Here's what the critics are saying about Sylvester Stallone (TheSlyStallone)'s return as iconic veteran John Rambo in RamboLastBlood
saw him receive praise for an understated, sensitive performance that revitalized and added to the character’s long history. Could the same be true of, Adrian Grunberg’s addition to the long-running franchise that reunites Stallone with his war veteran hero John Rambo? Judging by the response to the movie from critics, the answer is an unmistakable no.
To be fair, the problem isn’t with Stallone’s performance, which is commented upon favorably in a handful of reviews. Instead, what’s wrong with the pic seems to be… everything else about it.'s own Frank Scheck notes, “[T]he screenplay, co-written by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick, feels utterly tossed-off and generic, more resembling the pilot for a Rambo television series than a proper sendoff.
“Transplanting the action to Arizona provides the natural setting for a border drama that plays into Trump-era fear-mongering, right down to its ominous shot of a border wall, as Rambo heads south in search of justice,” Kohn points out. “Fortunately, by propaganda standards, it’s weak sauce, as the movie unfurls with bland, tiresome developments until the closing minutes.
makes clear: “If you've come for thoughtfulness, tragedy, character, wit, and a political statement on the effects of war — in short, if you've come for anything that was in the original— then perhaps you'd find solace in a different theater. Or just at home, a safe distance away from
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