Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 62% of users liked it
    (92,625 ratings)

The dark-horse box-office hit First Blood spawned this even more successful sequel in which Sylvester Stallone, reprising his role as ex-Green Beret loner John Rambo, is extricated from prison by his former superior Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) for a top-secret operation to bring back POWs… More

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Directed By
Written By
Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron
Genres
Action & Adventure
In Theaters
May 24, 1985 Wide
TriStar Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    A thoroughly unpleasant project, quite apart from its creepy populist posturing (Stallone seemed determined to become the Huey Long of the movies).

  • , Time Out

    The body count is rising, Sly's pecs are blowing up, and Rambo himself is becoming more of a brand-name than a character, a mascot for masochism and murderous self-assertion.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    To anyone who doesn't share the camera's adoration, this sort of behavior becomes so comic that Rambo turns into something of a camp classic.

  • Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media

    Sly shoots up Vietnam in glorified '80s actioner.

  • Radheyan Simonpillai, AskMen.com

    What makes this icon so significant is how wholly he was embraced by the Reagan era. After all, it only seems natural to respond to B-movie action stars when your president was one as well.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Chris W


    Far less dramatic than the first one, and with a level of subtlety so low it almost doesn't exist, but this film still has a good amount of heart to it...it's just buried underneath a massive pile of bodies killed in a ridiculously over the top fashion. Even thought the film… More

  • KJ P


    I really did not care about anything that happened during this film, the script is bland and the story is just an excuse to put John Rambo in another action film. Sure, some of the action scenes are very impressive and had my jaw open, but good action doesn't suffice when I… More

  • Jeff "


    Sequel to the awesome First Blood, First Blood Part II revolves around John Rambo is sent into Vietnam to take pictures of a supposed abandoned POW camp. When he finds that the camp is still operational, he liberates a POW and subsequently gets betrayed by the men who hired him to get… More

  • Conner R


    Much more of an action movie, but it still uses the issue of Vietnam prisoners to make it an insightful and realistic adventure. It's not just about blowing things up, there's a reason it all happens. I really don't see how this is accused of being over the top, nothing… More

  • Luke B


    OOOOH! So this is where my preconceptions of Rambo evolved from. Everything that was right about the first film is shat upon, in what can only be described as a warning against ego. Stallone was obviously upset by his conflicted and complex character in the original, so here Rambo has… More

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