Rambo IED
A great ending to Time Out New York‘s “non-review” of Rambo:
Which brings us to Rambo, the newest chapter in the saga of our tin soldier. The film hadn’t screened as of press time, although Internet chatter has divulged that John Rambo once again gets to unleash his blood-splattering fury on the cultural other, this time in Burma. Given the current nostalgia from the I-love-the-’80s generation and Stallone’s ongoing attempts at career resuscitation, it’s not that surprising that he’d bring back his second-most-popular creation. During a recent Q&A at online fanboy hangout Ain’t It Cool News, the star was asked why Rambo was “pussing out” on attacking Islamofascism; Stallone replied that it would be disrespectful to the soldiers who were actually dying fighting it.
The fact that it’s still ideologically disrespectful to present warfare as entertainment while men and women lose their lives isn’t mentioned, but if a fifth film gets greenlit, I’d like to propose a scenario. Send John Rambo to Iraq, where he’s given inadequate body armor and has his arms and legs blown off. The last shot finds the supersoldier once again ignored by his government at a decrepit Walter Reed hospital, left only to stare off into the distance. Only then will he have finally come full circle.
Posted by Kevin K. on 01/26/08 at 08:32 AM • Permalink
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