Rambo (2008) is a Masterpiece

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Good movie with great pacing -- perfect actually.

The gore and shock value was hardcore though. As someone mentioned the baby scene but it had pretty much every violent trope you could think of: Gang rape, mass murder, huge bomb, throat ripping, feeding humans to animals, flame thrower, explosives, .50 cal, stabbings, etc.

 

[Thurisaz]

IMO, the violence is most brutal and realistic of any mainstream cinematic offering.

I don't consider a sniper rifle hit throwing a body for several meters to be particularly believable, but maybe it's just me and my grasp of physics.

That said, the movie is excellent. The story is believable, moral and entertaining. Pretty much everything Hollywood usually isn't.

 

[3DayFunk]

Rambo and the creed films Stallone absolutely shines.

 

[JoshTehV]

I hadn't watched it for years. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about it still.

Relentless kills and action is just unreal. And Rambo is an absolute machine. He's like the military pre-John Wick, John Wick.

But anyway, Stallone just went full throttle on this movie. I'm actually surprised there's going to be a 5th, because I don't know how he pulls anything off believably like he did in this one.

No its fucking not, the same way someone like AJ can walk into a night club and walk out with 10-20 dudes unconscious on the ground. Did you not read the article about the guy on vacation who grabbed his gun and cleared out a building during a terrorist attack by himself?

 

[splendica]

No its fucking not, the same way someone like AJ can walk into a night club and walk out with 10-20 dudes unconscious on the ground. Did you not read the article about the guy on vacation who grabbed his gun and cleared out a building during a terrorist attack by himself?

I don't get quite what you mean here, what I was trying to say is that Rambo reminds me of an all-out action movie surrounding a main character similar to the original John Wick. I wasn't trying to compare the content so much as the action and there being an uber violent central killing machine.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Great movie, but First Blood is still the best

 

[splendica]

Good movie with great pacing -- perfect actually.

The gore and shock value was hardcore though. As someone mentioned the baby scene but it had pretty much every violent trope you could think of: Gang rape, mass murder, huge bomb, throat ripping, feeding humans to animals, flame thrower, explosives, .50 cal, stabbings, etc.

Yeah, I agree. Everything is pretty incredible. Even the for-hire crew boated in. But there isn't much lull anywhere, just enough to get the necessary details in for the story.

 

[lifelessheap]

Very good movie, but hard to rewatch... to brutal. The raid on the village is gut-wrenching... especially when a soldier just nonchalantly grabbed a baby out of his mothers arms and threw it into a fire.

I mean, that is how the real world is.

 

[TSO]

Terrible acting and digital blood? It was decent for a Rambo movie, but in no way was it a good movie.

 

[TrueBias]

If that was the case I would have no clue that it was. It has some of the most authentic-feeling and looking battle scenes ever and I've seen practically everything.

I could tell when i saw it in theater, god knows how pronounced it is now.

The walking dead has the same effects.

 

[TrueBias]

I’ll check it out.

The commercials didn’t look good so I avoided watcing it when it came out. I’m suprised to read all of your reviews.

I think a lot of people in here are drunk.

That was the only rambo movie ive only seen once and i wasnt drunk seeing it.

 

[splendica]

I could tell when i saw it in theater, god knows how pronounced it is now.

The walking dead has the same effects.

It's still very good. And there are plenty of real effects blood, so to me it's a very moot point. There was also the bomb CGI scene. It doesn't take away for me the majority of quality warfare enactments. Top notch, some of the best ever captured in cinema IMO.

 

[Knockouttibster]

I agree

I've seen that movie a dozen times and I love it each and everytime I watch it.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

it's the most savage movie ever, period.

i own it (well i own the box bluray set) and watch it once a month or so

cue the Patrice Oneil bit about the movie on OanA. 'He stabs a pregnant woman in the stomach, and then throws a baby in a fire.'

 

[splendica]

Terrible acting and digital blood? It was decent for a Rambo movie, but in no way was it a good movie.

Wot.

I love your guys impossible standard of excellence. And did you have your eyes closed during the real effects parts?

There were limited parts of digital blood unless you're looking to nitpick. I'd love to see what you guys consider top-notch battle cinema. I'd have a field day.

 

[splendica]

I think a lot of people in here are drunk.

That was the only rambo movie ive only seen once and i wasnt drunk seeing it.

I'd love to see your great war movie list. This is getting embarrassing.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

people naysaying this movie are either straight up delusional, or haven't seen it

Let me guess you hate The Raid: Redemption also?

 

[splendica]

people naysaying this movie are either straight up delusional, or haven't seen it

Let me guess you hate The Raid: Redemption also?

It's actually ridiculous. If their version of great battle cinema involves gallons of spraying red corn syrup as the only criteria, then . . . Nah, not even then.

I literally watched this film two nights ago after not watching it for many years and it blew me away again. Yes I have the normal ability to overlook minute, tiny bits of whatever for favor of the whole. The battle scenes and everything about this film is phenomenal. It's beyond extreme nitpicking.

 

[splendica]

I have a feeling people are uncomfortable with the content (even geographically, politically), and that I can understand. But nitpicking the cinematography and enactments is rather vapid.

 

[splendica]

I could tell when i saw it in theater, god knows how pronounced it is now.

The walking dead has the same effects.

I'm just reading this post again . . .

You compare Rambo to "The Walking Dead," criticizing that shows effects? Has there ever been a long-running show like TWD with the effort, man-power, budget, devoted effects crews and everything else and you criticize the few moments here and there where they use digital blood? Again, I'd love to see your list impossible of effects excellence.