Comments on: Craving Blood, Brains, And Brawn? “Rambo” Is Your Man. http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/05/27/craving-blood-brain-and-brawn-rambo-is-your-ma/ A celebration of cheap thrills Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Michael Reed http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/05/27/craving-blood-brain-and-brawn-rambo-is-your-ma/#comment-1549 Michael Reed Wed, 28 May 2008 12:46:57 +0000 http://www.cinema-suicide.com/?p=252#comment-1549 I couldn't agree more with this review. I was very pleased to see what was done with the legendary Rambo character. Stalone chooses to write and play Rambo in a very wise manner--less talk, more brawny brooding. And I was shocked and pleased to find him never removing his shirt--good choice, very good choice. Overall, I was very pleased with the film. Being an old-school Rambo fan, I went into the film thinking they were going to severely jack up the character and story (as they usually do), but I was pleasantly surprised. The only glaring error, is the lack of nudity. No, I don't say this from a juvenile state of mind...I say this because it is sad for me to see a thousand brutal deaths, including rape scenes...yet they couldn't show nipple. I can't stand this aspect of American film making. Death, decapitation, rape, child kiling...but don't show nipple!!! Oooooo....our kids might be forever scarred. Dumb. Other than that silly little contradiction, I really enjoyed the film, and I give Stalone a standing ovation for his wise choice to make Rambo talk very little, and leave his shirt on--he was still a badass, just as I remembered him. I couldn’t agree more with this review. I was very pleased to see what was done with the legendary Rambo character. Stalone chooses to write and play Rambo in a very wise manner–less talk, more brawny brooding. And I was shocked and pleased to find him never removing his shirt–good choice, very good choice.

Overall, I was very pleased with the film. Being an old-school Rambo fan, I went into the film thinking they were going to severely jack up the character and story (as they usually do), but I was pleasantly surprised. The only glaring error, is the lack of nudity. No, I don’t say this from a juvenile state of mind…I say this because it is sad for me to see a thousand brutal deaths, including rape scenes…yet they couldn’t show nipple. I can’t stand this aspect of American film making. Death, decapitation, rape, child kiling…but don’t show nipple!!! Oooooo….our kids might be forever scarred. Dumb.

Other than that silly little contradiction, I really enjoyed the film, and I give Stalone a standing ovation for his wise choice to make Rambo talk very little, and leave his shirt on–he was still a badass, just as I remembered him.

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