Rambo: First Blood Part II
Having enjoyed the tense action thriller that was First Blood , it was time I sat down to watch Rambo: First Blood Part II which I hadn't seen before. First Blood could have been a very neat one-off film in Stallone's career but he wanted to be the top action hero and, by altering the ending where Rambo killed himself in the book, the opportunity was there to make more films. This time Rambo is called back into action by his old friend, Colonel Sam Trautman, in an effort to rescue American POWs in Vietnam. The mission is lead by a external unit of mercenaries and Rambo accepts in what should have been a simple rescue operation but things soon take a twist when some overseeing bureaucrats get in the way. First Blood gave a glimpse into Rambo's efficiency as a war machine but Part II goes into full overdrive as he singlehandedly takes on the Vietnamese and Russians forces using every tool available. Directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by Stallone and a young ...
