Tag: Rambo: First Blood Part II
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Jaws 3-D Tried To Warn Us About SeaWorld
Have you ever wondered why in the 2023 version of “The Haunted Mansion,” Owen Wilson is shown eating a big bag of Burger King and telling Lakeith Stanfield that the fast food chain’s fried snacks are literal messages from heaven? Or why while Rambo is being told about his off-the-books, super-secret, clandestine mission to rescue…
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Rambo: First Blood review – Stallone’s 80s hero ripe for devotees of old-school action
Fans of movie explosions get another chance to spend time with the character that inspired Ronald ReaganForty years on, here’s a rerelease of the first movie in the Rambo series from 1982: the watchable if entirely preposterous exploitation-action picture in which star and co-writer Sylvester Stallone makes his first appearance as John Rambo, the decorated…
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Behind-The-Scenes Chaos Gave Rambo III’s Director His Debut
There’s a saying that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. That was certainly the case for “
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Top Gun Was A Lie Told With Style
Tony Scott’s “Top Gun” is as spectacularly entertaining as it is terminally stupid. For a film glorifying the exploits of elite Navy fighter pilots, this is not necessarily a drawback. Released one year after “Rambo: First Blood Part II” ignited American audiences’ ardor for jingoistic blockbusters, “Top Gun” reaffirmed Tom Cruise’s superstar status, turned bomber…
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Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ Dated for September
The fifth installment of the “Rambo” franchise, “Rambo: Last Blood,” will hit theaters on Sept. 20 — 37 years after the series launched with “First Blood.”The story centers on Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo crossing into Mexico and taking on a violent cartel when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped. “Rambo: Last Blood”…