First Rambo IV Feature Trailer

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Sly's portfolio could have gone without this. Its just too easy to make money quickly in Hollywood with all the flashy big names. even if the movie stinks! Looks like something I'd watch on a sleepy Thursday night at home. But that's it. Saw Bourne Ultimatum the other night. Pretty damn good! But still prefer the Supremacy a little more. And since there's a 4th book now, I guess that will eventually become the 4th film.

Mel Gibson has followed the same formula, get the audience outraged by atrocities done by the bad guys against somebody the main character has any emotional connection to and then let them feel that outrage vindicated when the main character unleashes his bloodbath.

[Jenn! 918]

Mel Gibson has followed the same formula, get the audience outraged by atrocities done by the bad guys against somebody the main character has any emotional connection to and then let them feel that outrage vindicated when the main character unleashes his bloodbath.

Sweet!!

[Jason-Sasha 1]

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

[Jenn! 918]

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

I'm a big fan of Jason Bourne.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

I thought Linda Hamilton as the heroine in Terminator (1984) did an excellent job as a reluctant hero, thrust into extraordinary circumstances and always torn between running away from those circumstances or face them head-on. Bruce Willis was also good in the first Die Hard. It just becomes comical when the heroes never reach a point of absolute desperation or when the finale consists of the hero brutally exacting his vengeance.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

I'm a big fan of Jason Bourne.

I think I might actually go see that this weekend.

[Dan J 277]

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

When action movies are sold on CGI and explosions, I don't think thats going to happen. Maybe if those types of movies stopped making so much money.

There are occasionally indie films that might fit the bill, but its hard to make much of an action film on an indie budget.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm just surprised that they still think there's mileage left in the Rambo character. Its so firmly stuck in the 80's - hard to see what relevance it would have to attract a modern audience.

From the trailer alone - that movie looks extremely masturbatory. The evil Burmese must have no redeeming features of any kind to justify Rambo cutting off a guy's head with a knife, ripping out his throat or disemboweling him. Most action films are like that - but when you combine it with an attempt at foreign politics you invariably end up with a nasty piece of imperialist porn.

We need a new era of action heros, I think. Its slow coming. And we need more intelligent writing for these action flicks.

Casino Royale (in particular) and the Bourne movies were well written...

The problem with Rambo is that its a wafer-thin character and a badly conceived idea.

[Heracles 417]

Personally I enjoyed the 80's flicks. 80's was about having fun rather than your Michael Moore 40 minutes quick fix solution to everything or the overdone horror films.

I good portion of new films now have something to do with shock or horror IE EG Hostel. No wonder kids are so screwed up.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I'm just surprised that they still think there's mileage left in the Rambo character. Its so firmly stuck in the 80's - hard to see what relevance it would have to attract a modern audience.

From the trailer alone - that movie looks extremely masturbatory. The evil Burmese must have no redeeming features of any kind to justify Rambo cutting off a guy's head with a knife, ripping out his throat or disemboweling him. Most action films are like that - but when you combine it with an attempt at foreign politics you invariably end up with a nasty piece of imperialist porn.

LOL...well said!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Personally I enjoyed the 80's flicks. 80's was about having fun rather than your Michael Moore 40 minutes quick fix solution to everything or the overdone horror films.

I good portion of new films now have something to do with shock or horror IE EG Hostel. No wonder kids are so screwed up.

Say what you like - Rambo 2 and 3 were utter drivel.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Personally I enjoyed the 80's flicks. 80's was about having fun rather than your Michael Moore 40 minutes quick fix solution to everything or the overdone horror films.

I good portion of new films now have something to do with shock or horror IE EG Hostel. No wonder kids are so screwed up.

What action hero films did Michael Moore make? You jump all over the place with your summarizations in your posts...try to keep on topic.

[Heracles 417]

Personally I enjoyed the 80's flicks. 80's was about having fun rather than your Michael Moore 40 minutes quick fix solution to everything or the overdone horror films.

I good portion of new films now have something to do with shock or horror IE EG Hostel. No wonder kids are so screwed up.

Say what you like - Rambo 2 and 3 were utter drivel.

I am not talking about Rambo in particular.. Movies like Beverly Hills Cop, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Top Gun, Aliens, Back To The Future, Back to school, Blade Runner, Star Trek, Rocky, Overboard, Brewster's Millions etc..

Nowadays everyone is too smart for flicks like that. Even though very few of these apparent 'new age' geniuses have jobs at nasa..

Edited August 7, 2007 by Boo-Yah!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They still make decent movies these days... It's not like the 80's was some lost, cinematic 'golden age'.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

They still make decent movies these days... It's not like the 80's was some lost, cinematic 'golden age'.

He's a prisoner of his own generalities.