Rambo

Yeah that's right Sly made another one. He has to be done now though, right. I am he can't possibly do another one of these can he. Just when you thought a franchise was dead and buried it comes back 20 years later to remind you somethings should stay dead. Rambo, the fourth installment of the franchise stars Sly Stallone reprising his role as title character who shares the movie title’s name. After surviving Rocky’s return to the big screen Sly felt that there was a place for a little Rambo love as well. Let me tell you there really isn’t. I mean I like bodies hitting the floor as much as the next guy and I am certainly not squeamish about blood and guts, but there comes a point where it doesn’t matter how many explosions and action sequences there are if at the center of them is a guy that can’t even go shirtless anymore because he just doesn’t have the goods the way he used to.

Sly you look great bro, you really do, if I am blessed with your body at 50 I would be psyched, but know thyself my friend, you are no longer an action movie star. And Sly is not the only thing wrong with this movie, I am talk about an empty script, this is classic reluctant hero is drawn into conflict because would be love interest is in danger. A group of mercenaries need an escort into the deepest most dangerous parts of the jungle and Rambo is the only one around. It is not long before our hero is obliterating an entire battalion of Burmese soldiers.

Aside from some spectacular death sequences and a lot of shooting and stuff going boom, there is nothing else here. It didn’t suck, no it didn’t, but this has got to be it, no more reprising roles that made you famous, nostalgia is overrated.

GRADE - D