Rambo
First Blood(1982) https://trakt.tv/movies/first-blood-1982
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) https://trakt.tv/movies/rambo-first-blood-part-ii-1985
Rambo III (1988) https://trakt.tv/movies/rambo-iii-1988
Rambo (2008) https://trakt.tv/movies/rambo-2008
Rambo: Last Blood (2019) https://trakt.tv/movies/rambo-last-blood-2019

They are all great so stfu

This sequel has more action and bigger explosions but loses the small scale that made the first one good. Still it is good to see some mindless action and Stallone running around with his shirt off.

Stalone himself said about _First Blood II_ it's more like a fantasy. The script was supposed to be an attempt to right a wrong and to show how it should have been (took this from an interview on a DVD). He also said it didn't work out.
The dumbest move was to bring the Russians in. That doesn't work for me because at that moment it became a typical east vs west cold war confrontation and the whole Vietnam thing took a backseat. Yes, I know the Russians were involved behind the scenes historically. Still, this shouldn't be part of the movie.
Something about Stalones acting that was oftentimes portrayed as one dimensional and Rambo himself being kind of stupid. After Stalones explanation that John Rambo is basically an adolescent in a man´s body who stopped developement when he joined at the age of 19 I think all this was intensional.
Beside that it is still very watchable. What really works in favor of the movie is that all you see on screen was done in pratical shooting. Which ages so much better than anything CGI. Even better in HD.
But it stays a good step behind part one.

Cinema Paco: image and sound 3,5 / 5. Action and type eighties style, but the shots and explosions look real, not like they do now

This is hell, my God, I'm scared!

Rambo: First Blood Part II is a film that knows exactly what it is and doesn't apologize for it. It's a brash, loud, and explosive action flick that delivers exactly what it promises: mindless entertainment with a patriotic heart. If you're in the mood for some good old-fashioned, gun-toting, explosion-fest with a touch of emotional resonance, then strap yourself in and enjoy the ride.

>*"To survive a war, you gotta become war."*

More muscle, more gun power, more cheese and more explosions. A debate could be made that it's more fun. I had a hard time getting through the first two acts, it really drags and the story isn't very gripping. The jungle could have been more exciting as a location and the romance side story was undercooked. The third act is bonkers and the stakes are higher than the first but still, I prefer the smaller scale one in *First Blood*. Stallone's hair is a character in it's own and every shot with him deserves it's own badass poster on a wall. The machine gun was epic, once again. Not a bad action flick overall, just a little generic.

First Blood 10/10.
Rambo 7/10.

"To survive a war, you gotta become war.

The scene were Rambo, as a prisoner, tells Murdock he's coming to get him, is the stuff I love in action movies. Such a bad ass scene!

Anyway, seeing Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) hiding in the mud to kill someone, blast the shit out of someone with a arrow with a exploding tip, murdering tons of bad guys and being a great shirtless red band wearing one-man army is just fun to watch. We even get a guy that is so scared of Rambo he just jumps out of the helicopter when Rambo approaches him. We never get to see if he even had a parachute on. I want to believe he didn't have one.

I'm still baffled the direction First Blood Part II took after the amazing First Blood. He kills no one in the first part but Rambo thought by the time part II hit, hold my beer.

Yeah, Rambo: First Blood Part II was a fun rewatch and it is the Rambo everyone pictures when thinking about the guy.

The best of the sequels. 2 and 3 are definitely better than the new ones. That have Rambo doing Jason Voorhees like murders.
There’s plenty of suspense and action in this movie. With Rambo stranded in Vietnam by the people who sent him on a secret mission.
Rambo wants revenge on them. As well as the people who captured and torture him.

"What you choose to call hell, he calls home." Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of most iconic action films of the '80s. Vietnam vet John Rambo is offered a presidential pardon in exchange for going on a covert mission to recon a possible POW camp in Vietnam. The script by Sylvester Stallone and James Cameron is surprisingly thoughtful for an action film, especially in addressing topical issues such as missing Vietnam POWs and the failed reintegration of Vietnam vets. The action sequences are also especially impressive, and add a lot of excitement and energy to the film. Incredibly entertaining and powerful, Rambo: First Blood Part II redefined the '80s action hero.

Nice to rewatch the origins of the phrase "Being Rambo" from time to time :)

Good and shows how real world look like... pussys :D

>"Rambo, you're not expendable."

Did that quote inspire the title for _The Expendables_ (2010)?I I always used to see bits and pieces of the series on TV throughout the early 90s, and now catching it on AMC. Big action movies and stars were abundant back then; Stallone, Schwartzenegger, Van Damme, you name it. Now that a lot of them are being remastered in HD for Blu-ray, I've been meaning to someday marathon through all their movies including the Rambo series.

This is hell, my God. I'm scared.