Synopsis
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
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Cast
- Sylvester StalloneJohn Rambo
- Julie BenzSarah
- Matthew MarsdenSchool Boy
- Graham McTavishLewis
- Reynaldo GallegosDiaz
- Tim KangEn-Joo
- Jake La BotzReese
- Maung Maung KhinTint
- Paul SchulzeMichael Burnett
- Cameron PearsonJeff
Recommendations
- 63
ReelViews
In the Rambo canon, where does this one fit? The tone is closer to "First Blood" but the body count is more "Rambo III." No matter how one dices and slices this new Rambo, the first one in 20 years, it will likely please fans of the long-in-the-tooth series. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
The result is the farthest thing from a bland, spineless sequel: It's a brutal, insanely excessive successor to grindhouse pictures of yore. - 60
Variety
Stallone (who looks fit but mostly keeps his shirt on) has no intention of bogging the action down, but it's still a notably cheerless exercise, without knowing winks or stabs (pardon the expression) at humor. It is in all respects, rather, a completely workmanlike effort. - 60
The New York Times
The movie does have its own kind of blockheaded poetry. - 60
Slate
Rambo combines an unapologetic return to the grand action-movie tradition of blowing shit up (one explosion is so big, it leaves behind its own miniature mushroom cloud) with a "Saw"-era interest in close-ups of human viscera. - 50
Premiere
Rambo is surprisingly effective as an action movie precisely because the villains seem truly dangerous and the "mission" truly a death wish. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
In short, No. 4 is one big snore. - 40
Salon
The movie is neither cathartic nor entertaining. The action scenes (and there are many of them) feel mechanized and calculated.
