Rambo's Back 4 More!

It's been roughly 26 years since John Rambo first hit the big screen in "First Blood" (based off of the novel by David Morrell) and who would of ever thunk it that he'd still be the pop culture icon that he is? You just can't deny that he's probably one of the biggest action hero characters in all of film and certainly of the 1980s.Looking back at all these flicks I find their all basically dumb fun. Not really anything more than that, sometimes we just enjoy watching movies that don't require you to think and just relax and joke with your friends. Not too say that their necessarily bad movies, just movies you don't have to take to seriously.


First Blood (1982)
: In Rambo's first outing, we learn that he's a vietnam vet suffering from some psychological trauma. Just rambling around until he gets into trouble with the authorities. Soon enough Rambo is relentlessly killing off cops with hand made traps and brute force. Kind of an interesting start for the series and it isn't even called Rambo. (Perhaps it's really trying to follow the book more, though I don't really know)First Blood is messy fun and I dig those Vietnam flashbacks. (Where Rambo has a mustache.)


Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
I find it interesting that the most popular image of Rambo, actually comes from the second film. Here we have Rambo back in Vietnam rescuing P.O.W's, blowing up things with a bow and arrow, lots of gunfire and explosions and etc. Which really wasn't as present in the first film. Rambo II is loads of fun through it's ridiculous scenarios and cool one-liners and still my personal favorite Rambo.


Rambo III (1988)
: Rambo III gets off to a promising start but never really goes anywhere interesting. It's certainly not as entertaining as the first two. We do get a little more screen time for Col. Trautman (Richard Crenna) but he's mostly just being beat up stereotypical Soviets through the whole movie. The whole relationship with the Afghan freedom fighters isn't that compelling either. There's a few good kills but nothing really impressive.


Rambo (2008)
:Rambo basically delivers everything you'd want to see in a Rambo film. It's a little slow at first but once rambo decides he's had enough people die.... And I mean PEOPLE DIE!!! Rambo's gore is fantastic and the action sequences are loads of fun. If only they weren't spread out so much this could of been the best Rambo. But instead another respectable enough entry into the Rambo Quadrilogy. (Really dug that British guy too.)

So basically this isn't a great series, but it has given us a memorable character when it comes to action flicks. Sure they're cheesy but they make us smile and cheer for the good guy. Cause to Rambo killing is easy as breathing.