Stallone slips back into the character easily, carrying a lifetime's worth of hurt and rage and "trying to keep a lid on it." But the film's attempts to infuse the movie with heart, such as audio flashbacks to previous "touching" conversations, fall flat. We're also introduced to a series of military-grade tunnels - with nooks and crannies stocked with guns, knives, and bows and arrows - dug under Rambo's ranch, which seems like the perfect place for a climactic showdown.Įven though the movie isn't very long, it still feels like a bit of a wait before any of this inevitable stuff actually happens, not to mention that a long "trap setting" montage gives away most of the carnage to come. We meet the pure, sheltered Gabrielle, who's so innocent and full of promise that she's not much more than a kidnap victim waiting to happen. Coming 11 years after Rambo (2008), Rambo: Last Blood - will this really be the last one? - is basically a series of simple setups with predictable payoffs. Though it (vainly) tries for some of the human soul that drove the 1982 original, this fifth entry in the Rambo series is ultimately little more than a cheap, gory revenge fantasy.
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