A war zone, you might think...but that doesn’t stop a group of Christian aid workers persuading John Rambo to give them passage to war-torn Burma, against his better judgement.
Within moments, they are attacked by Burmese pirates and 60-year-old Rambo has to return to his living hell as he saves the group and awakens his inner demons.
But the death of three men isn’t enough to deter the Christian aid workers who press on with their mission before getting predictably kidnapped.
Rambo is soon enlisted to help a team of mercenaries (including a brilliantly stereotypical ex-SAS soldier) recover the group and the stage is set for the carnage to begin.
As a movie, Rambo’s merits are hard to judge because while the story is fairly hollow, that is not why anyone would go to see this type of film.
On the other hand, the aesthetics and style of the film are close to perfect but this presents problems too.
This is because the scenes of violence and war are incredibly horrific and gratuitous and perhaps too realistic for what is essentially a straight forward popcorn action film with a darker core.
Basically, it’s a brilliant film if you are able to detach yourself from what is going on and simply embrace it as the hero movie it is.
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