![]() ![]() ![]() I've read David Morrell's original novel and I have to say this is a case where the movie adaptation is just superior in every way. Great action, yes, but also a terrific script and some really good performances that elevate this above so many other action movies. Probably the best Stallone movie behind the first Rocky. As a manhunt is underway to capture Rambo, his mentor and former commanding officer Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna) shows up to try and prevent a bloodbath. ![]() When a sadistic deputy abuses Rambo, he lashes out violently and escapes custody, fleeing into the mountains. While traveling through a small town in Washington, Rambo is arrested by Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) for being a vagrant. Rambo: Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job *parking cars*!Įngrossing action thriller about John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), a Vietnam vet and Medal of Honor recipient, who is now a drifter haunted by his experiences in the war. Trautman: You're the last of an elite group, don't end it like this. Rambo: For *you*! For me civilian life is nothing! In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. Trautman: It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. ![]() Calling me baby killer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh? Who are they? Unless they've been me and been there and know what the hell they're yelling about! Rambo: Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Do you understand me? This mission is over! Look at them out there! Look at them! If you won't end this now, they will kill you. Trautman: You did everything to make this private war happen. ![]()
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