Lion Gate
Everyone knows that Rocky Balboa and John Rambo (the fictional character who launched the most iconic film franchise of all time) have made Sylvester Stallone's career. But it was the latter who did turn him into one of the final action stars of the 80s and 90s, and ultimately one of the final action stars of Hollywood. In 1982, the “First Blood” hit like lightning, making more than $125 million in the box office budget with a budget of $15 million. Until today, it relies primarily on body performances and scarce dialogue, one of the best ever, most of which say in the devastating ending, as the protagonist distracts the emotional collapse caused by PTSD. The Cunning Man and the ending that ended in the final version of the movie replace the original ending (in his character's suicide) with the original ending (in his character's ordering suicide). He talked about it dozens of times, and it didn't shock anyone, he was proud of that movie and movie.
Given that, it was a bit surprising that he named the 2008 “Rambo” (the fourth in the series) as the best action movie he's ever done. The actor said in the 2022 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“A movie that I'm really proud of – it's the best action movie I've ever done because it's the most real movie – 'Rambo IV,' dealing with Myanmar, where they've had a civil war for 67 years. But I stood out because the movie was so violent. It's violent. It's violent. It's scary. It's a horrible person, and it makes the kids worse. I thought it would arrive at the theater.
Rambo is uncompromisingly cruel, committed to his ruthless portrayal
Lion Gate
I said Small Surprisingly, “Rambo” is probably the most appropriate action movie for Stallone, who directed, directed and starred in the film. 20 years after the incident of “Rambo III”, our heroes live a lonely life in Thailand, catching snakes and providing people with a boat ride to make a living. But deep down, he is still the same killing machine and broken man we encounter in the original movie. After a certain initial reluctance, he agreed to bring a group of missionary doctors to the humanitarian mission of Myanmar, where the saffron revolution was still the whole person, and the Burmese army ruled the land and its people ruthlessly with an iron fist. The massacre began until Rambo and the group first met them.
“Rambo” is ruthlessly violent and bloody, but it is also one of the uncompromising and serious portrayals that are actually the story the film is intended to tell. Naturally, this approach also gives another opportunity to prove the best he did in all previous films: slaughtering bad guys with guns and arrows, stripping the esophagus with bare hands, and providing something like “doing nothing or dying for your call, like “doing nothing,” huge gravity.” It’s a capable action movie ($50 million) that revitalizes a gasoline-run franchise. Not surprisingly, most critics hated it at the time (slamming its nude plot and excessive violence), but the audience ate it like fresh and delicious meat. In retrospect, it was the only sequel that matched the level of the first film, even if it was a bit politically heavy. If you ask me, this is where the series should end, not the atrocities of “Rambo: Last Blood” 11 years later.