[MrBarlow]

Rambo: First Blood part II. 1985

5 years since Rambo lead a one man army, now serving in a prison, he is granted release and a full Presidential pardon if he takes a mission to go back to Vietnam and search for missing POWs who are still to be there held by the Vietnamese and Russian army.

Decent action packed sequel, this one is different from the previous film, its not about raging war but the after effects of a war and the prisoners. Stallone returns as the man that can help after he knows the area. Richard Crenna returns as Trautman who introduces Rambo to Murdock (Charles Napier), who is in charge of the operation to find the missing American soldiers. Steven Berkoff plays the Russian Captain Podovsky who seems to enjoy the torture and suffering of people.

Excellent performances from everyone even with Trautman and Murdock exchanging words about Rambo and questioning the mission of just government politics, and how not to upset a guy as he came come back in not the best of moods. George P. Cosmatos dons the director's chair with this film partly written with James Cameron and Stallone making a few adjustments it and more fast paced action with a bow and arrow and help from a rocket launcher makes it great.

"To survive a war, you gotta become war".