Sylvester Stallone??™s ???Rambo??? sequel opens today. Stallone wrote, directed and starred in the movie, which featured 11 producers. In the film, John Rambo (now living in Thailand, trapping snakes) assembles a group of mercenaries and leads them up a river to a Burmese village and must save a group of Christian missionaries. Reviewers are wary, reviews are mixed, and none avoid commenting on the bizarre nature of Stallone??™s physical aging.
The New York Post had the best headline of any movie review, ???RAMBOLONEY! GORY SEQUEL IS BETTER LEFT STALLONE??? and gave it only 1.5 stars:
Needlessly violent? No, ???Rambo??? is needfully violent. Johnny R. is a man constructed of violence. He can no more do without firing arrows into skulls than a lady poet can do without her yoga. The psychological effects of his m?©tier might be worth considering, but Stallone isn??™t interested in anything but the next explosion.
I??™m not saying I want Rambo to start seeing Dr. Friedman on Park and 85th every Tuesday and Thursday, but we love Rocky Balboa because he??™s more than a punching machine. Rambo is no longer a symbol of betrayal in Vietnam or anything else. He??™s just a walking Claymore. |
