
Only a few years after the all-out guerrilla war in First Blood (1982), John Rambo's former commanding officer, Colonel Sam Trautman, pulls him out of jail, only to send him back to a place he swore never to return: the impenetrable jungles of Vietnam. Entrusted with the dangerous task of collecting evidence that American POWs are still being held captive, Rambo agrees to infiltrate the unknown zone, and before long, he finds himself double-crossed, marooned behind the enemy ... (Full plot summary below)
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Only a few years after the all-out guerrilla war in First Blood (1982), John Rambo's former commanding officer, Colonel Sam Trautman, pulls him out of jail, only to send him back to a place he swore never to return: the impenetrable jungles of Vietnam. Entrusted with the dangerous task of collecting evidence that American POWs are still being held captive, Rambo agrees to infiltrate the unknown zone, and before long, he finds himself double-crossed, marooned behind the enemy lines. Once, John fought for his country. Now, the government has left him for dead in a Soviet-infested land. Can Rambo fulfil his suicide mission? Will he deliver his lethal justice?
Leave your thoughts about Rambo: First Blood Part II.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisCorny, sure, but a hell of a lot of fun... |
| 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. |