It's awesome

...precisely the sort of unapologetically brutal piece of work that's sorely missing from contemporary multiplexes.

All in all, it's a pretty offensive movie, especially to the Americans who fought in Vietnam.

Qualifies as a guilty pleasure, a good-bad 'B' movie.

A "perfect" flick for the Reagan era: a simplistic, distorted comicstrip actioner that nonetheless must have tapped into the collective nightmare that some American soldiers were still held prisoners or were missing in action in Vietnam.

The body count is rising, Sly's pecs are blowing up, and Rambo himself is becoming more of a brand-name than a character, a mascot for masochism and murderous self-assertion.

Far from credible, but a terrific, cheer-out-loud action film nevertheless. Immediately and deservedly made Stallone's John Rambo a great individualistic screen hero to rival Eastwood's Dirty Harry.

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The one man demolition squad blasts away again!