"First blood" is about the Vietnam War
veterans after returning Rambo, live in the town, not only from the sheriff's
bullying, later still stuck to the charges, he fled into the wilderness to Lu
Lin, the game hit the team tactics against the police and national guard. I went
into this one not expecting much. Obviously suspension of disbelief, and more
action over depth, which is fine. While there was still plenty of action, it
just wasn't done right. First off the acting is that of a lifetime film. Stallone
does fine, but everybody else was robotic and stiff. This made it hard to get
attached to any of the characters. The mercenaries are OK I guess, but overall
I didn't really feel much suspense on whether they made it or not. The only
redeeming character in the movie is Rambo himself, who is as over the top, and
bad ass as always.
The writing directing was absolutely cringe worthy. Slow
motion shots with deep breathing noises...random absolutely amateurish zooms
and lens control. I especially love the scene on the boat Man "where are
you going" woman" to talk to him" Man- says reasons why she
shouldn't Meanwhile Rambo is LITERALLY right next to them. The high shutter
speeds are fairly nice at some parts, and stylistic, but I feel it was used
almost too much at times.
On top of these gripes, the propaganda is not only
ridiculous, but also falls flat. I applaud Stallone for trying to get his
message out there, but doing so by saying "fuck the world" is not a
good way to win the people over. The message I received from this, is just cut
down the enemy and forget what the others think.
Overall again Rambo is still Rambo, and I loved him in
this. Besides that though, there were no redeeming qualities for this
lackluster and amateurish film.
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