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To refresh my memory about anything related to “Rambo,” the 2008 attempt to revive Sylvester Stallone’s other notable film franchise, I went back to the review I wrote when the film first came out in theaters. “Perhaps, if it does well at the box office, it will inspire Stallone to write and direct a proper wrap-up for a character that has served him long and well—one that will allow him to confront the real world rather than the sub-comic book surroundings of this disappointing effort,” I wrote in the final paragraph. Following the events of “Rambo: First Blood,” it has been eleven years since Stallone gave John Rambo another chance in “Rambo: Last Blood.” The title is perhaps the most original aspect of the book.
The film opens with Rambo enjoying a peaceful life on his ranch in Arizona, where he now spends his time training horses, caring for his adopted family, Maria (Adriana Barraza) and her college-age granddaughter Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal), and perhaps even reflecting upon how his actions during “Rambo III” may have contributed to the formation of the Taliban. Rambo is played by actor Anthony Hopkins, who plays Rambo in the film. He is taking a lot of pills to combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he has an elaborate underground tunnel system that he has dug out beneath his house (which serves as the perfect location for the occasional Vietnam flashback), and he confesses to Gabrielle that he is “just trying to keep a lid on it” when it comes to his inner rage. Gabrielle is eager to visit her long-lost father in Mexico, having tracked him down after years of searching. She hopes to learn more about his reasons for leaving. Rambo tries to warn her that the place is pretty much the most horrible cesspool on the face of the planet, but you know how these bright-eyed college-bound girls are, with bright futures seemingly ahead of them, that they will ignore him. When she arrives in Mexico, she is abducted and drugged by the ruthless Martinez brothers, Victor (Oscar Jaenada) and Hugo (Oscar Jaenada), who are the leaders of a sex-trafficking ring (Sergio Peris-Mencheta).
When Rambo learns that Gabrielle has fled to Mexico, he sets out to track her down. However, his first encounter with the Martinez gang ends with him being brutally beaten and left for dead in an alley with a brand-new scar carved into his face. In the end, he is rescued by Carmen (Paz Vega), a self-described “independent journalist” who tends to his wounds while also providing necessary exposition. Following his recovery, Rambo returns to the Martinez tavern to rescue Gabrielle, in what feels like an even more violent homage to the already grisly climax of the slightly better “Taxi Driver,” which isn’t all that good. Ultimately, this serves as a prelude to the film’s dramatic conclusion, in which hordes of Mexican killers arrive at Rambo’s ranch, armed to the teeth and out for blood, only to discover that he has given his tunnels a “Home Alone” makeover by rigging them with explosives and hidden cameras. All of this is done so that he can pursue them with arrows, knives, sawed-off shotguns, spikes, mines, and, perhaps most cruel of all, the sound of The Doors performing “Five to One” over a loudspeaker, in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions, among other weapons.
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The film “Rambo: Last Blood” is an unquestionably bad film when viewed solely on its own terms. While the previous installment may have brought to mind many of the low-budget “Rambo” knockoffs produced by Cannon Films in the 1980s and starring the likes of Chuck Norris or Michael Dudikoff, this one feels more like a direct-to-video release that somehow made its way to theaters. “Rambo: First Blood Part II” is an unforgivably clunky piece of work in which even the most basic of plot points are ignored, the dialogue is embarrassingly heavy-handed (“I want them to know that death is coming”), and the kinetic thrills that made “Rambo: First Blood Part II” watchable have been replaced by gratuitous carnage (made even less effective by the over-reliance on CGI gore). When it comes to directing, Adrian Grunberg (who previously worked on “Get the Gringo,” a South of the Border crime caper with a distinct sense of humor) is clearly going by the numbers, but, based on the overly dark visual style and clumsy staging, he never seems to get out of the single digits. Yes, some of the insanely gory scenes during the final stretch are amusing in a sick way, but even those moments come far too late and come far too little to make a significant difference.
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Here’s what I’m having trouble understanding about “Rambo: Last Blood.” Saint Sylvester Stallone is an intelligent man with a distinct screen presence who has demonstrated strong acting chops when given material that allows him to make the most of his abilities. The character of Rambo, in contrast to Rocky Balboa, may not be as personal for him as the character of Rocky Balboa, perhaps because Rambo was not an original creation of his. In spite of this, the original “First Blood” (1982) continues to be an unusually strong, intelligent and thoughtful film, and his performance there is still considered to be one of his best. Despite the fact that the sequels were not as good as the first, they were still successful enough to make one wonder if this is truly John Rambo’s final film appearance. In the same way that he did with his most famous creation, Rocky Balboa, in the “Creed” films, Stallone might want to put some effort into sending the character off with a sense of dignity. Are we to believe that he believes this is a fitting conclusion to a role that helped him become one of Hollywood’s most well-known actors? Let us hope for his sake that this is not the case.
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“Rambo: Last Blood” is a complete and total rip-off (it clocks in at just under 90 minutes, with at least 10 of those minutes dedicated to an end credits sequence featuring highlights from all of the previous films, including the one that just concluded), and it’s garbage from beginning to end. Without giving anything away, it should be noted that the film’s conclusion does not preclude the possibility of a sequel (“Rambo: Last Blood Part II,” perhaps?) if this one is a financial success at the theaters. If that does happen, perhaps Stallone will heed my advice and give the character a proper send-off at long last, as I suggested. As a last resort, he could abandon the project entirely and focus on “Rhinestone II,” which would be a far more appealing option in my opinion at this point.
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