10s Movie Review - Rambo: Last Blood

Director: Adrian Grunberg
Genre: Action/ Crime
Runtime: 89 minutes
Year: 2019
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barazza
Description: John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) must confronts his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.

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Review: Already the fifth installment of the “Rambo” franchise, and given the title, probably the last. Although, they were hinting at this in the previous film as well.

Rambo was portrayed as a Vietnam veteran shaped by war to the point where he could never really come home in “First Blood”. Hence, in the sequels, this one-man army was then unleashed on Amerca’s enemies.

“Rambo: Last Blood” no longer has anything to do with war traumas or thoughless military interventions, it feels a bit more like the movie “Taken”, but then with Rambo. We find John Rambo where the fourh film has left him: on a ranch in Arizona where he once grew up. He spends his old days in the company of a Mexican lady and her granddaughter Gabrielle, for whom Rambo has taken care as a father. This peaceful existence comes to an end when Gabrielle wants to meet her father in Mexico, against the advice of Rambo. When something happens to Gabrielle, Rambo blames himself and wants revenge.

It's a no-nonsense revenge movie, with lots of blood and action. The final act is kind of satisfactory and entertaining, but the rest of the movie is just bland and unoriginal. Not a very necessary sequel, lets hope that this is really the last in the franchise.

Rating: 3 / 5