambo.
Re: Rambo review
Posted By Robmac 1 February 25, 2008 09:07:34 AM
After a saturday afternoon sitting with six mates in a near-empty cinema I felt like being transported back to the 80s when films the likes of Commando and Cobra were all the rage.. this was really just a hour and a half of mindless bruality and out and out 80s action hero cheese..only with added gore...and gore there was with some of the most effective and gruesome 'killins' in any film I have ever seen. From somebody getting their throat torn out to somebody else being gutted to somebody being offed point blank with a sub-machine gun this has a bodycount that any third world dictator would be proud of. Raw and brutal this was an 80s action film with a nod to the realism and actual real horror of death and even though the deaths and explosions are impressive ( check out the bomb explosion) they are very realistic and with the help of CG are some of the most in your face extreme deaths you will ever see.
Re: Rambo review
Posted By Ian_Osborne 1 February 25, 2008 09:27:47 AM
Check out the abridged script here: http://www.the-editing-room.com/rambo.html It's hilarious!
Re: Rambo review
Posted By twosheds 1 February 25, 2008 10:12:07 AM
Ian's abridged script link is indeed hilarious. The film itself is a quadruple-Y-chromosome gore-fest of no particular merit, but it passed a zoned-out 80+ minutes.
Re: Rambo review
Posted By DuncanMonkey 1 February 25, 2008 02:33:13 PM
Why are you pushing me Mark?
I loved the new Rambo and despite being aware of the whole Running Man etc. logic of 'look violence is sickening apart from when our hero commits it', I found the straight forward brutality of it refreshing. Remember how awesome it was (and still is) when Swayze throat rips in Road House? Same thing for me in this, only more so. I should also state though, that I almost started crying when the 'It's a Long Road' theme kicked in at the beginning, such is my love of Rambo.
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Re: Rambo review
Posted By DuncanMonkey 1 February 25, 2008 02:34:33 PM
p.s. my Rambo love still didn't stop the abridged script from making me laugh!
Re: Rambo review
Posted By Midnighter 1 February 26, 2008 09:36:39 PM
I for one loved this film for what it is, not what it could have been. It was a great hour and half of mindless action and violence which took me right back to the mid 80's when we would sneak into my friends older brothers room and watch his Predator and Robocop (and Rambo obviously) videos!
As for this part of the review:
" In fact the US Army seems completely disinterested in one of its most effective killing machines, and hasn't noticed he's retired to live the quiet life next to one of the most brutal regimes on the planet. "
I think the reviewer needs to go back and watch the other 3 films to find his answer to this.
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