Rambo (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos
Studio: Lionsgate
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 23295
UPC: 031398232957
EAN: 0031398232957
ASIN: B0015XHP2C
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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If you've been wondering what ever happened to ex-Green Beret superwarrior John Rambo since he singlehandedly shot up a Pacific Northwest town (First Blood, 1982), returned to the jungles of 'Nam to free U.S. POWs held long after war's end (Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1985), and interrupted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan long enough to blow lots of stuff up and rescue his old commandant from the Reds (Rambo III, 1988), then Rambo (2008) is for you. Without so much as a IV to dilute the brand name, Rambo--which is what most of us called the second, most iconic film in the series--may aspire to open a new era for a pop legend. But it's a thoroughly mechanical attempt to reanimate a franchise that, absent the anger, frustration, and self-loathing of the post-Vietnam years, has no meaning or purpose. For some time now Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has been putt-putting along the Thai-Burmese border in a longboat, catching exotic snakes to sell. As for the 60-year civil war in Burma between the brutal government and the Karen independence movement, he ignores it. Enter a party of American missionaries whose dewy blond spokeswoman (Dexter's Julie Benz) asks Rambo to haul them upriver so that they can bring medical aid to the insurgents. After the requisite number of monosyllabic refusals, he does. Soon afterward the do-gooders are in a world of hurt, and he's summoned to lead a squad of mercenaries on a rescue mission. As storytelling, the latest Rambo is the most bare-bones of the bunch. Rambo has little to say, so it's especially galling that Stallone, as director and co-writer, obliges him to have essentially the same conversation at three different points (the final distillation: "Live for nothing or die for something"). The Burmese army goons seem in competition to commit the most hideous atrocity (e.g., child skull-crushing underfoot), the better to justify the eventual, lovingly protracted spectacle of them being eviscerated by high-powered weaponry. Although shot in Thailand, the movie has mostly been photographed in brown, reducing any particular sense of place but, perhaps, perversely increasing our gratitude for the splashes of purple whenever hot metal tatters flesh. --Richard T. Jameson Beyond Rambo 
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The next chapter finds Rambo recruited by missionaries to protect them during a humanitarian aid effort on behalf of the persecuted Karen people of Burma. After the missionaries are taken prisoner by Burmese soldiers, Rambo gets a second impossible job: rescue the missionaries in the midst of a civil war.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 291
 Stallone is the coolest February 7, 2010
David J. Turner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best Rambo since the original "First Blood". As for this DVD, it's a 2-disc edition, though the second disc is just a digital copy, which I'm sure most people use as a coaster. The first disc has all the special features that the 1-disc version doesn't have, though as I'm lead to believe, there is a 1-disc version out there that has all the features of this 2-disc edition and that one is in a regular keep case as compared to this 2-disc which comes in a custom case, whereas that special 1-disc edition is only lacking this useless digital copy. So for collectors who can't seek out that special 1-disc edition, you can settle for this 2-disc edition and you'll be just as happy.
 Gratuitous Gore February 7, 2010
S. K. Harrell (NC)
Yeah, it's a war film, so killing, blood and rape are to be expected. In this film, don't expect much more than that. It's extremely graphic without much more to fall back on. The setup is simplistic--missionaries want to do the right thing by bringing aid to those oppressed by the Burmese Army, and nothing about it goes well.
Everything about this film is an effort to exhibit the most gross aspects of battle, with almost no character development, minimal context, no chemistry amongst the cast. Even the action can't stand without a blood bath. The only other notable facet of this film is trying to figure out what cosmetic surgery Stallone has done. The irony of missionaries vs murderous rampages is more than a bit blunt.
Rambo (special edition+digital copy) February 3, 2010
Norman N. Ambunya (Kenya)
I have been unable to play the digital copy as it requires me to give my state in USA!!!!
I am in Africa. The special edition CD is only one movie!!!! what is special???
Taking Claymores Where They've Never Been Before February 2, 2010
S. K. Shuttleworth (Oakland, CA USA)
If you've seen one Rambo, you've pretty much seen them all. At least this one involves a conflict between a real, live repressive regime that violently stays in power, with all the popular support as that enjoyed by North Korea, and this one isn't saddled with a pro-colonial, pro-imperial side to champion as the earlier Rambo romps.
What makes this one a five star Rambo was its jaw-dropping depiction of a claymore mine exploding with what appears to be all the qualities of a low yield field nuclear weapon. As super-patriot Sly Stallone somehow missed serving in the military during the Vietnam war, he may be excused from thinking that a mushroom cloud is produced by a claymore.
There are lots and lots of Saving-Private-Ryan exploding heads and flying flesh. Some local women (and one guy) are sexually abused (we learn nothing about them or their fates), while the one European woman in the movie is saved from the fate worse than death...and even manages to fall down during the race to escape; she further exercises her acting chops by holding her hands to her ears and looking pained, for the last 20 minutes of the movie, i.e. during the Kill 'em All "plot" resolution for which the audience has been so patiently waiting.
Next to watching Keanu Reeves drive a motorcycle faster than the light/heat/shock wave of a nuclear blast (Chain Reaction), there's been no better example of testosterone based science fantasy.
If you don't care a whit about plot or character development, and if nuance is anathema, this is for you!
Bad to the Bone February 1, 2010
Carl R. Kannady (Broken Bow, OK USA)
I think Sylvester ranks among the stars such as Swartzeneger, Van Dam, Chuck Norris, and Steven Segal. Rambo is a terrific tactical movie. Bravo movie makers.
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