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Hitting cinemas this weekend, if you didn't know.

Think it looks incredible. A decade ago Rambo was a breath of fresh air in the action genre and this looks like it might be just as good.

The last Rambo is one of my favorite movies of the decade - a glorious throwback to everything that made 80's action flicks incredible, with even more over the top blood and guts.

I'll be there opening night

This was not great, passable at best. Rambo gets plopped into a rushed Taken scenario. The setup doesn't feel coherent with the rest of the franchise and a few gestures toward it feel mostly ornamental. Doesn't help that the whole thing has exactly 1.5 action scenes, maybe 5 mins of the run time in total. There were a few interesting things set up that are never really followed up on, and it doesn't really take the address the larger themes of the franchise as the last movie should. I could be ok with it not doing anything dramatically at all, just give me violence, but 5 mins of action in 90+ minutes of Rambo movie is just not a good look.

Those 5 minutes of action are awesomely gruesome though, as are the 2 other brief moments where shit gets violent, I'll give it that. More of that would've helped a lot.

Agree with Drizzle

I could give a shit about its politics, but to have less than 10 minutes of action is unconscionable. I did enjoy the Home Alone vibes at the end though...

I took it for what it was/is, gratuitous violence & action , I was not disappointed.