RAMBO (4) 1 hr 33 mins
R
Sylvester Stallone
"Fuck the world" -John Rambo
This film really takes me back to a time when I'd watch Rambo marathons on the USA network, as a young lad. I went to the first midnight showing of this movie, trembling with anticipation. The people in the theater were also die hard Rambo fans, cheering and such during the opening credits ("yeah Rambo") and applauding at the end.
John Rambo and some mercenaries go to save missionaries who are captured by the Myanmaran (Burmese) army. Its fairly obvious how events are going to unfold.
There is no heavy metal rock to go along with all the shooting, which would be incredibly crass. Instead, a more generic sounding, slow tempo, symphonic soundtrack (brass and strings).
Stallone is looking really old and haggard, not to mention burnt out. It makes it hard to separate John Rambo from said actor portraying him. Is John Rambo sick of everything, or is Stallone sick of his own life?
I wouldn't have liked this movie if it didn't take itself so seriously. The shameless use of bad action movie cliches. Realistic, yet cartoonish blood and gore of epic proportions, beyond anything I've seen in the last ten years.
David Morrell (All four Rambo films), Sly Stallone, and Art Monterastelli (Seaquest) prepared this smorges board of carnage, brilliance, and pure delight. So drop what your doing, and see this movie right now, so you can honor this distinguished thespian, we call Sylvester Stallone, while he's still with us.
Final Verdict: 98 out of possible 100
Sidenote: Stallone is filming a movie on 2pac and Biggie (Notorious (2008)). To be released in March. No word on that sequal to Over the Top.