George Taylor
John Rambo, Vietnam Vet just wanted something to eat. But the Sheriff of Hope, couldn't allow that. He didn't like the way he looked and thus we get a great action movie where the former Green Beret goes wild, taking on the Sheriff and his deputies, the National Guard and his own demons. The most realistic and enjoyable of the Rambo movies, Stallone actually acts in this as well as being an action star. Excellent movie.
NikkoFranco
In the early eighties, the only chance you will see Rambo as a young teenager is if someone , or a classmate owned a Betamax player. That's right folks. However monstrous that player looked like ( to me even bigger than the TV set itself as I recall ) , our small gang was lucky to have a Larry, and his dad loves Rambo so we were able to taste our first blood ( figuratively speaking) For an impressionable young person at that time, my jaw literally dropped on how Rambo ( Stallone) outsmarted the berserk , small town , dictator of a police and how he whacked them all. Sylvester Stallone did a good job, though sometimes the dialogues sounds like mumbling and incoherent. From this very first of all the franchise was he at his rawest, and at his best.
Romilos Fronimides
The book is an amazing novel.Even if you're not American (like I'm not), you'll be extreme touched by the drama of the hero - a patriot who went to fight a super "dirty war", he got dirty, he got "injured" (mentally mostly) and when he came back to his country to find a start for a new life... he found negative feelings towards him and his brothers in arms, they treated him like criminal, etc...The book is amazing. The film is well done indeed. I don't agree about most people feelings for Stalone (as actor). I don't believe he's a good actor; that's why the film isn't a masterpiece but "just" a very good film. Also, they could portrait John Rambo even more, to get more for his character (as the book does).Generally, as a lot folks wrote, this is BY FAR THE BEST Rambo films - all the rest are jokes. This is amazing film... that COULD be masterpiece (with another main actor).
avraham_tal
Today at 2017, there is nothing new about this concept. But, 35 years ago when I went to see it in a theater (that no longer exists by the way), with my neighbor, it was a big hit.This is not a very intelligent movie, and nothing to look forward to now days. But back then it was original.