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John Rambo

Heroes never die.... They just reload.

Twenty years after his last outing, Rambo is snaking around in Burma, when he is asked to escort a missionary couple upstream. He does so, saving their lives along the way. After leaving them, he hears they have been kidnapped, and so goes back to rescue them, with a bunch of mercenaries in tow. Expect a very high body count, with very explicit violence. Not for the squeamish.

93 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Action, Drama, Thriller, War.

Credits

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jake La Botz, Tim Kang

Director

Sylvester Stallone

Screenplay

Art Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone, using a character by David Morrell

Music

Brian Tyler

Cinematography

Glen MacPherson

Editing

Sean Albertson

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Rogue Marble, Emmett/Furla Films, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV, Lionsgate, Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, The Weinstein Company

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarZane Henry

Die BurgerJeanne Calitz

Cape TimesKevin Crust

iAfrica.comEbrahim Moolla The disappointment hits early on with the realisation that Rambo's final hurrah is not a patch on the taut intensity and cordite-chewing mayhem of its predecessors.

The CitizenLeon Van Nierop This is not so much a case of flogging an old warhorse to death as beating tired steroid-infected biceps to a pulp

24.comIvan Sadler It has no story to speak of, barely any dialogue and is extremely violent. There is no humour, no drama, and not much in the way of acting either. Also, you have a grunting 60-plus Neanderthal as the protagonist.

International Media

BBC (UK)Jamie Russell t's less a war movie than a turkey shoot in a ketchup factory. It's also reactionary, tasteless and laced with nastiness: a jungle holocaust of civilian casualties and scenes of gang rape harking back to '80s style exploitation.

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman Rambo is simply reprehensible.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli If there's a reason for mild dissatisfaction, it's that there aren't enough Rambo moments. Why are we in the theater in the first place? To see Stallone cut, shoot, and blow his way through enemies from start to finish. Unfortunately, there are a few too many scenes that feature Stallone running through the forest or staring daggers at people he doesn't like.

ScreenIt (USA) Best for aficionados of over the top mayhem and high bullet and body counts.

Metacritic.com26 critics

RottenTomatoes.com124 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer The excessive violence is more nauseating than entertaining.

Internet (IMDB)36446 Netizens A modern 80s action movie that pulls no punches.

Average .. 38%

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