No matter how many comedians jokingly call this sequel "Gram-bo," there's no doubt the writer-director-star can still kick butt in the most fantastically bloody of ways. Surprisingly, even at 61, the muscular Stallone is still an imposing presence. It's good that Stallone added some help for the aging Rambo, though in several scenes, he doesn't seem to need anything but his expert hands to fell dozens of soldiers. The men are a diverse crew (British actors Gavin McTavish as the bald and bold Lewis and Matthew Marsden as the likable sniper School Boy are especially memorable) of special-ops types who don't know yet how valuable their guide (Rambo) is, and their banter is a bit reminiscent of The Dirty Dozen - albeit with a lot more expletives.
The film's action scenes benefit from a gang of fresh characters who play the guns-for-hire assigned to rescue the humanitarians. Villagers are forced to run through a mined rice paddy - bodies explode. "F-k" is constantly used, and the leader of the mercenaries says "c-t" once, and uses a racist term to describe Southeast Asians. A dead body hangs from the gallows, the lower half stripped, presumably by the ravenous pigs gathered below it.
Children are murdered by Burmese soldiers. People are shot and killed at point-blank range. A young boy is taken into the quarters of the Burmese commander while all this is taking place the commander caresses the boy's head and face before shutting the door. Female captives are forced to dance on a stage in front of a large group of drunken Burmese soldiers, and soon, the soldiers begin to grab the women, strongly implying that a gang rape is about to take place. This is the most violent of the Rambo movies, and much of the second half of the movie is nonstop killing through guns, knives, grenades, landmines, explosions, etc. Parents need to know that the fourth installment in the Rambo franchise is, like its '80s predecessors, full of blood and violence (rendered even more disturbing by the last two decades' technological advances).
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