I was a kid when I saw this in the theater. My grandfather took me, because he was a cool dude, and my parents wouldn't allow me to see it. Thanks again grandpa! The coolest dude I ever met.
A friend and I went to see Rambo: First Blood 2 in 1985 in the theatre. To this day, I have never seen an audience get into a movie so much. There were people standing on their seats and shouting. The part where Rambo says "Murdock, I'm coming to get YOU!" set everyone off yelling "YYEEAHHHH!!!! WOOOHOOOO" . It was magical. Everyone walked out pumped up. It was an amazing experience that I never repeated in any movie i've seen since.
Really? I never saw a movie audience throw so much derision. If it wasn't for the people and their riffing, I'd have walked long before the end of the movie.
@@BigBoss-zi5ss oh Rambo was a religion. Every gang leader and drug lord came out to see the movie at the premier. ONly Scarface and Rambo could gangs to call a cease fire. So they could sit next to their enemies.
@@lethaldose2000 haha omg..I know it's not funny but it is amazing the impact the 80's movies had...esp scarface. Even saw the documentary cocaine cowboys and one guy said he saw the movie went it came out and wanted to marry a blonde a become a cocaine kingpin.
My husband retired last year after serving 22 of his 26 years in SF (special forces). We LOVED the first one because his father was a Vietnam Vet so he experienced the hostility when he returned home. Every SF soldier goes through training for the survival skills depicted. It’s called SERE training. Part2 was just fun!!!
Mamy thanks to your husband and father-in-law for their faithful service to our nation, Mrs. DeMoranville🙂 My late uncle was a Korean / Vietnam vet himself
I think Sly established some kind of world record with the number of bodies he bagged. Also, people seem to forget James Cameron co-wrote the screenplay with Sly.
James Cameron wrote the initial script but afterward it went through the infamous Stallone rewrite. Cameron himself says he’s didn’t recognize what he originally wrote. He focused a lot on how haunted Rambo was and Stallone took all of that out.
@@killersalmon4359 Yeah, I read the same thing in an interview published in Entertainment Weekly where James Cameron said that. He didn't seem happy about it either
A co-worker and his friend went to see it.. On there way to the theater they stopped at a liquor store and bought two large bottles of Jim Beam..The deal was every time Rambo killed somebody,, they had to take a hit on the bottles...I remember my co-worker saying something about 125,, and he and his friend leaving a car in the theater parking lot and taking a cab home because they could barely walk
I love when Rambo is mowing down those computers at the end, he's finished, but has some bullets left over, so he decided to just fire them in the air screaming like a boss to finish his ammo. Hahaha, it's the most 80's action thing I've ever seen!
I personally see it as a cathartic release against the bureaucrats and higher ups of the military who screwed over millions with their wars. Or maybe I’m just looking too deep into it
Lol When Samantha said “Nothing better happen to her.” All I thought was “Oh boy…”because I knew what was coming. Love you guys and always look forward to your reactions. You guys are the best!
Samantha's face during the stealth kill streak 🤣 Oh man, you two remind me of friends of mine from high school I'd spend weekends with watching random stuff from Blockbuster. Just a fun time watching great flicks.
I'm surprised you did not recognize John Kreese from Cobra Kai (Martin Kove) at the very beginning (3:00). Samantha, you said "Seems like a nice guy"! LOL
27:40 That statement by Rambo was tear-jerking. I was in the USAF when this came out. My brother went to Nam. I'm old enough to remember when those who served in that war came back and were treated terribly. They were accused of killing innocent people. They were called baby-killers and spat on. I'd heard that, when Rambo said that, there were VN vets in the audience who broke out crying.
It was pretty awesome to see the 3 Expendable movies later, all thanks to Sly for making em happen! to bring back alive all the 90s action heroes from your "childhood"
My town had 200 seating theater. For Rambo a thousand people showed up everyday for two weeks. It was a melee to say the least. People climbed over babies and old ladies to get in to see the movie. The movie sold out like a Cabbage Patch doll at Christmas. It finally cooled down after a month of shows.
You might already know by now, but this was a sequel, not a prequel. The events occur 3 years after the events of the first one. That's why he was in prison in the beginning. Samantha asked about the budgets for 1 and 2. First Blood (1982) had a $15 Million budget and made $125.2 Million in the box office. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) had a $25.5 Million budget and made $300.4 Million in the box office. Rambo III (1988) was in a much higher range of a $58-$63 Million budget but made $189 Million in the box office.
Also, I like how the film is not only a redemption for Rambo, but a redemptive journey for America. America, through Rambo, is getting some sense of redemption for all of the Vietnam veterans who served, and getting that sense of victory
For a bit of cultural context, in the late 70s and early 80s, the Vietnam POW/MIA issue was a BIG thing. There was another movie that addresses the Issue, "Uncommon Valor" (1983) with Gene Hackman and Patrick Swayze.
It won 5 Golden Razzie Awards including Worst Picture but despite this it made $300 million dollars against a $35 million dollar budget. Its now considered by fans to be one of the best RAMBO movies ever made. James Cameron wrote the Screenplay to the movie while he was working on a little Sci Fi movie called The Terminator.
James Cameron simultaneously wrote The Terminator, Rambo: First Blood II and Aliens. In order to keep each script in creative thought, he wrote each script in 3 seperate rooms.
The zoom in on the chicken was for the benefit of the fans who read the book first. The book was outstanding by the way. Rambo used the chicken to create a blood trail in the weeds/grass and the VC followed the trail in the weeds. Then Rambo set it all on fire. There were a few book-to-movie Easter eggs in this movie.
When I found out Rambo was going to be in Mortal Kombat, I had to check these films out. I understood why they chose him. They even got Sly voicing him.
@@justinedse3314 That's so weird. I have this clear mental image of him in the same police uniform in the police office, talking to the other cops while Rambo was being booked....
Another Rambo to show how government treated our missing POW. Prisoner of war! Every Rambo has a theme to it! First blood was how our veterans were treated! Great reaction
Rambo Part II is to First Blood, as Aliens is to Alien. Both are great films, but the sequel really kicks it up a notch! As the tagline for Aliens said "This time it's war"...the same could be said about Rambo Part II
@@bobbwc7011 Yeah, agreed. I love both films but for very different reasons. The first one is a fantastic drama with excellent action. The sequel is a live action cartoon where America wins the Vietnam war in the Eighties. Utterly ridiculous, but a lot of fun to watch.
Stallone had a huge 1985, coming out with Rambo in the summer and then Rocky IV later in the year at Thanksgiving. As an 80s kid, these two movies had HIGH rotation on VHS back in the day lol
Great reaction guys! We had this movie on VHS and I watched it many times growing up. Rambo really is a one man wrecking crew in this movie. 😆 Did y'all notice John Kreese in this??
Had a high school science teacher in the early '90s that LOVED commenting on this movie. He was a very large man, and would act out the most ludicrous kills. It was hilariosus!
I enjoy the Rambo series. The one I like most is Rambo III. As far as the controversy, yrs after Vietnam, ppl where looking for POWs after it ended. The historical part, Russians did fund the Vietnamese during the war.
Yeah, and the Chinese funded the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. China even tried to invade northern Vietnam to stop the Vietnamese from crushing the Khmer Rouge and saving the rest of Cambodia. Non-Khmer Rouge Cambodians fought with the Americans, Laotians and South Vietnamese against the Viet Cong and Russia. What a messed up thing the three stronger powers did to all the people of that region. Of course it was all the Frenchies fault in the first place.
Unexpectedly, First Blood went from a one-shot film based on a novel to being another huge franchise with Stallone on top. That 1st installment was and always would be the most psychological of Rambo's arc. For writing part 2, Stallone on one side made sure that the character remained flawed. Cameron on the other side added the more visceral mode of Rambo's skill. One of the first Rated-R movies to put out toys, video games, lunch boxes, bookbags, etc. Followed by Rocky IV in the same year. Remarkable time for Sly as actor/filmmaker.
23:12 Wow this just shows how terrified the helicopter pilot really was. He was so scared of what Rambo could do to him that he thought he had better odds of survival by jumping out of a helicopter in mid flight without a parachute.
Yeah. If he was smart he would've slowed down and got closer to the ground while Rambo was fighting the other guy. Then when Rambo won he could've made a safer jump. LOL
Woke up, saw this in my notifications and yelled "TBR SCHMITT!!!" at the top of my lungs probably waking everyone else in the building up. When I was in Marine Corps boot camp this movie played every Sunday but was way more fun watching with you guys! 😀 I always have a favorite TBR Schmitt line and for this one; "Stupid pirates" Not even afraid to admit that this guy cracks me up to no end! SO much fun watching this with ya'll!
When Martin Kove said “I hope for his sake we’re not just wasting fuel” was meant to mean “I hope he’s still alive.” He was saying it would be a waste of fuel if Rambo was already dead. He didn’t mean going to get him was a waste of fuel.
In the 80's action stars try to one up each other Rambo reminds me of the Missing In Action trilogy starring Chuck Norris who makes an appearance in The Expendables 2. Rambo being the original
Trivia: Going back to your Gremlins 2 watch,Jerry Goldsmith did the music for almost this entire franchise and also did the music for Gremlins and Gremlins 2. In Gremlins 2, Gizmo loves Rambo and Goldsmith brought back his Rambo theme for Gizmos training montage and when he attacks the spider gremlin.
When MAD Magazine did their parody of Rambo, when the dying girl tells Rambo to take the necklace "for luck", he replied "Why? It ain't brought YOU any."
This is when action films were action. No green screen or special effects Todays movie are beyond average, only a few movies a year are made with passion and wanting to entertain people.
Hilarious! You guys predicted almost every climatic scene in the movie. I had forgotten how predictable the action was. Still fun to watch Rambo lay waste to the enemy.
James Cameron wrote the orinal scipt but Stallone didn`t the side-kick character that Cameron wrote in because he felt the character had better lines than Rambo so he wrote the character out completely.
The Soviets were big on FAE (Fuel/Air Explosive) bombs which can cover a fairly large area. Their attack helos can drop them almost as well as their planes can. It's amusing to see that the Soviets were using a UH-1 Huey (the one Rambo took over). The massive chase helo was an Aerospecial Puma that was cosmetically modified to look like a (fattened up) MI-24 Hind attack helo.
Notice this came out the same year as Arnolds Commando 1985, funny thing I just notices between these movies was the some flying knives (stick around, or not)
I had a friend, an older guy, I used to rent a house from. He was an electrical designer. When he was there, he said he put listening devices all over the country...cities and jungles. He said whenever he went, 2 Delta guys were with him, in eyesight, 24/7. They were there to protect him, or if shit got bad, kill him!😮😮😮 He said he designed the units, and they are still active!😮😮😮
Ideas for your next actor series: Clint Eastwood: Never made a bad movie in the 70s Jackie Chan: His 80s Hong Kong moves are just awesome Chuck Norris: The King of b-movie action
Nowadays, the general public has forgotten or never heard of the issue of unaccounted for P.O.W. and M.I.A. in Vietnam, but the P.O.W./M.I.A. flag still flies just below the stars and stripes over government facilities like the Veterans Administration Medical Center and the post office. Back in the 80s, fears that the government, in its haste to wash its hands of the disastrously unpopular war, had abandoned service men to rot in communist Vietnamese prisons was something most people had at least heard of, and movies like "Rambo," "Uncommon Valor," "M.I.A." and TV shows with main characters who were supposed to be Nam vets plugged into that shared cultural knowledge. The U.S. government's official position that the all the Americans unaccounted in Vietnam died there and that their remains were destroyed by the widespread use of explosives and incendiaries during the war has been accepted and has declared the case closed. Interestingly, there was a book about the C.I.A.'s secret operations in Laos and Cambodia that pointed out that soldiers who fought for the U.S. were indeed left behind to rot in communist prisons. However, rather than American citizens, these soldiers were from the indigenous ethnic minorities recruited, trained, funded and equipped by the C.I.A. who were promised that, if they helped the U.S., that the U.S. would help them get more equitable treatment.
Cameron got the job to write this the same week that he got the job to write Aliens. It was all based off the strength of the script for The Terminator (which hadn’t actually gone into production yet). I think in Cameron’s bio “The Futurist”, he talked about being unhappy with Stalone’s re-write of this script.
The whole premise of the movie is believable, and makes sense that you would want to confirm the presence of POW's and not just go in blasting everything to get them out. As a former Green Beret, John Rambo would certainly understand the difference between a Recon Mission and an Extraction/Rescue. Seems like many people who watch this movie don't understand that and feel Rambo should have attacked all the camp guards and freed the POW's right away. That would be extremely difficult since many of them require medical attention, and trying to move back to the extraction point would compromise the mission if he had to shepherd a bunch of injured/sick prisoners.
Did you guys realize the helicopter pilot that left Rambo behind and that Rambo kneed in the nuts when he returned home was Sensei Kreese from Karate Kid/Cobra Kai? lol This was my first Rambo movie as a kid, classic VHS tape. It still holds up, always awesome.
I watched this movie when I was a kid in 1985. The most disappointing thing in the movie was when the Vietnamese female agent died. I wish they would let her live. It would be nice to see Rambo have some happiness. People don't talk about the high suicide rate among Vietnam Veterans. So sad
Former Presidential candidate Ross Perot actually hired mercenaries to go to Vietnam and locate POWs and MIAs after the war , so this is kind of based on actual events.
The best about this movie is the score, and I consider the score by Jerry Goldsmith one of his best (among a plethora of great scores). It's not very deep or meaningful, but it's not meant to be. Just extreme, raw, direct emotion, and Jerry delivers. One of the scores where he's not holding back.
I figure a prison camp like the one Rambo raided would probably use the prisoners for labor which makes me think “Oh God I hope Rambo didn’t kill some poor P.O.W. on working party in one of those buildings.”
This is the movie where the character Rambo was really born and became a houssehold name. The first movie didn't have the name in the title until later. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark didn't have Indiana Jones in the title until later.
The actor Voyo Goric who played the Russian heavy (Yushin) was originally slated for Dolph Lundgren to play, but Stallone suggested Rocky IV for Dolph and the rest is history.
This was such a fun time in the theatre. And the video game for the NES based on this movie was insane. Didn't have much to do with the movie, but still a fun time.
Another fun fact the part where he grabs the machine gun off the side of the helicopter and starts shooting at the Russians is what they used for the cover of the Rambo NES game
I truly love you guys, this is the best channel hands down and you guys are hilarious. The big knife became know as a "Rambo knife" after these movies came out.
I was a kid when I saw this in the theater.
My grandfather took me, because he was a cool dude, and my parents wouldn't allow me to see it.
Thanks again grandpa!
The coolest dude I ever met.
Grandpas rule! I never knew mine, both passed decades before I was born. Happy for you, thanks.
thats cool! i was never close with my father, but my best memories with him are when he took me to R rated movies when i was a kid
Awesome memory!
did he get you a rambo knife?
@@adamroodog1718 Nah. I was 9 years old.
Way too young to even be in that theater. Lol.
A friend and I went to see Rambo: First Blood 2 in 1985 in the theatre. To this day, I have never seen an audience get into a movie so much. There were people standing on their seats and shouting. The part where Rambo says "Murdock, I'm coming to get YOU!" set everyone off yelling "YYEEAHHHH!!!! WOOOHOOOO" . It was magical. Everyone walked out pumped up. It was an amazing experience that I never repeated in any movie i've seen since.
Really? I never saw a movie audience throw so much derision. If it wasn't for the people and their riffing, I'd have walked long before the end of the movie.
I love when an audience gets engaged..that means it's doing its job..if it's a church them it's prob boring
@@BigBoss-zi5ss oh Rambo was a religion. Every gang leader and drug lord came out to see the movie at the premier. ONly Scarface and Rambo could gangs to call a cease fire. So they could sit next to their enemies.
@@lethaldose2000 haha omg..I know it's not funny but it is amazing the impact the 80's movies had...esp scarface. Even saw the documentary cocaine cowboys and one guy said he saw the movie went it came out and wanted to marry a blonde a become a cocaine kingpin.
@@BigBoss-zi5ss hey gangsters like movies too.
"Murdoch. I'm coming to get you." My favorite line from any action movie.
"Murdock....*white-knuckled grip*... "I'm coming for you" is my favourite scene in a movie ever. Has stuck with me since childhood.
"To survive war you have to become war." Never forgot that line and it describes Rambo perfectly.
Gizmo watches that part in Gremlins 2
@@klfproductions1445 Gizmo is a bad, furry, little mo' fo'.
My husband retired last year after serving 22 of his 26 years in SF (special forces). We LOVED the first one because his father was a Vietnam Vet so he experienced the hostility when he returned home. Every SF soldier goes through training for the survival skills depicted. It’s called SERE training. Part2 was just fun!!!
SERE can be BRUTAL. Not the most fun time, lol.
Mamy thanks to your husband and father-in-law for their faithful service to our nation, Mrs. DeMoranville🙂 My late uncle was a Korean / Vietnam vet himself
@@BaronNate mmm yummy snek and rabbits
I think Sly established some kind of world record with the number of bodies he bagged. Also, people seem to forget James Cameron co-wrote the screenplay with Sly.
I forgot that myself
James Cameron wrote the initial script but afterward it went through the infamous Stallone rewrite. Cameron himself says he’s didn’t recognize what he originally wrote. He focused a lot on how haunted Rambo was and Stallone took all of that out.
It does the James Cameron sequel title naming.
Piranha 2
Aliens
Terminator 2
Rambo first blood part 2
Avatar the way of water (H2O)
@@killersalmon4359 Yeah, I read the same thing in an interview published in Entertainment Weekly where James Cameron said that. He didn't seem happy about it either
A co-worker and his friend went to see it.. On there way to the theater they stopped at a liquor store and bought two large bottles of Jim Beam..The deal was every time Rambo killed somebody,, they had to take a hit on the bottles...I remember my co-worker saying something about 125,, and he and his friend leaving a car in the theater parking lot and taking a cab home because they could barely walk
Trautman: "How will you live John?"
Rambo: "Day by day"
*Trautman watches Rambo walk off into the distance.*
Epic ending!
One of the only films I cried at. When Rambo spoke to Troutman at the end about what he wants and goes on his own path.
I love when Rambo is mowing down those computers at the end, he's finished, but has some bullets left over, so he decided to just fire them in the air screaming like a boss to finish his ammo. Hahaha, it's the most 80's action thing I've ever seen!
I personally see it as a cathartic release against the bureaucrats and higher ups of the military who screwed over millions with their wars. Or maybe I’m just looking too deep into it
80’s Red Dawn has to be on the watch list
I’d want them to watch both and compare the 2 we all know the truth but it’s for them to learn what I mean by that
Lol When Samantha said “Nothing better happen to her.” All I thought was “Oh boy…”because I knew what was coming. Love you guys and always look forward to your reactions. You guys are the best!
Samantha's face during the stealth kill streak 🤣
Oh man, you two remind me of friends of mine from high school I'd spend weekends with watching random stuff from Blockbuster. Just a fun time watching great flicks.
I was bummed that I missed this reaction before it was originally taken down and waited a long time for this re-upload. It was worth the wait. Thanks.
I'm surprised you did not recognize John Kreese from Cobra Kai (Martin Kove) at the very beginning (3:00). Samantha, you said "Seems like a nice guy"! LOL
I think they filmed this long before they watched Cobra Kai
Pretty sure he was also in First Blood.
@@seanmonahan I hope that they watched the 'The Karate Kid' movies first.
27:40 That statement by Rambo was tear-jerking. I was in the USAF when this came out. My brother went to Nam. I'm old enough to remember when those who served in that war came back and were treated terribly. They were accused of killing innocent people. They were called baby-killers and spat on. I'd heard that, when Rambo said that, there were VN vets in the audience who broke out crying.
Your brother is a hero sir. It's a damn shame the Vietnam veterans were treated after the war.
It was pretty awesome to see the 3 Expendable movies later, all thanks to Sly for making em happen! to bring back alive all the 90s action heroes from your "childhood"
Damn the intro of Expandables 2 was brutal asf!
My town had 200 seating theater. For Rambo a thousand people showed up everyday for two weeks. It was a melee to say the least. People climbed over babies and old ladies to get in to see the movie. The movie sold out like a Cabbage Patch doll at Christmas. It finally cooled down after a month of shows.
Good to see Rambo really bring out the best in people.
@@Kthomasritchie ever see two ladies throw down at a black friday sale. Rambo can't hold a candle to that action. Ha
You might already know by now, but this was a sequel, not a prequel. The events occur 3 years after the events of the first one. That's why he was in prison in the beginning.
Samantha asked about the budgets for 1 and 2.
First Blood (1982) had a $15 Million budget and made $125.2 Million in the box office.
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) had a $25.5 Million budget and made $300.4 Million in the box office.
Rambo III (1988) was in a much higher range of a $58-$63 Million budget but made $189 Million in the box office.
Thanks... I was curious after she asked as well. :)
18:36 - "you're the tool..." "...yeah.. good job.". lol. that made me laugh out loud....
Also, I like how the film is not only a redemption for Rambo, but a redemptive journey for America. America, through Rambo, is getting some sense of redemption for all of the Vietnam veterans who served, and getting that sense of victory
In my young days we had no idea what a bowie knife was. Until this day in Belgium that kind of knife is still called a Ramboknife.
For a bit of cultural context, in the late 70s and early 80s, the Vietnam POW/MIA issue was a BIG thing. There was another movie that addresses the Issue, "Uncommon Valor" (1983) with Gene Hackman and Patrick Swayze.
It won 5 Golden Razzie Awards including Worst Picture but despite this it made $300 million dollars against a $35 million dollar budget.
Its now considered by fans to be one of the best RAMBO movies ever made.
James Cameron wrote the Screenplay to the movie while he was working on a little Sci Fi movie called The Terminator.
Rambo 4 is best rambo
The people just hate everything, in its moment everybody hated Terminator Salvation, but now it's been valored like a worth sequel.
1st and 4th Rambo are my favorite, but 2 is my most watched one. Love it so much as a teenager. I don't remember anything about the 3rd film though.
@@zermpodcasts9304 By who? Salvation is terrible.
Movie crickets are morons so it doesn't matter what they think. They were probably ex-hippies that didn't like American soldiers.
James Cameron simultaneously wrote The Terminator, Rambo: First Blood II and Aliens. In order to keep each script in creative thought, he wrote each script in 3 seperate rooms.
The zoom in on the chicken was for the benefit of the fans who read the book first. The book was outstanding by the way. Rambo used the chicken to create a blood trail in the weeds/grass and the VC followed the trail in the weeds. Then Rambo set it all on fire. There were a few book-to-movie Easter eggs in this movie.
When I found out Rambo was going to be in Mortal Kombat, I had to check these films out. I understood why they chose him. They even got Sly voicing him.
They sent him on a mission and set him up to fail. But they made one mistake. They forgot they were dealing with Rambo.
Holy crap, John Krease?
Also, I feel like at least in prison Rambo seemed not to be being tortured, given he seemed ok mentally.
I'm pretty sure he was also in the first First Blood.
@@KurNorock nope
@@justinedse3314 That's so weird. I have this clear mental image of him in the same police uniform in the police office, talking to the other cops while Rambo was being booked....
Another Rambo to show how government treated our missing POW. Prisoner of war! Every Rambo has a theme to it! First blood was how our veterans were treated! Great reaction
Rambo Part II is to First Blood, as Aliens is to Alien. Both are great films, but the sequel really kicks it up a notch! As the tagline for Aliens said "This time it's war"...the same could be said about Rambo Part II
Rambo 2 is just silly in the end. It is a meme and not a serious movies anymore.
James Cameron involved in both films.
@@bobbwc7011
Yeah, agreed. I love both films but for very different reasons. The first one is a fantastic drama with excellent action. The sequel is a live action cartoon where America wins the Vietnam war in the Eighties.
Utterly ridiculous, but a lot of fun to watch.
YES PART 2. BADASS SEQUEL, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS 🔥🔥🔥🔥😎💪
Stallone had a huge 1985, coming out with Rambo in the summer and then Rocky IV later in the year at Thanksgiving. As an 80s kid, these two movies had HIGH rotation on VHS back in the day lol
Great reaction guys! We had this movie on VHS and I watched it many times growing up. Rambo really is a one man wrecking crew in this movie. 😆
Did y'all notice John Kreese in this??
This particular movie was watched before the Karate Kid films, I think.
Had a high school science teacher in the early '90s that LOVED commenting on this movie. He was a very large man, and would act out the most ludicrous kills. It was hilariosus!
I enjoy the Rambo series. The one I like most is Rambo III. As far as the controversy, yrs after Vietnam, ppl where looking for POWs after it ended. The historical part, Russians did fund the Vietnamese during the war.
Yeah, and the Chinese funded the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. China even tried to invade northern Vietnam to stop the Vietnamese from crushing the Khmer Rouge and saving the rest of Cambodia. Non-Khmer Rouge Cambodians fought with the Americans, Laotians and South Vietnamese against the Viet Cong and Russia. What a messed up thing the three stronger powers did to all the people of that region. Of course it was all the Frenchies fault in the first place.
I can’t wait till Rambo 4, that one is so violent! a Stallone movie that I find is underrated is Lock Up
Lol I have been recommending Lock Up for a while
4 is probably the best since the first, but good god, is it brutal. There's parts of that one that are straight-up hard to watch.
@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Nah! The best is part 3! After that those movies become weak only focusing on gore and 0 substance.
That was a Cannon flick no ? lol... always fun.
Unexpectedly, First Blood went from a one-shot film based on a novel to being another huge franchise with Stallone on top.
That 1st installment was and always would be the most psychological of Rambo's arc.
For writing part 2, Stallone on one side made sure that the character remained flawed.
Cameron on the other side added the more visceral mode of Rambo's skill.
One of the first Rated-R movies to put out toys, video games, lunch boxes, bookbags, etc.
Followed by Rocky IV in the same year.
Remarkable time for Sly as actor/filmmaker.
23:12 Wow this just shows how terrified the helicopter pilot really was.
He was so scared of what Rambo could do to him that he thought he had better odds of survival by jumping out of a helicopter in mid flight without a parachute.
That was definitely a James Cameron contribution to the script. 😂
Yeah. If he was smart he would've slowed down and got closer to the ground while Rambo was fighting the other guy. Then when Rambo won he could've made a safer jump. LOL
Not once did the idiot think of making them fall out or crashing and taking them both out
Here is a tip: Anytime a character in a war film tells the audience their dreams and plans, they usually die, lol!
This movie is freaking awesome. The first was a proper film, but this is the kind of fan service that Rambo will be remembered for
Woke up, saw this in my notifications and yelled "TBR SCHMITT!!!" at the top of my lungs probably waking everyone else in the building up. When I was in Marine Corps boot camp this movie played every Sunday but was way more fun watching with you guys!
😀
I always have a favorite TBR Schmitt line and for this one; "Stupid pirates"
Not even afraid to admit that this guy cracks me up to no end! SO much fun watching this with ya'll!
First movie to have the famous "Jump from an explosion" that we all came to expect in action films
Love how into the movie and Rambo's character you two are. Reminds me of my first experience watching it.
This blew up the franchise, but it doesn't touch "First Blood".
20:38 "What does the chicken do?" lmao
”I hope nothing happens to her” 2 seconds later dead 🤣
When Martin Kove said “I hope for his sake we’re not just wasting fuel” was meant to mean “I hope he’s still alive.” He was saying it would be a waste of fuel if Rambo was already dead. He didn’t mean going to get him was a waste of fuel.
Glad you were able to get this back on the channel. The last time I watched five minutes of it and then it stopped playing when it was removed.
Rambo first blood part two was actually the first movie that I ever saw with my grandpa
RIP Old Buddy
In the 80's action stars try to one up each other Rambo reminds me of the Missing In Action trilogy starring Chuck Norris who makes an appearance in The Expendables 2. Rambo being the original
Trivia: Going back to your Gremlins 2 watch,Jerry Goldsmith did the music for almost this entire franchise and also did the music for Gremlins and Gremlins 2. In Gremlins 2, Gizmo loves Rambo and Goldsmith brought back his Rambo theme for Gizmos training montage and when he attacks the spider gremlin.
That's cute
When MAD Magazine did their parody of Rambo, when the dying girl tells Rambo to take the necklace "for luck", he replied "Why? It ain't brought YOU any."
This is when action films were action.
No green screen or special effects
Todays movie are beyond average, only a few movies a year are made with passion and wanting to entertain people.
I loved your Cobra Kai (Seson 5) reaction! Now, let's watch another great reaction. Big hug from Brazil to everyone.
Love the Rambo series so much!!! Co is AWESOME as well!!
Hilarious! You guys predicted almost every climatic scene in the movie. I had forgotten how predictable the action was. Still fun to watch Rambo lay waste to the enemy.
Yes my first favorite action movies of all-time. And still amazing. He is my favorite action hero of ever. Thanks for watching this spectacular movie🤩
James Cameron wrote the orinal scipt but Stallone didn`t the side-kick character that Cameron wrote in because he felt the character had better lines than Rambo so he wrote the character out completely.
Definitely the best of the series.
1st is bit better
Disagree! Part 1 and 3 are the best, 2 was good . 4&5 sucked!
The Soviets were big on FAE (Fuel/Air Explosive) bombs which can cover a fairly large area. Their attack helos can drop them almost as well as their planes can.
It's amusing to see that the Soviets were using a UH-1 Huey (the one Rambo took over). The massive chase helo was an Aerospecial Puma that was cosmetically modified to look like a (fattened up) MI-24 Hind attack helo.
Notice this came out the same year as Arnolds Commando 1985, funny thing I just notices between these movies was the some flying knives (stick around, or not)
I had a friend, an older guy, I used to rent a house from. He was an electrical designer. When he was there, he said he put listening devices all over the country...cities and jungles. He said whenever he went, 2 Delta guys were with him, in eyesight, 24/7. They were there to protect him, or if shit got bad, kill him!😮😮😮 He said he designed the units, and they are still active!😮😮😮
first guy he met was the guy that plays John Kreese
I love seeing the movie that inspired Hot Shots: Part Deux! Stallone does a great job of playing Charlie Sheen!
Ideas for your next actor series:
Clint Eastwood: Never made a bad movie in the 70s
Jackie Chan: His 80s Hong Kong moves are just awesome
Chuck Norris: The King of b-movie action
“she better not die” …3 seconds later 🤣
*Lock Up* (1989)
Stallone, Prison film, Bill Conti composer (Rocky composer)
3:04 "Seems like a nice guy."
*Kreese intensifies*
Not many people know this but the guy Rambo blew up with the arrow was the same guy who tortured Rambo when he was captured during the war.
Rambo 3 is where Rambo applies for VA Benefits and they rate him at 30%.
A not too young John Kreese learning with Rambo how to fight in Vietnam War.
Recommendation for you to react: Hush (2016), great Mike Flanagan movie.
Yay! Y'all took my suggestion!
I've seen all the Rambo movies in theaters except the first one (I was born 76), I went with my father. One of the funniest cinema memories I have.
every boy my age had one of those 'rambo knives' or at least lusted after them. the kid down the road had one with the compass he was like a rockstar
ps im glad the local priest didnt know what i would have done for one hahaha
"What you choose to call Hell, He calls Home"
Still one of my Favorite lines from Part 2!
Nowadays, the general public has forgotten or never heard of the issue of unaccounted for P.O.W. and M.I.A. in Vietnam, but the P.O.W./M.I.A. flag still flies just below the stars and stripes over government facilities like the Veterans Administration Medical Center and the post office. Back in the 80s, fears that the government, in its haste to wash its hands of the disastrously unpopular war, had abandoned service men to rot in communist Vietnamese prisons was something most people had at least heard of, and movies like "Rambo," "Uncommon Valor," "M.I.A." and TV shows with main characters who were supposed to be Nam vets plugged into that shared cultural knowledge. The U.S. government's official position that the all the Americans unaccounted in Vietnam died there and that their remains were destroyed by the widespread use of explosives and incendiaries during the war has been accepted and has declared the case closed.
Interestingly, there was a book about the C.I.A.'s secret operations in Laos and Cambodia that pointed out that soldiers who fought for the U.S. were indeed left behind to rot in communist prisons. However, rather than American citizens, these soldiers were from the indigenous ethnic minorities recruited, trained, funded and equipped by the C.I.A. who were promised that, if they helped the U.S., that the U.S. would help them get more equitable treatment.
Cameron got the job to write this the same week that he got the job to write Aliens. It was all based off the strength of the script for The Terminator (which hadn’t actually gone into production yet). I think in Cameron’s bio “The Futurist”, he talked about being unhappy with Stalone’s re-write of this script.
The original script can be found on the internet. It's a good read, definitely better than the revised version used for the movie.
The whole premise of the movie is believable, and makes sense that you would want to confirm the presence of POW's and not just go in blasting everything to get them out. As a former Green Beret, John Rambo would certainly understand the difference between a Recon Mission and an Extraction/Rescue. Seems like many people who watch this movie don't understand that and feel Rambo should have attacked all the camp guards and freed the POW's right away. That would be extremely difficult since many of them require medical attention, and trying to move back to the extraction point would compromise the mission if he had to shepherd a bunch of injured/sick prisoners.
Did you guys realize the helicopter pilot that left Rambo behind and that Rambo kneed in the nuts when he returned home was Sensei Kreese from Karate Kid/Cobra Kai? lol This was my first Rambo movie as a kid, classic VHS tape. It still holds up, always awesome.
“I think he had 400 missiles on that helicopter!” 🤣
Now you can watch "Hot Shots Part Deux". So glad you noticed the zoom in on the chicken. LOL.
I watched this movie when I was a kid in 1985. The most disappointing thing in the movie was when the Vietnamese female agent died. I wish they would let her live. It would be nice to see Rambo have some happiness. People don't talk about the high suicide rate among Vietnam Veterans. So sad
Former Presidential candidate Ross Perot actually hired mercenaries to go to Vietnam and locate POWs and MIAs after the war , so this is kind of based on actual events.
The best about this movie is the score, and I consider the score by Jerry Goldsmith one of his best (among a plethora of great scores). It's not very deep or meaningful, but it's not meant to be. Just extreme, raw, direct emotion, and Jerry delivers. One of the scores where he's not holding back.
I figure a prison camp like the one Rambo raided would probably use the prisoners for labor which makes me think “Oh God I hope Rambo didn’t kill some poor P.O.W. on working party in one of those buildings.”
Great reaction, can't wait to watch your Rambo 3, 4, and 5 reactions. I go on a Rambo and Rocky marathon once a year
You always pick the best movies 👍 Loved the Rambo movies, even more than the Rocky movies. Thanks for the upload guys 👍
The most important thing about this movie is you are now ready to watch Hot Shots 2.
I think they also need to watch No Way Out & Wall Street, to get a couple of the jokes off the top of my head
This is the movie where the character Rambo was really born and became a houssehold name. The first movie didn't have the name in the title until later. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark didn't have Indiana Jones in the title until later.
“Seems like a nice guy.” Words never been said about John Kreese. :)
I was like: Run Chicken Run ! 🐔
I love that quote also use it in Gremlins 2 The New Batch 7:14
"you're the tool"
..."good one"
🤣🤣 love it
The actor Voyo Goric who played the Russian heavy (Yushin) was originally slated for Dolph Lundgren to play, but Stallone suggested Rocky IV for Dolph and the rest is history.
I like how you guys hold hands while watching the movies :))
This was such a fun time in the theatre. And the video game for the NES based on this movie was insane. Didn't have much to do with the movie, but still a fun time.
Another fun fact the part where he grabs the machine gun off the side of the helicopter and starts shooting at the Russians is what they used for the cover of the Rambo NES game
I truly love you guys, this is the best channel hands down and you guys are hilarious. The big knife became know as a "Rambo knife" after these movies came out.