For what it's worth it was pretty decent.

They finally made a movie that tonally feels like the first one. Shame it had to be the last.

It has a much more dark and serious story which I really appreciated. Though as I've said before, the last three movies haven't had much of a story to begin with. Also the character of Rambo is surprisingly pretty consistent with his first installment counterpart. The last act where he finally gets hunted again and sets up traps for his hunters was satisfying to see.

What I also enjoyed was the camera work and visual design of the movie. The effects looked great too.

But, after all that, the two biggest problems that plagued the franchise since the sequel still remain. First, the writing. I don't know how it's possible to not learn anything for the last 45 years. The first movie had it's standard 80s unrealistic dialogues, but you just can't make excuses for this anymore. Secondly, a more personal issue that persisted was the xenophobia. In the second movie he was killing vietnamese people, then it was russians, then the vietnamese again, and now mexicans. Painting all of these people as evil and hateful. Which is almost certainly because of Stallone's political views.

It could have been a much worse final installment and I'm glad they didn't leave it at Rambo 4.
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Franchise review:

If you would ever want to watch this franchise I highly recommend watching the first one and then this one. You wouldn't miss much context either.

I can enjoy a good action movie but it gets to a point. They went in a completely different direction after the first one and only in the last one partially came back.

I just imagine a universe where they put the sequel into someone else's hands and we would end up with a serious story about trauma and loneliness, with the ingenuity and quick thinking we know and love him for. It could've been amazing. But we got this.

Anyway, Rambo is a great character ruined by not so great writing. This franchise drew first blood, not me.

For what it's worth it was pretty decent.

They finally made a movie that tonally feels like the first one. Shame it had to be the last.

It has a much more dark and serious story which I really appreciated. Though as I've said before, the last three movies haven't had much of a story to begin with. Also the character of Rambo is surprisingly pretty consistent with his first installment counterpart. The last act where he finally gets hunted again and sets up traps for his hunters was satisfying to see.

What I also enjoyed was the camera work and visual design of the movie. The effects looked great too.

But, after all that, the two biggest problems that plagued the franchise since the sequel still remain. First, the writing. I don't know how it's possible to not learn anything for the last 45 years. The first movie had it's standard 80s unrealistic dialogues, but you just can't make excuses for this anymore. Secondly, a more personal issue that persisted was the xenophobia. In the second movie he was killing vietnamese people, then it was russians, then the vietnamese again, and now mexicans. Painting all of these people as evil and hateful. Which is almost certainly because of Stallone's political views.

It could have been a much worse final installment and I'm glad they didn't leave it at Rambo 4.
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Franchise review:

If you would ever want to watch this franchise I highly recommend watching the first one and then this one. You wouldn't miss much context either.

I can enjoy a good action movie but it gets to a point. They went in a completely different direction after the first one and only in the last one partially came back.

I just imagine a universe where they put the sequel into someone else's hands and we would end up with a serious story about trauma and loneliness, with the ingenuity and quick thinking we know and love him for. It could've been amazing. But we got this.

Anyway, Rambo is a great character ruined by not so great writing. This franchise drew first blood, not me.

Character

Rambo does Taken — oof. This one makes me wish they quit at 4.

Stallone is amazing, but the character of Rambo isn’t strong enough to carry a movie solely focused around his complex emotional state.  

Movie is choppy and too fast paced, feels like a Tony Scott film meets Pierre Morel but it doesn’t work.
3 separate montages of “prepping” was 2 too many.  

The violence was top notch as always, but the suspension of disbelief suffers when 1) you don’t need a passport or customs to travel between the US and Mexico, and 2) hospitals and police are apparently non-existent in Arizona

Character

Rambo does Taken — oof. This one makes me wish they quit at 4.

Stallone is amazing, but the character of Rambo isn’t strong enough to carry a movie solely focused around his complex emotional state.  

Movie is choppy and too fast paced, feels like a Tony Scott film meets Pierre Morel but it doesn’t work.
3 separate montages of “prepping” was 2 too many.  

The violence was top notch as always, but the suspension of disbelief suffers when 1) you don’t need a passport or customs to travel between the US and Mexico, and 2) hospitals and police are apparently non-existent in Arizona

This definitely falls into the same category of The Predator (2018) in that I wouldn't care much for it if it weren't a Rambo movie, but this is better than The Predator and Predator is better than Rambo so I just don't know where I stand on it.

Also Sylvester Stallone has 2 franchises where his character's name begins with R and is the title of the movies, the ones in the 80s are teeming with propaganda, it peaks with the first one and the 5th one is definitely the worst

This definitely falls into the same category of The Predator (2018) in that I wouldn't care much for it if it weren't a Rambo movie, but this is better than The Predator and Predator is better than Rambo so I just don't know where I stand on it.

Also Sylvester Stallone has 2 franchises where his character's name begins with R and is the title of the movies, the ones in the 80s are teeming with propaganda, it peaks with the first one and the 5th one is definitely the worst

Rambo: Last Blood used to be my shit back in the day. But, now it’s not nearly as good as I remember. It turns out just really generic. But, there’s still a bit of positives. The action is really fun and bloody. I love how much gore this film brings. At the end when Rambo turns into, well Rambo again that is peak! The tunnel scene is one of the best action sequences I’ve ever watched. The Martinez brothers are threatening, scary, and realistic villains. This film is so nostalgic for me too. Unfortunately, that is where my positives end. The film looks really cheaply made, and has bad cinematography. Throughout of the film Rambo doesn’t really feel like Rambo. All of the side characters are just there to bring the plot forward, and bring nothing new to the table. Overall, an okay film probably because nostalgia blinds me.

Rambo: Last Blood used to be my shit back in the day. But, now it’s not nearly as good as I remember. It turns out just really generic. But, there’s still a bit of positives. The action is really fun and bloody. I love how much gore this film brings. At the end when Rambo turns into, well Rambo again that is peak! The tunnel scene is one of the best action sequences I’ve ever watched. The Martinez brothers are threatening, scary, and realistic villains. This film is so nostalgic for me too. Unfortunately, that is where my positives end. The film looks really cheaply made, and has bad cinematography. Throughout of the film Rambo doesn’t really feel like Rambo. All of the side characters are just there to bring the plot forward, and bring nothing new to the table. Overall, an okay film probably because nostalgia blinds me.

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