Parents Guide for
Rambo (2008)

A woman has her shirt torn off, breasts are very briefly visible. Kidnapped women are made to dance and are verbally and physically abused by their captors. One has her shirt torn off, with breasts being briefly shown. It is implied that a young boy is raped by one of the soldiers (his head is caressed as a door shuts behind him, nothing else is shown or heard)

Actual documentary footage used depicting maimed and dead civilians in the Burmese Civil War. A severed head is shown being buried in a mass grave.

A prisoner runs across a landmine, resulting in a large, bloody explosion. Soldiers gun down the remaining prisoners.

During a village raid, several unarmed villagers are gunned down; one is executed spilling a large amount of blood.

Rambo kills several river pirates; one is shot multiple times in the head at close range. Later he walks through their remains, pouring gasoline over them and igniting it. Several amputees are shown being given medical care.

A village is attacked resulting in several scenes of villagers being blown apart and dismembered by mortar fire in extremely graphic detail. Children are shown being bayoneted and are executed at close range. A man has his arms and legs cut of with a machete A small child is taken from its mother and thrown into a burning building. Dozens of villagers are gunned down by a truck mounted machine gun.

During a flashback, Rambo is shown killing a few soldiers in black and white.

Many rotting corpses are shown with flies buzzing around them. Severed heads and hanging bodies are also present. Using a bow and arrow, Rambo kills several soldiers. Close-ups show arrows penetrating soldier's heads and bodies. One is knocked onto a landmine and blown apart.

A man is stabbed with a knife A prisoner is shown having the bloody stumps of his legs being eaten by a boar. A man is stabbed in the throat and side repeatedly; his wounds gush blood. Several soldiers are shot with a sniper rifle; one has part of his head blown off. Rambo slowly and very graphically tears a mans throat out.

A soldier has his leg mangled in an explosion, and shrapnel is graphically dug out of the wound. Later, he is tortured by having it prodded with a stick. A massive bomb is detonated, killing a large group of soldiers and their tracking dogs. Several civilians are beaten bloody with a stick. Rambo cuts off a soldiers head with a machete. A large caliber machine gun is used point-blank on a soldier, completely disintegrating his torso. he then turns it at a group of soilders and fires it it blows their heads off, cuts them in half, dismembers their arms and legs.

About 30 uses of the F-word. A few of the other harsher swear words are used occasionally.

A few scenes feature smoking and drinking. Drugs are briefly mentioned.

This film is extremely intense throughout. Many audiences might find the scenes of torture and decapitation disturbing and frightening.

The rape or "almost rape" scene was pretty intense.