Insanely brutal movie. Strange thing is, I found myself bored throughout the movie until the hostage rescue scene. Sly once again proves he is the man and the violence is so spectacular here that I can't think of any other movie I've seen that can rival it. B+

Had Stallone spent half as much time writing a decent story as he did the elaborate over-the-top killings this would've been a half way decent film. But I guess all the HGH and roids that he's taken over the years have sapped him of what little creativity he once had. It seems everyone who loves this film does so because of the violence and would as easily be turned on by a close up of Stallones shriveled sack for 90 minutes. I for one don't want to see his junk or this film again.

Grade D-

Shes the 2nd biggest after Stallone, and basically the reason for all of his action.

Is there some sort of violence taking place in and around his gnarled old man sack? I think many people like the violence because we live in an era when there are hardly ever R rated action movies produced. Maybe it's an overreaction, but then so to is your D- which you probably tossed out to pretend to be above the fray.

Isn't Mr. Pink a character in a very violent movie which you obviously enjoyed (as well as me)? However, I do agree that the plot in Reservoir Dogs was top notch.

My D- is not an overreaction. It is the grade I feel the film rightfully deserves.
Rambo has a very weak plot and the characters are poorly developed. Stallone had to resort to amping up the violence to the point of needless overkill (pun intended) in order to get buts in the seats and cover up the fact that he wrote a terrible screen play. He has proven in the past that he can write a half way decent script and the fact that he had to resort to an unncecessary level of violence to compesate for his scripts blatant shortcomings only hammers home the point. And for the record I always try and stay above the fray because the fray likes stupid films.

I have nothing against violence in films if its there to serve a purpose, like helping drive the story forward, and not infringing on character development. The majority of violence in Resevior Dogs takes place off screen and is used to help build tension amongst the characters thus driving the story forward. At no time does it take over the film and become the central character in and of itself like it does in Rambo. Had Stallone spent a little more time fleshing out the films characters instead of simply upping the body count to absurd levels, I most likely would've enjoyed the film more. But he chose to take the easy way out in the script department and the film suffered greatly as a result.

considering every movie so far has been rated so utterly horribly, i believe we have an other yoshue on our hands ... another film elitest.

Sigh ...

Drrrrrrrrr...............me dumdum, me likey bloody stalloneeee, and lady women, nice tits and bloody bloody actsuuuun!!!

Mr.Pink man, review as honestly as you want but don't ever use that "above the fray because im smarter" shit again I beg you!!

I join Gulli and bABA in their opinion.

Jesus in a gay bar getting sucked in a manhole. This was like the most violent film ever. I haven't seen a Rambo film, ever, till tonight. Were the others like this? Anyway, it was neat. I liked Julie Benz (may she get many more leading movie roles in the future!) I was half expecting Sarah and Rambo to have a dirrty sex scene at some point with all the looks he was giving her, but c'est la vie. Maybe I'll check out the other three some day.



out of

The plot was a bit slight, and the character motivations weren't necessarily believable or explained particularly well, but the action kicked ass and it was good to hear that old Rambo music playing again.

It also had a rather unexpected but surprisingly pleasant ending.

Actually it isn't, its going to come out a very profitable film, and Stallone signed 2 picture deal with the studio as a result http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41635 . BKB are you really that surprised that what will end up most likely being the most testosterone filled film of the year dropped 61% on Superbowl (Probably the best this decade) weekend. The fact that Stallone is 62 and opened to films to 17+ is saying something.

If holding Rambo up to the same standards as previous films written by Stallone makes me a film elitist then so be it.
I went in expecting a half way decent action film with a so-so story, much like First Blood or even Rocky Balboa, but was treated to an utter piece of crap instead.

what makes you a film elitest is not you not likeing the film but the proposenity to continually grade nothing you like utterly horrible grades. so far, you seem to be giving off the vibe that its either an "A movie or else, its an F".

A- It dropped 60%
B- its on track for a 45% 3rd weekend drop (If it wasn't for the Superbowl it probably would have dropped in the 50-55% range)

Do you just paste your own reasoning together, no Rambo film opened to 36 million ever as you claimed, the first to 6, the 2nd to 20 and the 3rd to 13. Please bring actual facts into your argument if your ever going to have any credibility

Yeah, and Im sure the fact that it has recieved better reviews then the last two films on rottentomatoes, cinemascores, and a higher rating on IMDB and here 12/14 ratings are at least B. What else do you have for me. And only the 2nd film was a huge blockbuster, the third was a big dissappointment when it came out, being the most expensive film ever made when released. And I love that your argument is the obvious. Stallone was in his 30s, top shape and the top of his popularity in the 80s, now he's in his 60s and was considered not only a dinosaur action star, but in many cases a laughing stock. You've pinpointed the Rambo franchise was more popular in the 80s You should get an award.

Its pretty clear from watching this film that Stallone did a few things.


A: Watched the Slayer Bloodlines video once to often and decided to make a bet with Tom Araya that he could outdo both that video and the last section of the original Amityville Horror in the crimson crazy levels!!

B: Looked at the current state of the Burmese regime and amazingly decided that even thou they are a bunch of slimy totalitarian fuck wits with all the charm and grace of a radioactive cockroach they just weren't evil enough! Oh No this film has injected them with the fat deposits from Stalin's rectum and then sprinkled them with the facial hair of Hitler.

C: Make a great advertisement for steroids and Horse stimulants. I now know the answer to the eternal question, namely is there a person over 60 that could kick the crap out of me, answer Stallone can!!

Oddly enough the one section of the film that didn't do it for me was the final 1/3 or the lets shred human cannon fodder with 6 inch projectiles section. It came off a bit to cartoon-like and silly and left me giggling at the absurdity of it. Instead the best parts where when Rambo was doing his whole haunted soul staring off into the middle distance stuff, yup Stallone can do the whole tortured massive guy thing really well and the nice little dream interlude with his old commanding officer got my blood fully racing.

Kudo's on the neat little coda tacked onto the end as well. No kudos for the insanely annoying mercenaries especially the English fella that chewed more glass then a recycling plant. Half Kudo's on the goody goody religious types, yes the moral is clear people, Jesus hates you and will send the crazy cartoon villain squad on your ass the next time you think of doing his work.

Overall thou I liked Rambo 4, it played to its strength's and didn't outstay its welcome. Yes its not a patch on the first film but then what is?.........................Rhona Mitra naked and covered in whipped cream maybe I dunno.

I give all kinds of different grades, its just that this year the films have been either really good (hence the A's) or really really bad (hence the F's) when hollywood releases a film that falls in between I'll grade them accordingly. But I refuse to blindly love a film just to blindly love a film.

I feel that since I'm willing to sit and watch almost anything and at least give it a chance to entertain me disqualifies me from being a film elitist. How many other people on this site will sit through everything from Meet the Spartans to No Country for Old Men and give them an equal chance to either entertain them or not, I say not many.

Clearly an early Oscar® contender for 2008, Rambo sits astride the early film year...


Yeah, right.

Here's my original review from: 29 January 2008

Rambo (IV): Nothing to see here, move along...

Other than the chance to see some missionaries get punished for their sins, this was pretty much a content-free movie. No character development, the barest outline of a plot, meaningless action sequences. After last year's Rocky Balboa. I honestly expected more out of Stallone.

No such luck.

1 out of 5.


(Anyone who identifies the split-second CGI comic splatters in this movie as hardcore violence, needs to immediately go to their local hardcore violence recertification board and have their credentials revoked. Seriously - - go now. Thank-you in advance. Love, Bradley.)

First time I saw this was on a pal's telly with an average quality DVD rip.

Went to the pics to see it when it was released over here a couple of weeks ago, and was surprised to find my opinion of it leapt up exponentially. For some reason, the pacing and structure didn't seem so strange the second time around, and I had less issue with Rambo's motivation for taking them down the river in the first place.

What really struck me this time round though were the later action-y scenes. From the covert, suspenseful retrieval of the missionaries, to the big chase through the forests, leading up to the most awesomely violent end scene I think I've ever seen put to film. Perhaps it was being in a cinema with the never-ending gunfire at top volume and the sheer magnitude of on-screen violence really being pummeled into your retinas, but I now fucking love this movie.

A

Watched the movie 2 more times on DVD. Still as brutal and fun as ever. It's somehow appropriate that Lionsgate released the DVD considering they release more R-rated, bloody as can be films than any other major studio.

The bodyparts really fly in this movie, heh.

Jeffrey Wells over at H-E thinks its genius:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/05/ ... titude.php

I rented this just yesterday...

I thought the first 49 minutes were very slow. There was only 1 moment of Rambaction and then you have to wait till he appears with his bow about 15 minutes more after that. Another problem was that the villain or villains were just pretty weak. Yes, they were evil little devils who deserved to die but there was no nemesis here so the movie was a bit flat. The overall action was pretty good, pretty gory and surprising to see kids getting shot and stabbed and babies thrown into flames. That last part was actually kind of shocking. I'm sure this probably was exciting to see in a theatre with Rambo fans on opening day though.

Grade - b