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Sunday, May 20, 2007

You taking any weapons? - Of course not. - ...you ain't changing nothing.

Other than my unhealthy affection for all things Stallone [repeated watchings of Rocky III -"Rocky gets rhythm" - on HBO as a 12 year old will do this to you], and the way that Stallone knocked "Rocky Balboa" out the park, revisiting Rambo was kinda an iffy proposition. I mean, "First Blood" - great movie. The sequel, fun in an 80's over the top comic-booky action/adventure kinda way. The third one, OK but nothing special. Though in hindsight, the fact Rambo made heroes of the anti-Soviet Afghanis, possibly Taliban/Al Quaedo, is interesting.

Have to say this preview looks really good. I was surprised by the level of violence and gore shown. If released this way, definitely an R rated picture. Actually kind of glad, to tell the truth, and not in a "boy do I love gore!" kinda way. It's just that so often violence in media is sooooo sanitized and clean and unrealistic... I don't think those kinds of illusions serve anyone or anything.

"This is an Aint-It-Cool Exclusive look at a promotional trailer for 'John Rambo' with Sylvester Stallone."

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