John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.... (Full plot summary below)
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Leave your thoughts about Rambo: First Blood Part II.
The A.V. ClubTom BreihanIf you accept that Rambo is not the same kind of movie as First Blood and watch it on its own merits, it’s a badass action movie. |
Chicago TribuneGene SiskelIt may be a dishonest, xenophobic, exploitative act of historical revisionism, but it's effective, and Jack Cardiff's cinematography lends Rambo's comic-book adventures an epic sweep. |
UGOKeith UhlichRambo's significant beefcake factor is so pronounced in First Blood: Part II that it practically begs to be taken as queer-baiting camp. |
Chicago ReaderDave KehrA thoroughly unpleasant project, quite apart from its creepy populist posturing (Stallone seemed determined to become the Huey Long of the movies). |
NewsweekJack KrollThe 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. |
FanboyNation.comSean MulvihillDespite its various issues there's one thing about Rambo: First Blood Part II that trumps everything else - it's a whole lotta fun. |
AskMen.comRadheyan SimonpillaiWhat makes this icon so significant is how wholly he was embraced by the Reagan era. After all, it only seems natural to respond to B-movie action stars when your president was one as well. |
StarburstAndrew PollardAs subtle as an exploding arrow to the head... It almost feels as if this takes everything that First Blood did so well to restrict, and just throws it all at the audience double-fold. |
Common Sense MediaCharles CassadySly shoots up Vietnam in glorified '80s actioner. |
The New YorkerPauline KaelThe picture seems deliberately trite, blunt, and manipulative, as if the producers didn't trust their audience to respond to anything else. |