Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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- Rambo: First Blood Part II was a classic 80s action film. While the action was amazing and we get so see some of the best pyrotechnic work of the decade, I cannot say the same about the story and the performances. I can finally see why this was one of the films that skyrocketed Sylvester Stallone’s career though. If you’re looking for more nuanced storytelling and social commentary that we got in the first installment, look elsewhere. However, when it comes to action and explosions, this was among the best that the 80s has to offer.
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0:00 Intro
1:53 The Film
19:40 The Review
24:48 Outro
Hey guys, I'm Shaneel (Shan). Welcome to the channel!
My reaction and review to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) for the first time. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Rambo III still holds the world record in number of explosions in a film. Get ready Shan :)))
The MIA bit at the end was brutal Social Commentary. MIA in Vietnam is a massive issue to this very day. The best MIA rescue film is: Uncommon Valor (1983) w/ Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze
Excellent flick
@Fire In The House Absolutely
Hell yeah. I hope Shaun gives that movie a reaction. It has a great ensemble cast, great story, and great explosions too.
Yes please for Uncommon Valor
The 3 Missing In Action films (with Chuck Norris) is good on the subject matter as well... ✌️
When this came out, the Vietnam War was still a fresh, open wound.
Thank you, veterans. For all you do.
This was a box office success making $300 million dollars ($900 million dollars today) against a $25 million dollar budget.
Shan is in pyro heaven! 😂
"Why would they keep POW's?" There was a lot of stories of POW's in Vietnam for decades after the war. There was a lot of speculation that it was a result of the U.S. not paying reparations after the war. Sadly there is a lot of evidence that there was POWs for years after the war.
I love this movie a lot!! Awesome 80s classic!!
This is my favourite Rambo movie. I watched it when i was 8 years old (5 years after its release because I was deemed too young by my cousins) and I am so glad you are finally reacting to it.
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@@ShanWatchesMovies Where is your Beyond Thunderdome review?? Tina Turner just died.
This used to be my favorite too, but after Rambo IV, it became the second favorite.
Steven Berkoff is a British actor with a theater background but was in several high-profile '80s action movies playing the main villain.
He also played General Orlov in the 1983 James Bond movie Octopussy, Det. Const. Tom in A Clockwork Orange and Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop
I think for me, the stand out element I love the most is the music, it’s so good. The main theme is just incredible, with the light synth tones in the background always pull me in.
The cameraman was Jack Cardiff, who was possibly the single most famous cinematographer to ever work in movies. He shot 'The Red Shoes', 'Black Narcissus', 'The African Queen', etc. Charles Napier makes a great slimy villain and Steven Berkoff is always enjoyable in this kind of role. The Goldsmith music should be listened to separately from the film. The sound design obscures too much of the detail of the orchestrations.
Rambo said he could fly a helicopter in the first movie.
"Back there I could drive a tank, *I could fly a gunship,* I was in charge of million dollar equipment. Here I can't even hold down a job parking cars."
I don't think she tried to save Rambo just to get a green card. That mission was practically suicidal. She went to a camp full of soldiers and the chances of rescue were slim. What pragmatic person would grant this? Risking her life pointlessly just to get to America? She was just human. A lot of people forget that. That a person does not have to have some ulterior motives that must have some justification. Being human is often enough. What did she see that Rambo sacrificed himself for both her and PoW. He saved her life twice. During the fight for life, people become very close to each other. She was just a person with the right heart in the right place who definitely went through hell. Besides, one would absolutely not blame her for wanting to live a normal life when they managed to escape from the death sentence together This movie is simply something that will never be made again. I don't need to have any deep character development. Why does everything have to develop immediately? Just tell the story. A lot of "sophisticated" films that focus on some kind of development are not that sophisticated. I'm just playing it. The reality is far more complex. In addition, the action in this film is brilliant and Stallone plays a soldier who doesn't have to speak, but in his eyes you can see the experience, the enthusiasm, the maturity. Actions matter, not empty words. That man knows what he's doing and he's good at it.
I love all the Rambo's but really liked Rambo 3, story line, character depth, action, it has it all! Don't wait a year Shan, do it!
was Rambo 3 the one with the mujahadeen? or am I mixing it up with an 80s bond movie? If so - I recall whatever had the mujahadeen being really damn good.
@@Houldey That’s the one, Mujahideen played by Sasson Gabal, he has some great lines trying to understand American humor… cmon Shan, it’s worth it!
For Rambo 3, Sylvester Stallone got his body down to 155 pounds.
Simply put. This is a good movie. First Blood was a great film.
1. Best of the bunch.
2. The Soviet Commander/Steven Burkoff also played the heavy in "Beverly Hills Cop".
3. There's a must watch/share with Sly and Kurt Russell called "Tango and Cash" where a cop says to Tango and says, "He thinks he's Rambo."
Tango/Stallone says, "Rambo, is a pussy"🤣
4. Charles Napier/Murdock also played Lt. Boyle in "Silence of the Lambs"
5. Julia Nickson/Co could get it. 😍🥰😋 She has to work on that accent though.🙄
6. I'd be pissed too if I were being set up for failure. 🤬
1. I personally liked all the 5 Rambo films
2. He also played the Russian General in the 1983 James Bond film 'Octopussy'
3. Sly made several Rambo references in 'The Expendables' films
4. He also played the general in 'Austin Powers' films, he was a prison guard in 'Ernest Goes To Jail' and was the voice of the CEO in the animated 'The Critic' TV series.
5. She is married to David Soul in real life (Hutch in the Starsky and Hutch Tv series) and she was in the Chuck Norris film Sidekicks
6. Rambo doesn't get mad, he gets even on all those who draw first blood ✌️
12:40 "Murdock... I'm coming to get you!" :)
Yeah man, Jerry is a true legend!!
Shan likes explosions. He's sure to like Rambo's new arrows. 😆
An incredibly beautiful thing Rambo's new arrows
You should definitely watch The Expendables aeries. It's pretty bad ass.
The 6th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 23, 1986, at the Morgan-Wixon Theatre in Santa Monica, California, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1985. Though Rambo: First Blood Part II won Worst Picture, Rocky IV (also starring Sylvester Stallone) received the greatest number of nominations and "wins". This is the only year in which one movie won worst picture and another movie had the most nominations and wins.
I read the book for this before the movie came out,its explains alot, he was a orphan raisez in the south warst by American Indians and trained on a bow, he bever runs out of arrows because he circles back around snd pulls them iut of the bodies snd theres a lot more but good movie
17:43 notice used, the Law, which has a back flash, Rambo just realistically blew his helicopter up but suspension of belief he didn't. Also wait for the blanks dropping at the end when Rambo goes all out with the computer equipment.
You’re the best, as always, Shan!
Thanks
There is a lowet budget movie called "missing in action" that have seence that people confuze with this movie. And.. well. There is also rambo 3
On top if that there is hot shots 2 that is a parodi on all of those movies.
Great one man army action movie
There are a lot of story parallels between Rambo II and Missing in Action. That's because the story treatment/concept for the First Blood sequel had been tossed around Hollywood for a while before it was finally given the "green light." So even though the first Missing in Action film is essentially a rip-off of this film (with the 2nd film being a prequel), those stories are much more compelling than this one. I strongly recommend checking out Missing in Action, and Missing in Action 2: The Beginning.
Shan always looking for well rounded characters. It’s the 80s, my man. No motivations needed. It’s the action!
You have to watch Hot Shots next (especially Part Deux) 😂
As long as he watches Rambo III first. Part Deux spoofs that one, too.
To date, Stallone has won Worst Actor four times, more than anyone else: “Rhinestone” (1984); “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Rocky IV” (1985); “Rambo III” (1988); and “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot” (1992).15 Feb 2020
Charles Napier is my favorite asshole redneck in movies. He's great in the Blues Brothers as the leader of the good old boys...
Notice the P.O.W. that Rambo saves look alot like Chuck Norris.
Those little digs of rivalry between 80s action stars.
The first film gives you all you need to know about Rambo and Troutman, and the sequels are nothing but explosions, and gratuitous violence: I love 'em!!!!
That said, when it comes to Vietnam veterans' issues, Stallone nails it every time.
Fyi: at the time, there were rumors floating around, that communist-run Vietnam was still holding P.O.W.'s when this was released - and future presidential candidate Ross Perot even hired mercenaries to look for any. (And there's an outstanding film based on that, called "Uncommon Valor": highly reccomended)
Great action movie 🎬 ❤
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Rambo 3 please !!
Murdoch shat a giant green apple out of his ass when that knife came down.
I know this comment is late but Siskel and Ebert gave this two thumbs up the week it came out. In fact, I wasn't going to see this movie but they said that it was the only good thing out that week. Then Ronald Reagan said he enjoyed it and people started counting bodies. By 1990 or so, Siskel and Ebert had a CBS TV special where they used this movie as an example of THE WORST in cinema. I stopped respecting them right then. I couldn't believe what they were saying anymore.
"Do we get to win this time?" Oof.
In Germany, the title was renamed Rambo II The Mission/The Order. The title fits much better than Rambo - First Blood Part II.
I may be wrong but they don't sometimes have a great deal of power running to their places, thus the fans don't spin as fast. At least it was that way where my wife lived in the Phillipines. Granted the power was out 80% of the day during the day. And that was just in 2013.
I saw this when it came out at a drive in. LOL I can't say it was a cinema masterpiece but it was entertaining. It is Rambo not Othello. 😁
Do we get to win this time? This time, it's up to you.
(11:49) Got it wrong, Shan. She's just reporting for work.
14:35 He didn't ANYBODY in the first film...except for Art Gault, but can we really count that one? I mean, the helicopter pilot was fighting the weather and Gault was stupid enough to take off his seatbelt.
Most movies today heavily use CGI instead of practical effects. Yet, somehow, today's movies cost WAY more to produce. ???
Another great reaction shan love your vids
James Cameron originally wrote a side kick for Rambo in tyhis movie but Stallone felt that character had better lines than him so re-wrote the whole character out of the movie.
Jerry Goldsmith best Score for the Franchise and Brian Tyler replaced him at part four and five very well.
6:47 🤣
It’s thought that Kurt Russell directed most of Tombstone
Please watch the 1994 b&w comedy, Clerks.
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@@ShanWatchesMovies That single little “ok” has absolutely just made my day. Thank you for that.
Awesome.
3:30 damn, you didn't recognize the legendary John Kreese 🥴
If Michael Bay made action movies in 1980s, it looks like this
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You should try Uncommon Valor. A more realistic movie about Vietnam POW rescue and a bunch of stars including Patrick Swayze. Also, your favorite wrong name actor Gene Hack Man, of course Hackman.
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"means that you will star in a movie called the expendables 10 years later"
... i don´t want to stump on your parade.. but a quarter of a century later.
James Cameron did indeed co-write the screenplay. However, in recent years he's attempted to distance himself from it. I guess it no longer meets with his lofty sensibilities!
I think that he's always distanced himself from it because Stallone changed so much from his initial screenplay.
17:31 - but if Tom Cruise was engaged as actor/producer, it will be as much practical as possible
I see you have grown your own war mullet,shan 😉
Thanks
You'll like 3.
I am excited for the next movie
I've noticed slow moving fans in a lot of movies too from time to time. Could it be the result of frame rate? Like the fan is moving faster than the frame rate or vice versa so you catch less movement than in reality?
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"To survive a war, you gotta become war."
To be absolutely clear: The idea of POWs in Vietnam by the 1980s is a myth and conspiracy theory. I get that everyone wanted those MIAs to really be POWs, but people need to let this go. I'm glad that we are finally starting to put this nonsense behind us.
Fun Fact: The only film in the Rambo series to be nominated for an Oscar.
Rambo Training Fact: To prepare for this role, Sylvester Stallone did eight months of training for four hours a day. He also took SWAT combat, archery, and survival courses.
Body Count Fact: According to the stats given by Murdock (Charles Napier), Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has 59 confirmed kills during the Vietnam War. However, Rambo kills 74 people during the course of this film, which spans two days. So, in two days, Rambo kills more people than his whole time in the war.
Not really. A confirmed kill means that a reliable second witness saw the body and verified what happened. If you go in solo to an enemy outpost and kill everyone, there are no witnesses. In the chaos of war, most kills are never confirmed. So, 59 confirmed kills might mean 500 total kills.
6:57 - 25 years later
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The girl became redundant to the plot. Then she's just killed off out of nowhere......... Your shocked reaction was the same as mine years ago and the best part of your video.....
Shan, did you watch the karate kid movies? I forget. If you did, then do you recognize the helicopter pilot?
Another 80s action character with the first name of John!
He does great in the Cobra Kai series! Was great to see him once again.
First Blood is a great drama with action elements, the rest are entertaining cartoons with hints of drama.
"Why would they keep POWs?"
I think on one hand, it gave the succeeding Vietnamese government propaganda leverage, not only because they could tell their allies in the communist world they won, but attempt to exploit offering their potential return in exchange for money/resources, political bargaining essentially.
On the other side, I think the stark reality is that keeping prisoners not only alive but constantly moving around is ultimately expensive resource-wise. Sure, say they force the POWs to not only harvest crops but build the camps, move them around from camp to camp? Maybe for a few years, but by the time this came out it was 10 years after the end, and now it's nearing 50 years? And just how effective and productive are workers capable of being when kept in the depicted conditions?
After a while, keeping such prisoners alive is just diminishing returns which weren't high to begin with, especially if the reparations or whatever objective they were being kept for never come, which, tmk, never did. But the memory of such soldiers declared MIA can be exploited for as long they're aware it's an issue that makes the US gov look worse.
In the film, Murdock's a d-bag but he's ultimately the face of the US and the American public kinda reaping what it sowed in a way. (Not that that makes it better, but much of the outcome was the result of various key decisions by politicians that painted the government into the corner. Either way, any such soldiers were abandoned all the same.)
In the first movie Rambo didn't kill anyone.
1 Back to the Future Universal $210,609,762
2 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar / Carolco $150,415,432
3 Rocky IV MGM $127,873,716
4 The Color Purple Warner Bros. $94,175,854
5 Out of Africa Universal $87,071,205
6 Cocoon Fox $76,113,124
7 The Jewel of the Nile $75,973,200
8 Witness Paramount $68,706,993
9 The Goonies Warner Bros. $61,389,680
10 Spies Like Us $60,088,980
Next watch movie...
RAMBO: First Blood Part lll
The fact is that you could watch this one without the first and not miss anything at all.
Shan DID watch First Blood (1982).
@@BigGator5 My point is you could watch this movie and the original, and not feel they are the same IP.
Roger Morris ...Oh, I misunderstood.
However I disagree with that. I bet you are the kind of person who suggests Evil Dead 2 (1987) before The Evil Dead (1981).
My dad showed me this one first. All he basically told me was Rambo was in prison for whatever he did in the last one and that he was a badass
The only thing you miss is any depth to Rambo and Trautman. But yes, the movie is completely comprehensible if you haven't seen the original.
The film where you count all the killings then you louse count on the boat and give up
I think James Cameron got seriously neutered. The movie would be 2 1/2 hours if he had his way.
Another great reaction Shan. Your hair looks really cool like that by the way. Still looking forward to doing a reaction to the producers 1968 Mel Brooks I know you'll love it
They keep POWS for "Propaganda".
Where is your Beyond Thunderdome review?? Tina Turner just died.
Apparently, Cosmatos is not only the worst person in the world (according to Michael Biehn) but isn't really a director either. Over the years, I've heard several different rumors and stories, and they all seem to indicate a few things. He's usually brought on board when the studio wants heads to roll. He was like a glorified First AD/Producer, who was pretty effective at organizing a production the way the suits desired. He was mean, abused below the line crew, fired Extras, etc. He was brought on only if another "creative" was present to actually do the directing. In the case of Tombstone, Kurt Russel was the creative force that did the heavy lifting in terms of directing. Cosmatos was actually the second director after the first was fired... but Russell was " the man."
Stallone used Cosmatos for similar but altogether different reasons. With Cobra, RAMBO II and The Specialist, Stallone ghost directed all three films, while Cosmatos did what he always did.. abuse the crew. Stallone blocks the actors, designs the shots, etc. HE'S the Director. Anyway, anytime you see the name George P Cosmatos after "Directed By".... it really wasn't. Lol
Just watched an interview with Brian Thompson and he mention that while Stallone was on set, Comatose was basically a Yes man. But when Sly wasn't there he was like a dictator.
Back in the 80's I used to love Rambo II but now I see it as trash.
The villains are probably one of the best things from the first two films.
A premature explosion caused the death of a special effects technician.
And yes Rambo's words at the end are cringe. The way he walks off even.
Rambo part II? I didn't know you reviewed the first one; maybe I haven't been following you long enough, but I like that one and this one. I'm a little busy, so I'm not going to make an in depth review.
Well, I'll try to watch your review of the first Rambo movie, and get back to making a more in depth review later!
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@@ShanWatchesMovies Well, I posted on the review of Rambo - First Blood. These two movies are very different.
I must say; i don't have many comments other than I remember enjoying this one as well. I was struck that it was a good sequel. I mean a good kind of crazy movie idea after another.
Sorry it took me so long to say so little!
I thought I'd recommend a movie that I saw recently that is maybe kind of similar to this - The Dogs of War. And another Christopher Walken movie - Brainstorm.
Brainstorm has Natalie Wood in it. It was her last movie. I thought it was surprisingly good. She died under suspicious circumstances.
I'm very fond of the first film. This one ticks me off. Any hint of subtlety or ambiguity is blown up with a silly exploding arrow. Rambo is most interesting when he's existing in a moral grey area.
Razzie Awards
1986 Winner Razzie Award
Worst Picture
Buzz Feitshans
Sylvester Stallone at an event for Iron Man 2 (2010)
1986 Winner Razzie Award
Worst Actor
Sylvester Stallone
Shared with: Rocky IV
Julia Nickson
1986 Nominee Razzie Award
Worst Supporting Actress
Julia Nickson
George P. Cosmatos in Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
1986 Nominee Razzie Award
Worst Director
George P. Cosmatos
Sylvester Stallone at an event for Iron Man 2 (2010)
1986 Winner Razzie Award
Worst Screenplay
Sylvester StalloneJames CameronKevin Jarre (story)
If Rambo fired a real RPG inside the helicopter the back blast of the charge that fires the grenade would have torched all of them or at least everyone behind him and possibly destroyed his own helicopter in the process as well.
It was actually a M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank, US made), but you're correct that the area behind him would have been crispy.
It is a type of RPG, but looks completely different from the Russian models.
@@MrVvulf I had to go back and rewatch that scene a few times and came to the conclusion that we are both right. It looks like the frankenstiened the cut because the LAW does not have a pistol grip yet one is clearly seen when its fired, yet the telescopic tube of the LAW is also clearly visible.
I hope you're going to watch Rambo 3 next, where Rambo meets Osama bin Laden.
What?
This movie cemented the image of Stallone as a dumb 80s action hero and later movies didn't always help. But that would be unjust because Rocky. Stallone is more than just that one movie but that one movie should make anyone respect him as a creative artist.
13:15 1 ONE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS ALWAYS DIE.
The first one is stronger for sure but this is fun 3 is fun 4 is the most brutal you will see trust me last blood aka rambo 5 is not very good!
Sylvester Stallone, Worst Director and Worst Actor winner, Worst Screenplay co-winner.
Rambo II is like a story out of Soldier of Fortune magazine. It has nothing to do with the Vietnam war actually was. It's basically a right wing paranoid fantasy. For that, it's fun. But it has a kind of creeping rightwing aka Maga type world view. Absurd.
Imagine what a real director like Oliver Stone thought when he saw this, being a soldier who was there. Platoon came out the year after this and it was like a thunderbolt. That is Vietnam.
Thumbs down. If you think you can make a better movie, Shan , let's see it. This was better than the first.
Next Rambo movie is a 100% anti-Russia propaganda. I hated that movie.
I was so disappointed by this movie when I saw it in the cinema. After the character driven first movie with, for its time, hard-hitting realistic action this movie had, as you said, zero depth, no interesting characters and was just a reel of killing evil foreigner no. so many. Worst money I ever spend on a movie and even the explosions couldn't save it for me.
Lousy Movie. The Editing Ruins The Movie.
JUST DONT wait another YEAR this time for the next part.. ok ? ..gsus ..
😂Sorry to keep you waiting. I will try to bring the next park sooner
Dear god, Julia Nickson was babe.
Yeah, I don't like this movie or any of the original Rambo movies after First Blood. First Blood was a great movie, but I have to agree that story, the writing and the overall jingoistic tone of every movie after First Blood just felt both so stupid and like a betrayal of that wonderful movie. This film and the next few like it are basically really dumb Saturday Morning Cartoons and they're just awful, imo.