Okay so I just watched the new Rambo movie and I gotta say I liked it. Its short, surprisingly well acted and filmed. I don’t remember Rambo 2 and 3 very much but this last one was a good little bookend to the first one. At the beginning of 2nd act I hoping for a certain type of ending to the film and I got it. Very satisfying.
I like Stallone’s directing efforts. Sure Rocky 2-4 were cheesy-ish but they had flair. It seems like Stallone really loves his characters that he creates/acts/directs. And by that I mean Rambo and Rocky. And as he gets older he apparently felt the need to finish off these characters stories in a very full circle, happy and somewhat emotional way.
Edit: I just read somewhere that Stallone is writing/directing/acting in Rambo 5 and 6. So there goes the whole bookend theory. This last Rambo would have been a nice ending.
