Rambo (First Blood IV) … actually watchable
Just finished watching Rambo on DVD and, I’m not sure that this is the greatest compliment but, it wasn’t that bad. Certainly not great, but watchable.
I watched the original First Blood a few days ago and was reminded what a great movie that was. This one is nowhere near that good. The story is flimsy and the social commentary - assuming it was even meant to be there - was very weak. But the action was decent as long as you’re into the crazy death-count, bodies flying everywhere, mass destruction kind of action.
If you’re hoping for a good story, something that reminds why the original was so good - like Stallone did with Rocky Balboa … well, this isn’t it. But if you just want to turn on an action flick and watch some chaos and bullets, you won’t many movies with a higher death-count than this one. In fact, I was thinking while watching it that it may be the goriest action movie I’ve ever seen. I guess that’s something.
And you won’t even have to sit through a bad Stallone motivational speech. “NOTHING IS OVER!”
