Rambo

The review of 'Rambo' is being provided by guest critic - Holmes.
In 1982, 'First Blood', starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy, introduced movie goers worldwide to John Rambo, a disenfranchised Vietnam War hero battling a local sheriff and deputies over a simple walk across a bridge. In 1985, at a time when sequels were still relatively few and non-formulaic, a second movie was released and cemented John Rambo and ergo, Sylvester Stallone in movie lore. Three years later, another movie was released and unfortunately, seemed to take some of the luster and mystique from the Rambo character.

On January 25th, 2008, 'Rambo' was released in theaters starring a buffed, geriactric Sylvester Stallone. This time, a further withdrawn Rambo plays a snake handler who is begrudgingly hired to transport missionaries into the war torn jungles of Burma to deliver aid and care to embattled and terrified inhabitants. Challenged to face his own demons, John Rambo assists mercenaries in rescuing said missionaries from the sadistic Burmese 'Army' after they are taken hostage in a murderous attack in an ongoing civil war, where no one is safe.

In the manner of 'Saving Private Ryan', viewers see the result of what happens when bullets and shrapnel meet flesh. While not reaching the moral and philosophical depth of SPR, you might see some of the moral struggles exhibited in SPR if you forget that you are watching the fourth in a series of movies.
This movie is violent and very gory and is not for the weak of heart.