Rambo

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Rambo

R

2008

1h 31m

Action

Adventure

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Having long-since abandoned his life as a lethal soldier, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) lives a solitary life near the Thai border. Two weeks after guiding a missionary (Julie Benz) and her comrades into Burma, he gets an urgent call for help. The missionaries have not returned, and although he is reluctant to embrace violence again, Rambo sets out to rescue the captives from the Burmese army.

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Critics Consensus

Sylvester Stallone knows how to stage action sequences, but the movie's uneven pacing and excessive violence (even for the franchise) is more nauseating than entertaining.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

12/16/2008

The orgy of violence, as ghastly as in any video game, should go a long way toward erasing whatever goodwill Stallone earned with his sentimental Rocky Balboa.

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Keith Uhlich

UGO

06/14/2008

Now we are no longer observing the icon... we are the icon.

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

05/01/2008

2/5

The film does for the Myanmar genocide what I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry did for same-sex marriage...

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

03/10/2022

3/5

lets rip with endless action that looks like a slow-mo fire-fight in a fireworks factory made of raw excrement.'

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/28/2020

8/10

Most definitely for those who want to see heads roll and the body count reach unspeakable proportions in a most exhilarating fashion.

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

11/02/2020

2.5/5

A macabre ceremony... in which Stallone recreates himself. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ian R

@RT23899272 5d

I am a big fan of the original film. It dealt with an important issue of soldiers retuning home from an unpopular war and in Rambo's case with PTSD. This installment is worthless. Unless you are a ghoul, there is nothing in this film to redeem it from the garbage pile it belongs in. Far too much blood and carnage. If you like seeing dismemberment, rape and torture this movie is for you. Otherwise, don't bother. The story is also bloody stupid, so no value in watching it for that reason either. Maybe Schartznegger told him it was a great script as a sick joke, which Sly took seriously. A terrible film.

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Laurie S

@Karlwinters Mar 30

The way Sly portrayed the SAS guy is totally wrong. In fact I was quite disgusted by it. Was it to make the US special forces look better? What a cheap shot. The British (superior) Special Forces wouldn't dream of behaving like that. Shame on you!

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Romas M

@Romas Mar 21

Greetings from Lithuania. "John Rambo" (aka. Rambo IV) 2008 is a pure action film directed by the Rambo himself - Sylvester Stallone. As a super fan of the character I basically grew up with first 3 movies - this was my superhero when I was a kid. And "Rambo IV" didn't disappointed back in 2006. This is a very bloody, faced paced action film were action is front and center, without pretty much anything else. On that it works. One shouldn't look for character development or anything like that in Rambo IV - it's pure action. Overall, while not my favorite in the series (and by far not the worst - leave that to a disappointing "Last Blood"), "Rambo IV" is a lean mean killing machine. Its pure action, premise is simple yet effective and Sylvester Stallone is in Rambo mode. Sometimes that is all you need.

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Diêgo T

@Jazz2045 Feb 25

Fun and doesn't drag on for 2 hours. But it doesn't develop any characters.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 11

Definitely my favorite Rambo movie out of all of them!

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Feb 8

A fun if somewhat forgettable action flick.

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Synopsis

Having long-since abandoned his life as a lethal soldier, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) lives a solitary life near the Thai border. Two weeks after guiding a missionary (Julie Benz) and her comrades into Burma, he gets an urgent call for help. The missionaries have not returned, and although he is reluctant to embrace violence again, Rambo sets out to rescue the captives from the Burmese army.

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: Sylvester Stallone, Avi Lerner, John Thompson, Kevin King Templeton
Screenwriter: Art Monterastelli, Sylvester Stallone
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lionsgate Films, Millennium Films
Rating: R (Language|Grisly Images|Sexual Assaults|Strong Graphic Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $42.7M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)