Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Alan Smithee Esq. John Rambo is an interesting and iconic film character. My first association with Rambo (which was the second & third movies, video games, cartoons, action figures, etc.) was as an over the top one man army in a foreign country winning unbeatable wars and saving American hostages. Then I saw "First Blood"....It's a gritty and realistic thriller on US soil. Yes, he's a one man army but he's going against a local police department that doesn't want a returning soldier in their town. It really surprised me the first time I saw it and remains a gripping action classic, plus it contains Stallone's best dramatic scene he's ever done. So I just wrote a paragraph about a movie that's not even on this list. My point is that he seemed to be a different person in each movie. And then for many years I forgot about those movies. Then this 4th installment seemingly arrived out of the blue. And just wow...this is probably the most graphically violent movie I've ever seen. Rambo seems to be a broken version of the cartoon character he had become. This is a most welcomed return to form. The horrors of war are seen on multiple levels and from various points of view. It is a brutally beautiful film, it has the perfect blend of some of the over the top violence these films are known for and the gritty realistic aspects that it originated in. (Spoiler: in the novel that "First Blood" was based on Rambo dies). From a technical stand point many would argue that this is not the best Rambo movie, but they would be wrong. For a character who was suppose to die this is the best alternative way to conclude his story.

adonis98-743-186503 Heroes never die.... They just reload. And with this tag line you understand what kind of movie you're about to watch i remember people making fun of Stallone because he was too old in this film in order to play Rambo again? Aww please he was amazing as Rocky in Rocky Balboa only 2 years ago and he totally kills it on Rambo IV also he directs and also stars as the famous hero and let me tell you something this is how movies need to look like R-Rated Violence not PG-13 if PG can work in some certain of films then OK but Expendables with a PG-13 rating seriously? what where they thinking? Rambo 4 has way too much violence and people judged the film a lot about it but that's what makes it so awesome Sly tried to capture how cold and brutal the war is in this countries and he nailed it. The 4th Part also has the perfect ending for our hero and i'm glad that Sylvester Stallone chose to terminate Rambo 5 because it was going to be a big mistake since this film shows him going back home.

dirtypolo For nearly 10 years we of all people say that Robert Rodriguez's Machete is a homage grindhouse movie... we where wrong, that movie is just a crappy political thriller after the intro which is awesome. After Grindhouse in 2007, before Machete in 2010 along came Rambo aka Rambo 4 or John Rambo in 2008. When I watched Rambo for the first time I thought it was just good because I was that pumped and over hyped for Machete, well I was wrong because after all this time I know Rambo is a proper exploitation movie as well as a damn good bad ass sequel. This movie you have all of the cool action and sleaze, heads getting blown off all practically done very well, evil scum bad guys killing children and of course Rambo killing the bad guy at the end with a mean f@%K you look on his face.Rambo should be played along with Grindhouse: Planet Terror/Death Proof and Hobo with a Shotgun.

Paul Magne Haakonsen With a gap of 20 years between "Rambo III" from 1988 and "Rambo" from 2008, then expectations were quite high for me towards this movie. And having grown up as a teenager with the likes of the "Rambo" trilogy, then the 2008 "Rambo" movie was long awaited.And now having seen "Rambo" a couple of times, I can with all sincerity claim that this 2008 movie was great. It is a good addition to the "Rambo" franchise, and it is right back in track and in tune with the old movies, although a hint of political correctness can be seen throughout the movie. But wanting to add a new layer to the "Rambo" movies, was an okay change of pace for director Sylvester Stallone (also starring in this 2008 movie).In this 2008 movie the story takes place in war-torn Burma. Vietnam veteran John Rambo is living a reclusive life in Thailand, away from his past and the life of a soldier. But trouble always has a way to slither back, and manages to do so again when Rambo is tracked down and asked to help a group of mercenaries trek into Burma.The story in "Rambo" was good, as it has been in the previous movies. But it is not the story which is the main attraction here, it is the abundance of action, of course. And "Rambo" offers more than enough action to satisfy us old fans of the franchise, as well as catering to a whole new audience.The acting in "Rambo" is what you would and could expect from a movie of this type. You know exactly what you get here, and people do not disappoint. Sylvester Stallone does what he does best here in this 2008 movie, and he proved that he was more than up for the task of bringing new life to the "Rambo" franchise."Rambo" was missing Col. Samuel Trautman (played by Richard Crenna in the previous three movies). But given his death in 2003, it was of course not possible. I just think that the Trautman character was almost as much a part of the "Rambo" franchise as John Rambo himself. But of course, it is a matter of personal preference.I thoroughly enjoyed this 2008 movie, and it is right at home next to the other "Rambo" movies in any movie collection.