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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

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Overview

Director:
George P. Cosmatos
Writers:
Kevin Jarre (story)
Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 May 1985 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
What most people call hell, he calls home. more
Plot:
John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Possibly the best Stallone film apart from the Rocky series more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sylvester Stallone ... John J. Rambo

Richard Crenna ... Col. Samuel Trautman
Charles Napier ... Marshall Murdock
Steven Berkoff ... Lt. Col. Podovsky
Julia Nickson-Soul ... Co Bao (as Julia Nickson)

Martin Kove ... Ericson

George Cheung ... Capt Vinh (as George Kee Cheung)
Andy Wood ... Banks
William Ghent ... Capt. Vinh (POW camp commander)
Voyo Goric ... Sgt. Yushin (as Vojo Goric)

Dana Lee ... Gunboat captain
Baoan Coleman ... Gunboat captain
Steve Williams ... Lifer
Don Collins ... POW #1
Christopher Grant ... POW #2
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Vietnamese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 (video release) (uncut) (1998) | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video release) (cut) (1989) | West Germany:18 (video rating) (cut) | USA:R (certificate #27558) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Germany:Not Rated (uncut) | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-18 (original rating) (cut) (1985) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | France:U | Norway:18 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Netherlands:16
Filming Locations:
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico more
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Company:
Anabasis N.V. more

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Trivia:
Co-writer James Cameron claims that he only wrote the first draft of the script and that Sylvester Stallone made many changes to it. When the film was released, the "political" content of the movie was considered controversial. Many felt the Vietnam conflict was "altered" to look and sound heroic. Cameron commented that he only wrote the "action" and that Stallone wrote the "politics". more
Goofs:
Continuity: Rambo fires the explosive arrowheads at two trucks on the bridge, yet in the next shot the center truck is seen burning as well. more
Quotes:
Rambo: Wolf den this is lone wolf do you read? Prepare for emergency landing, arriving with American POWs. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Amazones (2004) more
Soundtrack:
PEACE IN OUR LIFE more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Possibly the best Stallone film apart from the Rocky series, 12 December 2000
Author: Joe-290

Rambo films have been stereo typed as dumb action films blowing up things for nothing. While the first Rambo film can not be stereo typed to that level completely this does fall under the common judgement. However, this film has meaning and thats what I love, a film with meaning. It makes a powerful statement like the first Rambo about the Vietnam war.

Rambo is assigned to go into Vietnamese terotry to take photos of POW camps to see and prove if there is any there. Rambo disobeys orders and goes into rescue the American prisoners causing hell. But what we call hell he calls home.

Touching performance from Stallone as this series and the Rocky series, which are all written by Stallone himself are moving. Sentimental scenes that get to your heart such as his explanation of being expendable and not being cared about by anyone. A wonderful film mixed with all sorts of ideas. Rambo falls in love which as strange as it may seem fits perfect into the film.

The last of the great action films and like all films but this one especially, better than Star Wars.

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