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Sales Rank: 165
Category: DVD
Actors: Julie Benz, Ken Howard, Sylvester Stallone, Graham Mctavish, Paul Schulze
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Publisher: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
Label: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Burmese (Original Language), English (Original Language), Thai (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 23299
UPC: 031398232995
EAN: 0031398232995
ASIN: B0015XHP2W
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2008
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Product Description
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.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/HEROES Rating: R UPC: 031398232995 Manufacturer No: 23299
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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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 This one of the best !!!! July 9, 2008
This is Rambo at his finest ! The commentary track is great and the mini documentaries are fantastic . This the Ultimate Rambo movie and dvd release and Sly did a fine job directing this masterpiece of blood and honor !
 Rambo July 8, 2008
Very bloody movie. It is what you would expect from a Rambo movie. The story was pretty good though. I would think this is Sly's last attempt at Rambo..
Awesome movie - hohum quality July 8, 2008
I love this movie. During a time when Hollywood's A list actors would rather make pinko political statements, Stallone blesses us with a movie that's more than a mere throwback to 80's style action. Rambo is a statement that half our country has failed to realize ... there are people out there who do not respond to negotiation and appeasement. There is a time when a man must take matters into his own hands and kill to protect himself and the innocent. Duh!
This was my first blu ray purchase that I watched from my PS3 on my 1080p 47 " LCD TV. The added level of detail is noticeable, especially the distant shots where people's faces are normally blurry. However, this particular movie has too much variation in film grain from shot to shot that can be distracting.
Graphically (and necessarily violent) film. July 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I downloaded the unbox version of Rambo to my Tivo (which by the way gives excellent quality to watch on an HDTV) and watched it last night.
My wife is not a Stallone fan at all, and she didn't "want to watch any Rambo movie", so I started it without her, but soon she was in and watching and yelling (my sweetheart is a movie yeller) "Did you see that, did you see that?" She like me was instantly hooked into the realistic feel of the action scenes and the evil of the bad guys.
One thing I noticed that for all the realistic look to the battle scenes, they had a weird camera effect of old battlefield films from Viet Nam, and WWII. I don't want to spoil the film by giving away the story line so I'll just say this, Rambo is even more graphically violent than 300, Gladiator, or Braveheart, so if you are put off by violence of every kind, blood and gore (and brief glimpses of perversion), then this is not a film to even consider watching. However, it is a surprisingly moving film, that reminds us that there are bad guys in the world more evil than we can readily imagine. It is also a moving tale of acceptance for the protagonist. It is an action film that doesn't waste time on pointless dialogue except to help you understand who the characters are, rather than to be the story.
So here's the deal, this is not a movie for everyone, but every one should understand at least on some level the lessons that this movie teaches.
But that's just me.
FAVORITE of THE series July 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i was really surprised . between the stock news reel footage , the engaging story and characters and the graphic brutality depicted onscreen , i was really pleased and gratafied with RAMBO . stallone did an excellent job . i enjoyed his last ROCKY picture almost as much . SLY knows what the people want . the critics (by and large) missed the launch on this one . it's a BLAST . at 60 , the man's delivering what most of the action/adventure directors , writers and producers are green with . ENVY . out-damn-standing .
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