The body count is rising, Sly's pecs are blowing up, and Rambo himself is becoming more of a brand-name than a character, a mascot for masochism and murderous self-assertion.
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06/24/06
Rambo - First Blood Pt. 2 (1985)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:9
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A former Green Beret is sent to Vietnam to aid in the rescue of American G.I.'s still held captive. This sequel to the blockbuster RAMBO continues to capture the imaginations of millions of viewers... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Reviews for Rambo - First Blood Pt. 2
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03/26/09
Top CriticRambo's significant beefcake factor is so pronounced in First Blood: Part II that it practically begs to be taken as queer-baiting camp.
06/14/08
It's awesome
02/02/08
...precisely the sort of unapologetically brutal piece of work that's sorely missing from contemporary multiplexes.
01/24/08
All in all, it's a pretty offensive movie, especially to the Americans who fought in Vietnam.
01/14/08
Top CriticA thoroughly unpleasant project, quite apart from its creepy populist posturing (Stallone seemed determined to become the Huey Long of the movies).
01/14/08
Qualifies as a guilty pleasure, a good-bad 'B' movie.
12/30/06
A "perfect" flick for the Reagan era: a simplistic, distorted comicstrip actioner that nonetheless must have tapped into the collective nightmare that some American soldiers were still held prisoners or were missing in action in Vietnam.
11/03/06
Far from credible, but a terrific, cheer-out-loud action film nevertheless. Immediately and deservedly made Stallone's John Rambo a great individualistic screen hero to rival Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
02/16/06
The one man demolition squad blasts away again!
05/31/05
No review available.
11/19/04
No review available.
03/27/04
No review available.
01/08/04
No review available.
09/05/03
Shouldn't this be called Second Blood?
08/13/03
No review available.
06/20/03
To anyone who doesn't share the camera's adoration, this sort of behavior becomes so comic that Rambo turns into something of a camp classic.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
04/07/03
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