When Murdock hears that Rambo has a POW with him, he orders that they abort the mission and leave Rambo there. Trautman is angry, but is held at gunpoint, while Rambo is once again betrayed and left to die.
When Rambo rescues a POW, Murdock realizes that his war profits may be in jeopardy and forces his people to abort the mission, allowing Rambo to be captured by the Vietnamese and their Soviet Russian allies. Trautman responds angrily, unable to help Rambo, but knowing that Rambo will survive and return for revenge.
Trautman offers Rambo the chance to be released from prison after being convicted by a military court after the events of the first film (destruction and theft of military and private property, but not murder) and given full clemency, but on condition of taking a mission where he will infiltrate Vietnam to search for ...
Despite mixed reviews, Rambo: First Blood Part II was a major global blockbuster, with an estimated $150 million sold in the United States, becoming the second highest grossing film at the domestic box office and the third highest grossing film worldwide in 1985.
Rambo's age in Rambo: First Blood Part II would be 37 years old, as the events occur three years after First Blood. Stallone was also 37 years old at the time of production.
When Murdock hears that Rambo has a POW with him, he orders that they abort the mission and leave Rambo there. Trautman is angry, but is held at gunpoint, while Rambo is once again betrayed and left to die.
Rambo vents about the horrors of war and his traumatic experiences—watching his friends die in Vietnam, being treated poorly when returning home, being unable to hold a job, and being forgotten despite his sacrifices—and breaks down crying as he recounts how a good friend was killed by a Viet Cong child soldier using a ...
Rambo: First Blood Part II indeed struck a nerve with movie fans who had been led to believe there was truth to its premise about American soldiers still being held prisoner, but that premise was completely bogus, according to one military history expert.
Not only did this plot echo some unfortunate anti-Mexican sentiments that were becoming increasingly visible in American culture at the time of the sequel's release, the movie's strange Rambo political evolution felt more like a generic revenge thriller and not a Rambo franchise installment.
The film is dedicated to special effects technician Cliff Wenger Jr., who was accidentally killed by one of the film's explosions. To prepare for this role, Sylvester Stallone did eight months of training for four hours a day.
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 is where death becomes Rambo's primary currency when dealing with bad guys. John makes a total of 75 onscreen kills in the sequel, with implements such as knives, shotguns, a bow and arrow, and even a rocket propelled grenade launcher.
On his First Blood DVD commentary, David Morrell explains the thought process behind Rambo not speaking much, with the first reason being that in dealing with the long-term psychological effects of his experiences in Vietnam "That he wouldn't really have a lot to say." Morrell even reveals on the commentary that "there ...
Bigger names like Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, and Al Pacino either aged out or refused. People forget that Stallone wrote Rocky, is a more than a capable actor, and that he fought to star in it.
Rambo III was released worldwide on May 25, 1988. At the time of its release, Rambo III was the most expensive film ever made with a production budget between $58 and $63 million. The film was not well received by critics and grossed less than its predecessor, Rambo: First Blood Part II, earning $189 million worldwide.
Rambo: Last Blood grossed $44.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $46.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $95.1 million, against a production budget of $50 million.
John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is a former member of an elite United States Army Special Forces unit and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Vietnam War. The film begins 10 years after the war, in the American Northwest in December 1982.
Born in Singapore to an English father and a Chinese mother, Julia Nickson first gained fame as Sylvester Stallone's costar in "Rambo: First Blood Part II." During her upbringing she was an active equestrian rider and model. She attended the University of Hawaii, where she studied drama.
The overconfident town sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) does not welcome Rambo, judging the military hero negatively because of his long hair and scruffy look.
A summer 1985 Rambo Special magazine said that, in the filming of the Rambo sequel, Acapulco became home base and various locations in the Mexican jungles were used to stand-in for the mountainous terrain of Vietnam.
An autopsy by the Los Angeles coroner and toxicology tests determined that Stallone died of coronary artery disease caused by atherosclerosis, with no drugs detected other than an over-the-counter pain remedy. At the time of his death, Stallone was reportedly engaged.
Which was one of the reasons Stallone wanted to do it. He pumped up to a freakish 209 lbs. (95 kg); in Rambo II he weighed only 168 (76 kg). And, he insists, he did it without steroids, though with the help of a prescription testosterone.
