Product Description: No Description Available. Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure Rating: R Release Date: 23-NOV-2004 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: After Rocky and its sequels, Sylvester Stallone cast about for another character that would bring him the same kind of box-office hit--and found it in disillusioned Vietnam vet John Rambo in First Blood, a solid little action thriller. So when all else failed, Stallone went back to the same well in hopes of recapturing the same commercial success. Which this film did. But where First Blood was a no-nonsense thriller that pitted Stallone against a worthy (and not necessarily bad) Brian Dennehy, this one is a sadistic chest-thumper in which Rambo gets to go back to Vietnam: ostensibly, he's there to rescue missing POWs, but in fact the movie was a lame excuse for him to refight the Vietnam War--and win. Audiences ate up the cruel Vietcong (and their Russian manipulators) and Stallone's bogus heroics, but it was strictly by-the-numbers action. --Marshall Fine
Pretty Good Quality Not to expect too much from a film that old. It surprisingly watches really well. Mostly was looking for just smoothed edges. The movie itself is a classic.
The quality is watchable for blue ray. It probably makes out better than some movies because it is just normal. No crazy special effects. If there were they were not put in by computer.
It's John Rambo before he got all huge.
Better than the original, if that's possible! Make sure you saw my "First Blood" review, first. Now I know I said "First Blood" was awesome, but this one is, oh, I can't even discrive in words how great it is. And you're probibly thinking, how can you top the original? Well in my "First Blood" review, I said Rambo killing cops and shooting out street lights was disappointing, to say the least. But in this one he grabs a machine gun and kills mercenaries in a jungle in Vietnam. There was so much shooting, so much falling mercenaries, so on and so on. Of course, Rambo grabs an M-60 like in the original, but, this time he gets an M60-E3. And guess what, he acually kills bad guys with it. At the end he uses it to shoot all the computers. So once agian he uses it to destroy heavy machinary. But he also used it to kill bad guys. I don't know why people say this was not as good as "First Blood," I just don't see it. So see this one too, trust me, you won't be disappointed.
love them all i loved the rambo movies, oh dont let your young ones watch the last one Rambo4, it is bloody
Stallone Returns in RAMBO II !! This sequel lives up to the original. Stallone's way of saluting the VietNam war vets. Along with most 80's action movies RAMBO II takes alittle turn in the story, but to me it keeps the movie interesting. John Rambo One of the best action heros in the 80's, as well in the 21st century a new Rambo movie has been released this year. I rate this movie a 9 from 1to10!!
"Pretty Solid Sequel" After the first Rambo film 1982`s "First Blood" which reached a certain success with the audience,Stallone returned as John Rambo in "First Blood Part II" in 1985.This sequel is often remembered more than the original Rambo,who was based on David Morrell`s "First Blood" novel but was entirely rewritten for a movie but still keeping many of the basic elements of the book.Stallone gave us once again a great action movie that he can be proud of and that we can enjoy over and over again.It was filmed entirely in Mexico,not that it really matters,i just tought i`d add that in for extra information.It certainly has it`s own story and doesn`t copy the first at all,add to that it has even more violence than the first film.It seems that with each Rambo movies the more violence they have and that was proven to me with this one,"Rambo III"(1988) and "Rambo"(2008).
In "First Blood Part II" Rambo is currently serving five years in prison for his acts in "First Blood" at the beggening of the movie,until he gets released by Colonel Trautman if he accepts the mission the colonel gives him.As you could or should have guessed he accepted.Rambo must head for the P.O.W camp he escaped from in 1971 in order to find out if there are still some P.O.W.`s held in the camp.If he succeds he will be pardonned from jail and once again be a free man.Rambo does find many american hostages there and you can expect plenty of action from there.He must face many dangers that are very real.He also meets a young vietnamese girl whom he has a good relationship(not sexually)with and they become good friends.There are some flashback scenes from Rambo`s past in which he was tortured by the ennemies and we see how he got that big cut on his chest.I don`t want to give way the movie in every single details but there is plenty of action,killing,guns and other materials that can be 1)cool or 2)offensive depending of you,but be aware that all these aspects are in the film.
The special features.It is known already that the movie itself is incredible as well as a must see classic.The features from previous releases are gone for the most part.The first Rambo had the alternate ending s while this one has pretty much nothing.There are trailers for the movie,retrospectives and that`s about it.There are many possibilities for audio and visual which gives way to many options to set the movie to your liking with the metascopes and other modes that let you watch the film in different ways.I wonder why they cutted the extras,they did the same for the Rocky remasters.My advice : if you have the older versions don't get these you won't get anything new.its not worth it.If you cans score one of these "Special Editions" then you might consider yourself to have gotten a great deal.Those "Ultimate Editions" aren't so ultimate after all.
"First Blood Part II" stands as a classic and a must have.It does not suit everyone be advised so have to know a minimum on the movie before you actually rent and/or buy it.As mentionned above those editions aren't the best and the older editions are much better.Yet this one is easier to find and ainvailable nearly everywhere DVDs are sold which is pretty much the only advantage with these Ultimate editions.You can also save a lot by buying the "Ultimate Edition" boxed set of the first three Rambo.Overral,a solid sequel definatly worth seeing.Not the best Rambo but surely not the worst either and as a matter of fact pretty good!You can't go wrong by picking this up if you are a fan of action movies and/or Sylvester Stalone,I liked both so this definatly worked for me.
NOTE: A few weeks prior to writting this review the fourth Rambo was released,"Rambo",in theatres January 25th 2008.
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