Rambo

[Catman]

The movie was pretty good. And the theater was packed and the audience was loving it! Looks like this movie will be more successful than Rocky VI. I guess the January release date was a good decision.

 

[Iron_Stark]

I saw this last night and loved it, probably the best action flick I've seen in a long while. It reminded me of the 80s action flicks, nonstop action without the use of CGI, sh** getting blown up and dudes flying thru the air, plus it was very brutal and violent. They need to make more of these.

 

[Balthus Dire]

I saw it last night.

I liked it, but I couldn't help being disappointed. The movie didn't really feel like it was about Rambo, it felt like he was just a side character to a bunch of other people's stories. I also thought it didn't explore a lot of the interesting character elements and such that it could've, specifically with Rambo's character.

Here's a guy who's entire life has been about war and killing, and now he's living a secluded life and has lost faith in humanity and doesn't give a **** about anything...and he's faced with the choice of whether or not to go back to war after all these years. Not to mention, the difference between what's actually right and wrong in the world.

A lot of interesting elements that they didn't explore, they just made Rambo "one of the mercs" who goes in to rescue the people. I don't care about those mercs, I wanna see Rambo!!!

7/10

 

[ANTOINE X]

I can see there were good reviews. I m gonna see it today and this time I wont be late.

 

[killingfields]

I saw it last night.

I liked it, but I couldn't help being disappointed. The movie didn't really feel like it was about Rambo, it felt like he was just a side character to a bunch of other people's stories. I also thought it didn't explore a lot of the interesting character elements and such that it could've, specifically with Rambo's character.

Here's a guy who's entire life has been about war and killing, and now he's living a secluded life and has lost faith in humanity and doesn't give a **** about anything...and he's faced with the choice of whether or not to go back to war after all these years. Not to mention, the difference between what's actually right and wrong in the world.


7/10

agree. this is how i felt at the beggining

Spoiler

"Help us"
"no"
"Help us"
"f you"
"help us"
"no"
"help us"
"go home"
"help us"
"no"
"help us"
"no"
"believe, faith, humanity"
"mmmmkay"

in all seriousness, i need to give this movie a second watching. it just didnt do it for me this time.

 

[Hunter Rider]

After setting a new MLK Jr. weekend record, the J.J. Abrams produced monster movie Cloverfield (Paramount) was clobbered by two new entries, and while the spoof comedy Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) and Sylvester Stallone's return as Rambo (Lionsgate) were running pretty close on Friday, the Spartans remained ahead over the weekend, grossing an estimated $18.7 million in 2,605 theaters compared to Rambo's $18.1 million. Ironically, neither movie was screened for critics until opening day proving the studio theory that reviews rarely help movies like these.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41304

 

[steintym]

After setting a new MLK Jr. weekend record, the J.J. Abrams produced monster movie Cloverfield (Paramount) was clobbered by two new entries, and while the spoof comedy Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) and Sylvester Stallone's return as Rambo (Lionsgate) were running pretty close on Friday, the Spartans remained ahead over the weekend, grossing an estimated $18.7 million in 2,605 theaters compared to Rambo's $18.1 million. Ironically, neither movie was screened for critics until opening day proving the studio theory that reviews rarely help movies like these.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41304

That is so depressing that Meet the Spartans is making that much. I can't believe that so many people go to those spoof movies.

 

[Mr. Crumb]

That is so depressing that Meet the Spartans is making that much. I can't believe that so many people go to those spoof movies.

The masses are idiots. Simpletons.

 

[terry78]

The loudmouth brit mercernary got many a laugh from the audience I saw it with. He seemed like he was just asking to get his ass killed, but he did get a little comeuppance.

 

[ToddIsDead]

I just got back from seeing this. I loved it. It was just so damn visceral and brutal.

 

[DorkyFresh]

saw Rambo earlier today. it was pretty damn good. like others have said, it was too short. i know it was an hour and a half but it only felt like an hour. it would've been nice if they added more suspense and made Rambo a lil' more vulnerable. i know he's supposed to be somewhat of a war machine but it's always more dramatic and involving when the hero is vulnerable and not indestructible.

anyway...it still had a lot of kickass action and believably brutal imagery that hasn't been done in a while, so i give Rambo a solid 7. i would've given it an 8 or 9 if it had more character development or more of a story, but the awesome action made up for what was lacking.

 

[Nivek]

agree. this is how i felt at the beggining

Spoiler

"Help us"
"no"
"Help us"
"f you"
"help us"
"no"
"help us"
"go home"
"help us"
"no"
"help us"
"no"
"believe, faith, humanity"
"mmmmkay"

in all seriousness, i need to give this movie a second watching. it just didnt do it for me this time.

Take it you we're in the Meet the Spartans theatre when the line "Saving a life isn't throwing yours away" was spoken between Sarah and Rambo, eh? It was pretty obvious WHY Rambo ended up helping the Christians. He repeated it a couple times.

 

[co2]

I just saw this movie...I went in with a good attitude. I was of the attitude that there is no way I could be disapointed. I thought, "This can go two ways. It might be good, but if not it will probably be so bad it's laughable so I might at least get a kick out of that." I have to say..I was denied on both counts. It didn't like it, but it wasn't laughably bad. It was just kinda pointless and simply...there. It had a LOT of graphic violence that just went on and on and on and.... I'm OK with violence..just it has to be meaningful. There really wasn't anything compelling here. The action scenes weren't really action. Honestly, what did Rambo do? He shot some arrows, set a claymore, and fired a jeep mounted machine gun for what seemed like 10 minutes...and that's pretty much it. I genuinely got bored of seeing people blown to bits, as it went on and on.
I never thought I would be someone to say this but it really felt like violence for violence sake. If you are OK with just that, then you may enjoy this, I found my mind wandering.

 

[Nivek]

I just saw this movie...I went in with a good attitude. I was of the attitude that there is no way I could be disapointed. I thought, "This can go two ways. It might be good, but if not it will probably be so bad it's laughable so I might at least get a kick out of that." I have to say..I was denied on both counts. It didn't like it, but it wasn't laughably bad. It was just kinda pointless and simply...there. It had a LOT of graphic violence that just went on and on and on and.... I'm OK with violence..just it has to be meaningful. There really wasn't anything compelling here. The action scenes weren't really action. Honestly, what did Rambo do? He shot some arrows, set a claymore, and fired a jeep mounted machine gun for what seemed like 10 minutes...and that's pretty much it. I genuinely got bored of seeing people blown to bits, as it went on and on.
I never thought I would be someone to say this but it really felt like violence for violence sake. If you are OK with just that, then you may enjoy this, I found my mind wandering.

Wow. Sorry man, but I loved it. I honestly dont even know where you are coming from. Did you even like the other movies at all?

 

[co2]

Wow. Sorry man, but I loved it. I honestly dont even know where you are coming from. Did you even like the other movies at all?

Haven't seen them in a while...since I was younger. I remember liking First Blood...and my dad took me to see First Blood Part II when I was a kid. I remember it well because it was a big deal to me for him to take me to an R rated film. I remember liking it too, It was more of an action adventure in the movie sense, but a lot of fun. I do remember being a teenager when I saw Rambo III and not even being able to sit through it, it was so bad. It went too far in the "cartoony" action adventure realm....So I guess I liked the first 2.
This one took itself VERY seriously. Maybe too much so, and I think it may have hurt it a bit. But it was addressing a real situation in a real way. I just wonder if that is not the way for Rambo to go. I think simply if it had a more compelling story in place of repeated shots of people being riddled, I would have liked it more.

 

[daywalker2007]

Haven't seen them in a while...since I was younger. I remember liking First Blood...and my dad took me to see First Blood Part II when I was a kid. I remember it well because it was a big deal to me for him to take me to an R rated film. I remember liking it too, It was more of an action adventure in the movie sense, but a lot of fun. I do remember being a teenager when I saw Rambo III and not even being able to sit through it, it was so bad. It went too far in the "cartoony" action adventure realm....So I guess I liked the first 2.
This one took itself VERY seriously. Maybe too much so, and I think it may have hurt it a bit. But it was addressing a real situation in a real way. I just wonder if that is not the way for Rambo to go. I think simply if it had a more compelling story in place of repeated shots of people being riddled, I would have liked it more.

i think this is stallones best work yet. its brutally realistic, and this is how people are in real life.
great job Sly.
thank God someone with the balls to show the truth of reality still exists.
this movie is a masterpiece.

9/10

 

[Mr. Credible]

saw Rambo earlier today. it was pretty damn good. like others have said, it was too short. i know it was an hour and a half but it only felt like an hour. it would've been nice if they added more suspense and made Rambo a lil' more vulnerable. i know he's supposed to be somewhat of a war machine but it's always more dramatic and involving when the hero is vulnerable and not indestructible.

anyway...it still had a lot of kickass action and believably brutal imagery that hasn't been done in a while, so i give Rambo a solid 7. i would've given it an 8 or 9 if it had more character development or more of a story, but the awesome action made up for what was lacking.

pretty much how i felt about it, although i gave it an 8 for sheer badassery.

 

[Balthus Dire]

The mercs in this one totally took me out of the "realism" of the characters. They were such caricatures I didn't think they were realistic at all. They seemed so out of place in the graphicly violent and realistic tone the movie was trying to set.

And the one guy was actually called "Tombstone".


...yeah.

 

[Nivek]

In Project Mayhem we have no names.

Code names. Call tags. That kind of thing, they are not military, they are hired guns. Why use real names?

 

[killingfields]

Take it you we're in the Meet the Spartans theatre when the line "Saving a life isn't throwing yours away" was spoken between Sarah and Rambo, eh? It was pretty obvious WHY Rambo ended up helping the Christians. He repeated it a couple times.

nope, i was there the whole time. i love all the previous three movies with First Blood being the best (imo) and part three being my favorite due to all the ridiculous over the top action sequences. i'm giving this movie a second viewing to figure out what it was i didnt like.

 

[Dangerous]

Yeah man, when I went to see RAMBO last night, ALOT of people were going into and coming out of that dumb movie. I can't see why people want to see that stuff.

Carmen Electra?

Only reason I'd watch it, wait till the video release though.

Reviews of Rambo in this thread seem cool, gotta wait till the end of next month for the UK release though, arghh!

 

[StylishHokie21]

I saw it the other day. Kick ass movie! The part where

Spoiler

he rips the guy's throat out was unbelievable!

This get's an 8/10 from me. It was too short and I didn't care for some of the character, but the action was where it was at.

 

[StylishHokie21]

After setting a new MLK Jr. weekend record, the J.J. Abrams produced monster movie Cloverfield (Paramount) was clobbered by two new entries, and while the spoof comedy Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) and Sylvester Stallone's return as Rambo (Lionsgate) were running pretty close on Friday, the Spartans remained ahead over the weekend, grossing an estimated $18.7 million in 2,605 theaters compared to Rambo's $18.1 million. Ironically, neither movie was screened for critics until opening day proving the studio theory that reviews rarely help movies like these.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=41304

Meet the Spartans?

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/harvey-weinstein-wants-another-rambo-3744

Harvey Weinstein wants another Rambo


Date: January 28, 2008

By: George 'El Guapo' Roush
Source: Nikki Finke

SUNDAY AM: I just got off the phone with Harvey Weinstein whose Weinstein Co is co-distributing Rambo with Lionsgate, and he's remarkably bullish on Sly Stallone's prospects especially overseas. Harv estimated that Rambo, which took in $18.1 mil from 2,751 theaters its opening weekend, "will end up doing $50 mil here and $100M to $150M foreign. That's what usually happens since this franchise is really big overseas." I bet the pic doesn't even see $45 mil domestic and drops with a thud next weekend. Of course, this is just idle chatter from Harv because he doesn't own Rambo: Avi Lerner and his company, Nu Image, do and produced the film. They licensed domestic rights to Lionsgate and LGF partnered with TWC. Nu Image controls the international rights and neither TWC nor LGF have any dibs on the foreign revenue. So it's great to say that there's a ton of international potential on the film but it does not benefit LGF nor TWC one bit. But that doesn't stop Harv who is already talking sequel and even has a plot in mind "bringing the character back to the United States". Rambo in a wheelchair, I asked? (Given that Sly at age 61 is ridiculously old to still be an action hero.) Harvey laughed and said, "I like the idea of an older guy kicking ass. Maybe it's because I'm older, too." (Weinstein turns 56 this March.)

 

[Nivek]

Hmm, so making this much in January is considered a dissapointment? Whatever. Personally, I would rather see a Rambo multi-system video game that spans Rambo's movies instead of another sequel. i like how this movie (just like Rocky Balboa) bookends the series.

It's also slightly obvious that Dark Horizons.com didn't care for Rambo.