This is by far the greatest action movie that came out the week of May 25, 1985. I was literally blown away at Stallone's impressive performance as the stoic Rambo. In my mind, he is definitely NOT expendable. I also enjoyed the beautiful and talented Julia Nickson Soul as the never believable Vietnamese ally to Rambo. Her forced broken english was a film highlight. SPOILER ALERT! When her character dies in the movie, it is one of the most tragic death scenes in Hollywood history. Her death is such a blow to the movie audience because the filmmakers made a point to have us care so much about her character. As for Rambo, his constant internalized struggle is betrayed by Stallones beautifully subtexted performance. Never before has an actor delved so deep within a character and gave the audience such duality in a role. Or maybe...this just sucked.
