<p dir="ltr">Director: Adrian Grunberg</p>.<p dir="ltr">Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barraza and Paz Vega</p>.<p dir="ltr">Rating: 1.5</p>.<p dir="ltr">The cult action icon John Rambo comes back to the silver screen after 11 years to fight bad people yet again. Played by Sylvester Stallone, Rambo is a Vietnam war veteran suffering from PTSD. He is mighty, smart, and excellent at constructing booby traps. He can survive almost anything; five movies attest to that.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Co-written by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick, the fifth instalment, 'Rambo: Last Blood', has the hero seeking revenge for a personal loss.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The retired soldier, now in his 70s, lives on a secluded property with his housekeeper Maria (Adriana Barraza) and her niece Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal). He spends his time training horses and exploring survival tunnels.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Trouble kicks in when Gabrielle goes to Mexico, against Rambo and Maria's advice, to meet her runaway father. She is captured by sex traffickers. What happens next is the story.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The narrative is marked by superficiality, extreme violence, Mexico according to Trump, and a cringy climax.</p>.<p dir="ltr">As for the performances, Stallone is expressionless. Yes, Rambo has a stern face because he is a proud soldier and has seen a lot. But it is dull to watch an impassive man grumbling for an hour and a half.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The other actors did justice to their roles. Gabrielle could have had more screen time as it is for her cause that Rambo is fighting.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Rambo movies are known for their action sequences. In 'Last Blood', they are uninspired. You exclaim at the violence but are tired by the excess.</p>.<p dir="ltr">To sum it all up, It would be good if they didn’t make another of these Rambo franchise movies. Sorry, Rambo fans.</p>.<p dir="ltr">PS: If you do catch the movie, don't miss the montage of Rambo's top movie moments. I felt more connected to it than to the rest of the film.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Director: Adrian Grunberg</p>.<p dir="ltr">Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Yvette Monreal, Adriana Barraza and Paz Vega</p>.<p dir="ltr">Rating: 1.5</p>.<p dir="ltr">The cult action icon John Rambo comes back to the silver screen after 11 years to fight bad people yet again. Played by Sylvester Stallone, Rambo is a Vietnam war veteran suffering from PTSD. He is mighty, smart, and excellent at constructing booby traps. He can survive almost anything; five movies attest to that.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Co-written by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick, the fifth instalment, 'Rambo: Last Blood', has the hero seeking revenge for a personal loss.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The retired soldier, now in his 70s, lives on a secluded property with his housekeeper Maria (Adriana Barraza) and her niece Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal). He spends his time training horses and exploring survival tunnels.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Trouble kicks in when Gabrielle goes to Mexico, against Rambo and Maria's advice, to meet her runaway father. She is captured by sex traffickers. What happens next is the story.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The narrative is marked by superficiality, extreme violence, Mexico according to Trump, and a cringy climax.</p>.<p dir="ltr">As for the performances, Stallone is expressionless. Yes, Rambo has a stern face because he is a proud soldier and has seen a lot. But it is dull to watch an impassive man grumbling for an hour and a half.</p>.<p dir="ltr">The other actors did justice to their roles. Gabrielle could have had more screen time as it is for her cause that Rambo is fighting.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Rambo movies are known for their action sequences. In 'Last Blood', they are uninspired. You exclaim at the violence but are tired by the excess.</p>.<p dir="ltr">To sum it all up, It would be good if they didn’t make another of these Rambo franchise movies. Sorry, Rambo fans.</p>.<p dir="ltr">PS: If you do catch the movie, don't miss the montage of Rambo's top movie moments. I felt more connected to it than to the rest of the film.</p>