Hot Shots: Part Deux parodies the two Rambo sequels, but mostly focuses on this one since there’s such a massive amount of material to draw from. What’s amazing about that film is that hardly any of it is changed from what is actually in First Blood Part II. It simply recreates most of the action [...]

We’ve come a long way since First Blood. Rambo has turned from a meaningful piece on Vietnam War veterans into an over the top, stylistic action gore fest. While it’s a shame Rambo has taken the route of the sequels, dropping any subtext in the process, this is still a ridiculously fun action movie when [...]

It’s a shame that the Rambo series devolved into a cheap knock-off of other countless action movies. Most people write off the first film as they do the sequels. The original is a brutal, vicious, fight for survival against a small town that rejected the Vietnam War hero, based on an even more violent book. [...]