In the movie, a group of missionaries stationed in Thailand recruit John Rambo to guide them up the Saliveen River to deliver medical supplies to the Karen tribe of neighbouring Burma (Myanmar). When the missionaries fail to return, John Rambo is persuaded to take a group of mercenaries back into the war-torn border region to find them. On their arrival, Rambo and the mercenaries encounter the bloodiest and worst form of war, genocide.
From the opening scene to the final climax, the blood flows and the gore explodes on the screen like nothing I have ever seen before. Gone are the cut away shots at the last moment; this film is brutal and in your face. It leaves nothing to the imagination.
Don’t come to this film expecting stellar performances or a cleverly devised sub plot. It is what it is, or should I say what Rambo is, and that’s the measuring stick for how “high can you make the body count go?” And believe me it’s high.
Even though this film is graphic in its nature (but then again let’s face it so is war), it is up to the audience to make their own judgement as to whether they are repulsed by it or embrace it as the type of over the top, man on a mission, corny dialogue and blood-filled Rambo film that every fan would sell their grandmother to see. You have been warned!
