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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 4:54:07 GMT
The shadow of a MAGa fantasy makes it a subversive and oenetrating fommentary on the state ofniur nation today.
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Post by Vits on Jan 1, 2020 10:37:42 GMT
1ST BLOOD is a deep yet repetitive and overlong character study with a rushed ending. Richard Crenna's performance is too over-the-top. As for Sylvester Stallone... Well, he has proven to have talent for drama throughout his career, but his range is limited. He can play characters that don't have that many layers. Compare his crying scenes in this movie and ROCKY (which came out only 6 years before this). The latter was moving; the former almost made me laugh. 6/10 Whoa! Talk about missing the point! RAMBO: 1ST BLOOD PART II puts the character's psychological problems aside in order to deliver a regular action movie. In fact, why the Hell would a soldier with PTSD go back to the exact same place where he was traumatised (voluntarily, at least)?! Was the title character able to overcome his problems? If so, it should've been addressed. After watching the movie, I read that the original script began the story with him in a psychiatric hospital instead of a labor camp prison. Good idea! Sylvester's performance is a little better, because now he's just focused on being tough. Richard was lucky that Charles Napier was cast. His performance is bad and hammy in the exact same way so, whenever their characters argue, it's very funny. 3/10 RAMBO PART III 1/10 RAMBO 3/10 The violence in RAMBO PART V: LAST BLOOD doesn't have the deep implications of the 1st installment nor the ridiculousness of the other sequels. It's just off-putting. There are good supporting performances, but the dialogue is incredibly corny. GABRIELA (the daughter figure of our now-short-haired hero) has been kidnapped during a trip to Mexico. That's reason enough for him to go all Liam Neeson on those criminals' asses, right? Well, when he arrives, he comes face-to-face with the leaders and he gets beaten up. I guess now he has another reason. At least I give the movie credit for not turning him into an invinceable killing machine. He finds GABRIELA, but she dies soon after. Jesus! What's with the excessive motivation?! The movie spends a good chunk of time on her personal drama only for her to become nothing more than an object that the hero can avenge?! After the title character declares a war, the criminals go find him where he lives. You'd think that after it becomes clear that he has set traps everywhere, someone would yell "Retreat!" Nope. 2 of them fall on top a several spikes. It's clear that they die instantly, but RAMBO goes and shoots them repeatedly. Is proving your machismo more important than wasting bullets and revealing your position through noise? 3/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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