Rambo (Review)
Posted by Miller on February 3, 2008
Well, I figured that since I haven’t posted anything yet, the first post I will do will be a movie review. I am certain that most of you are probably looking at this movie as another attempt by an actor hoping to bring back the glory days of his early career. We’ve seen it A LOT recently (Live Free or Die Hard, T3) and you know what… it works here. I will admit, I thought the same thing when I first heard about it just as I shrugged off “Rocky Balboa” when I first heard it was going into production. Like “Rocky VI,” to my astonishment, this movie was actually really well done and highly enjoyable, well, at least for me. No, it won’t be winning awards. Sly will not be given the Academy Award for best actor/director/writer. You don’t get earth shattering acting, the dialogue at some points is a bit cheesy and the story is paper thin and reminiscent of every other action movie. Despite this, you do get ALOT of some pretty intense action, some good humor (at points), and an easy way of forgetting your troubles for a cool hour and a half.
With that out of the way, let’s delve deeper into that which we call Rambo. The story begins with our favorite war veteran living a quiet and peaceful life, trying to forget his troubled past. This is until a group of missionaries come and ask him for help traveling up river to Burma. On a nobel quest, they wish to travel into the war torn country to bring food and supplies to the desperate natives (yeah it sound cheesy, but go along with it). Despite denying them at first, he reluctantly takes them only to find exactly what he told them they would find – trouble. From this point on, you can pretty much guess what happens. More death occurs and those Rambo warned are captured, tortured, and killed and it is, of course, up to Rambo and a group of Mercenaries to save the day. Like I said before, this movie will not be winning any prestigious awards. You’re not looking at a movie that will be a top choice for any critic. What you see is what you get. An old fashion, shoot ‘em up action movie that will make you cringe in your seat and question how one man can imagine so many ways to kill someone. See it, enjoy it, and leave your brain at the door, trust me, you won’t need it.
