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DVD : Rambo (Widescreen Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos directed by: Sylvester Stallone  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $11.96 (40%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT EAN: 0031398232957 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Lionsgate Manufacturer: Lionsgate Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lionsgate Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 27, 2008 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Lionsgate Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2008 Sales Rank: 1755 MPN: 23295 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The next chapter finds Rambo recruited by missionaries to protect them during a humanitarian aid effort on behalf of the persecuted Karen people of Burma. After the missionaries are taken prisoner by Burmese soldiers Rambo gets a second impossible job: rescue the missionaries in the midst of a civil war.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/HEROES Rating: R UPC: 031398232957 Manufacturer No: 23295 Amazon.com: If you've been wondering what ever happened to ex–Green Beret superwarrior John Rambo since he singlehandedly shot up a Pacific Northwest town (First Blood, 1982), returned to the jungles of 'Nam to free U.S. POWs held long after war's end (Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1985), and interrupted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan long enough to blow lots of stuff up and rescue his old commandant from the Reds (Rambo III, 1988), then Rambo (2008) is for you. Without so much as a IV to dilute the brand name, Rambo--which is what most of us called the second, most iconic film in the series--may aspire to open a new era for a pop legend. But it's a thoroughly mechanical attempt to reanimate a franchise that, absent the anger, frustration, and self-loathing of the post-Vietnam years, has no meaning or purpose. For some time now Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has been putt-putting along the Thai-Burmese border in a longboat, catching exotic snakes to sell. As for the 60-year civil war in Burma between the brutal government and the Karen independence movement, he ignores it. Enter a party of American missionaries whose dewy blond spokeswoman (Dexter's Julie Benz) asks Rambo to haul them upriver so that they can bring medical aid to the insurgents. After the requisite number of monosyllabic refusals, he does. Soon afterward the do-gooders are in a world of hurt, and he's summoned to lead a squad of mercenaries on a rescue mission. As storytelling, the latest Rambo is the most bare-bones of the bunch. Rambo has little to say, so it's especially galling that Stallone, as director and co-writer, obliges him to have essentially the same conversation at three different points (the final distillation: "Live for nothing or die for something"). The Burmese army goons seem in competition to commit the most hideous atrocity (e.g., child skull-crushing underfoot), the better to justify the eventual, lovingly protracted spectacle of them being eviscerated by high-powered weaponry. Although shot in Thailand, the movie has mostly been photographed in brown, reducing any particular sense of place but, perhaps, perversely increasing our gratitude for the splashes of purple whenever hot metal tatters flesh. --Richard T. Jameson Beyond Rambo
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 Rating:  - After 20 years the fire still burnsLiving hand to mouth in south East Asia John Rambo doesn't want to get mixed up in the civil war in Burma. A beautiful Christian missionary changes all that. Can one old guy make a difference against just another set of military bad guys who live off killing and stealing from their own people? In many cases the US Government has given uniforms, weapons and tanks to just this sort of people in the name of regional stability. US tax dollars at work in the world, ... Read More Rating:  - Super Entertainment!To keep it short, this movie has a great story. It's also absorbing and realistic, with up to date special effects. There is also good character development. The movie kept me on the edge of my seat. Some movie critics may not like Stallone, however, I think he plays these "action" roles very very well. He doesn't have to use a lot of words, because the few words he uses are meaningful, powerful, and pertinent to the movie. I am confident you will enjoy the movie, like I did! I purchased the movie ... Read More Rating: - RamboAwsome! The sound quality is amazing! Absolutely love the sound of the machine gun on the blu-ray copy! Rating: - RAMBODefinitely much better than the third installment, the most violent of the four. Rambo got older and gain weight a little but still knows how to fight. The blu ray transfer is pretty good, both video & audio, paying extra for it sure worth it. Rating: - RamboFans of the original three should definitley catch this one, you will probably be best off to just buy it at once. I haven't felt this visceral since the first movie, it's that impressive and Sly looks great at Sixty. Once again John Rambo is fighting injustice, this time in Myanmar (previously Burma). Apparently since we last saw Rambo he has spent years in Thailand and Myanmar catching snakes and miscellaneous other jobs to get by. When Rambo takes a church group up river to give medical aid and Christian ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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