This movie is the sequel to "First Blood" which was released in 1982. See the plot of this movie was inspired by the Vietnam War/POW/MIA issue,but in this movie Rambo(Sylvester Stallone) gets released from prison 3 years after the chaos he caused in Hope,Washington (from First Blood) in a deal with the U.S. Government to document the possible existence of missing POW's in Vietnam,but is given strict orders not to rescue any. Now here is where the mission is a sabotage. Apparently after Rambo sees a POW tied to a cross shaped post he sets him free. This lead to this asshole Major Marshall Roger T. Murdoch (Charles Napier) ordering to abort the rescue and in turn pissed off Rambo's commanding officer Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) who confronts him and then Murdoch reveals to Trautman that he never intended to save any POWs as Congress expected Rambo to find nothing,if he did Murdoch himself would dispose any photographic evidence or even leave Rambo to die.
Well Rambo was held captive by Soviet and Vietnamese forces and is interrogated by Lieutenant Colonel Podovsky(Steven Berkoff) and his right hand man Sergeant Yushin (don't know the actor's name so don't ask) they torture him to the point where Podovsky demands that Rambo broadcast a message to Murdoch not to have anymore rescue missions. Rambo refused but after being tortured with electric shocks he relents,only to use that as a threat to Murdoch that he's coming for him overpowering his captors and escaped the camp. Which lead to a killing spree on many of the Soviet and Vietnamese soldiers sent to stop Rambo. He rescues the POW's and destroys the entire prison camp with rocket launchers while slaughtering more of the enemy. Towards the end Rambo throws Yushin off the chopper and used the rocket launcher to destroy Podovsky's helicopter and then returns to The Home Base When he returned Rambo knocked out one of Murdoch's stooges (Martin Kove) shoots up the basr pulls out his knife and demands that Murdoch find and rescue more POWs cause if he doesn't he will be dead. Towards the end of the film Rambo now being a free man,elected not to return home and he only wants his country to love it's soldiers.
"Rambo:First Blood II" was directed by George P. Cosmatos and the screenplay was done by Sylvester Stallone and James Cameron(who at the time he was writing and directing The Terminator,while also writing and ready to direct Aliens) The Budget to make this film cost $25.5 million while it did $300 million globally at the box office. I rate this movie an 8.75/10 the only down part of the movie was why didn't Rambo and Trautman have disciplinary actions towards Murdoch. I think that was a political power play as the Government expected Rambo to fail the mission. Whatever it was it eventually worked out in the end Rambo is a free man having served time in prison and told the asshole Murdoch to rescue more POWs or hr will return and end him. That movie was ranked #1 in my favorite movies of 1985.
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