Rambo: First Blood Part II - Movie Review (Journey to Rambo Last Blood)

[@petarduric40]

Hi Sean im 16 years old and watched First Blood part 2 for the first time to prepare for Last blood and i totally enjoyed it for the over the top explosive extravaganza that it is!

[@ryanmckenna7900]

Sean coming prepared in that thumbnail...

[@zacho1333]

Do a video of 20 movies everyone under 20 should watch

[@TiciaM]

Oh that could be interesting.

[@Opry99er]

Brilliant idea.

[@austinfoust2006]

I think this is the 3rd best rambo film love the action and plot i think is a great 80s action film

[@Minnesota_Central]

One of my favorite movies! Obviously not as deep as the first one, but definitely more alive with action-packed fun!

[@almightycinder]

I'm 37 and never actually watched it growing up. First Rambo movie I saw was #4 in the theatres. I didn't see the first three until about five years ago. I've probably watched #2 about ten times since then. I do think that Rambo's backstory was intentional. Remember, Murdock didn't want anything found. He approved Rambo for the mission because he assumed that Rambo would arrive in Vietnam, have a flashback/night terror, and immediately go hide in a cave forever. I mean, he tries to call off the extraction immediately after Rambo has a rough landing. And if he does succeed, it would be easy to discredit his findings since they believe he's crazy. As for the looks of the movie, keep in mind that what we call a big budget movie now didn't really exist for another decade. 92ish with Terminator 2. The studios didn't spend anywhere near as much on movies back then that they do now. Movies were a lot dirtier and rougher back then.

[@jb197536]

He also thought Rambo would be killed too. And leaves him him there with the pow

[@tommypreviews3584]

Clicked as fast as possible cuz i know its gonna be good when its a vid by sean!

[@shimpish]

i agree!

[@johnrigs6540]

I’m a bit older than you and I vividly remember seeing this in the theater. The impact this had when it came out was staggering! The audience was roaring and cheering throughout and as silly as it was,it was still a very visceral reaction to the Vietnam war. It still works as a great superhero film and is great fun to watch. And that final song”peace in our life”by Frank Stallone still somehow feels moving and very patriotic!

[@AJDaniels99]

This is actually my second favorite. I saw this one before I saw any of them then saw the first one when I was 10. It's just something about this movie I just always just loved it. A lot of people scoff at it for being a typical 80s action movie but I actually think it really is great movie.

[@harisfaisal9925]

I'm 17 years old but I watched the Rambo series since I was 8. My dad loved watching 80s and 90s action shooters and the Rambo movies were one of the first ones. And Rambo 2 is mine, my dad's and one of my 14 year old brothers favourite. Love your vids Sean

[@domcuzzi9621]

As a 17 year old who saw this movie just a few weeks ago I don’t think it aged particularly well, but I think if you watch it just to have a good time, like I did, you can have a lot of fun with it

[@lukekersten3421]

I am 17 years old and I am watching through this series for the first time alongside you. I think so far both of these first two movies hold up for sure and I have enjoyed both

[@IdiocyShow]

I’m in my mid 20s I’ve been watching Rambo & Rocky alongside movies like Star Wars & Indiana Jones & a lot of others! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Yes it’s totally a complete tone change from the first, but I don’t care! An over the top 80s action classic!

[@davinci3478]

Opps Sean it looks like you put Stallone twice on the thumbnail

[@googleuser1225]

4 views 4 likes Perfectly balanced just as all things should be

[@jw9565]

Nayel Nizar Merchant yes and 5 comments... you were saying?

[@googleuser1225]

@@jw9565 welp

[@cruzmatheson8061]

I’m 15 and I think this one is my favorite Rambo and I liked how Rambo was in this movie and cared for others

[@popey129]

I grew up watching this film. In the summer of 1986, my good friend Jim and I watched it on vhs 30 times. Great review.

[@aaronmcconville3065]

Hope you’re having a good day Sean!😎

[@robertbishop8241]

I'd say the awesome action, Rambo, Colonel Trautman and Murdoch, epic one liners and still great special effects bring this movie to a 7/10

[@alexpletcher4365]

My favorite Rambo. Gold Man.

[@alexpletcher4365]

Oh and since you said, Younger Viewer. Under 20, love it.

[@loayprettyboy206]

I was born in 90s and yes Rambo 2 still holds up Love Rambo 2 Commando is basically a comedy with a straight face

[@ethang.customs2790]

I had no idea Rambo 2 had such an interesting production. Thanks for showing me.

[@a.bandley872]

Nowhere near as good as Part 1, but still an enjoyable watch

[@kennethlisungan5734]

Hi Sean! I'm a 16 year old, and I personally think that the Rambo movies (i've only seen 2 up to this point) don't hold up as good as the Rocky movies (I've seen 1-3), but I still quite enjoyed them. Very curious on seeing the rest, especially Rambo 4 since if I'm not mistaken is made in the 2000s. Love your vids!!

[@mcflyguy8873]

Sean, love the channel. Please keep in mind that Vietnam was our first loss. When soldiers came home they were treated with great disrespect. I think this film was a chance to give those soldiers a much deserved win.

[@Moviefreak2000]

Hey Sean I’m 17 and I’ve been watching this movie since I was young I love this movie I love everything about it it got me into action movies

[@TristanRiggles1234]

I’m 15 and love this film, I don’t think it ages the best, it definitely feels like an 80s action flick but that’s what I love!!!

[@viciousblissvideos]

I left a detailed analysis on Cody’s review but there’s stuff to respond to here too. Great review, but I feel like there’s a lot of overthinking. If those exploding arrows were real, this could be considered a lot more realistic. Rambo relies on those arrows for so much in this movie. Without those arrows, I don’t know how he succeeds. They are like the equivalent of a missile or bomb. He takes out significant parts of their army. I never felt like it was refighting the war. This is just a small camp, not the whole army. The soldiers are clearly not trained very well. I’m not sure how realistic the early kills are, if Rambo would have drawn attention to himself. There must be some deleted scene where they tell Rambo the camp is empty. Co says it like he should already know. Trautman says the same thing. But we never hear anyone at the Thai base tell Rambo this. Trautman gives the impression that he lobbied for Rambo to be selected. Then we have the famous “I’m expendable” line. Sounds like Rambo thinks he was selected because no one would ask questions if he went missing. Murdock confirms Trautman’s suspicions that this was never a real mission and that it’s only being done so they can sweep the POW issue under the rug. Rambo can’t be the same character from First Blood. In this movie he has to fight to survive. Finding the POWs has to override lingering PTSD. Rambo values their lives more than his own. And he isn’t forced to hold back in the jungle. It would have been interesting if the movie had some soldiers that wanted out of their armies and defected by helping Rambo. I don’t see how he has the luxury of designing complex traps here like in the first movie. There’s no time to setup lots of traps. Plus this isn’t some 1982 small town police force. We could also argue that he didn’t hold back against Galt in the chopper. Maybe he would have taken it out with an arrow or gun if he had one. For a lot of First Blood, he doesn’t have access to real weapons. Getting back to Rambo 2, he needs Co to escape. And even then, they needed those smoke grenades to give them cover. I’ve tried to pause those scenes and trace their escape route. Seems like they wouldn’t be able to get that far away. And Co gets it very wrong when she says “we safe here”. Rambo having time to bury her feels like a lot of luck. Sgt Tay knew where he was. Unless he carried her a mile away and they just didn’t show it. The exploding arrows are the big equalizer. Rambo could seemingly fire them at 100 troops and take them all out. So, I guess he felt he could never be cornered. He was always focused on finding ways to take out large numbers of troops with minimal effort. There’s a lot of character going on in this movie, Rambo just communicates it without words. He’s always thinking. Always reacting. By the end he resolves to live day by day with the implication that he will live a life of service to others. That’s really the big theme of the sequels. Rambo has given up living for himself but he recognizes that he has extraordinary abilities that can do good for others. We see this conflict of views with Trautman in Rambo 3 as was mentioned in this video. The colonel seems to think helping the monks is silly and that he should be on the battlefield. Rambo never says why he wants to stop fighting. The fourth movie is all about self-sacrifice. This is just something that’s occurring to me now. But so far, I’ve never heard anyone else say this. Podovsky knew it though. “If your life means nothing to you than perhaps his does”. Yeah, this is an extremely big character moment for Rambo. Well, I’ve always felt this movie was a masterwork even as an 8 or 9 year old.

[@HumphreyWaldorfClan]

I am 20 years old and watched Rambo: Part II for the first time and absolutely loved. The amount of explosives in this movie is insane. I am not surprised that it got nominated for an Oscar.

[@ashwilliams7302]

The first 2 are the best!

[@brandonbreyer3118]

That shirt is beautiful. 10/10 IGN

[@paradox5672]

Rambo 2 is probably my favorite in the franchise giving what day if the week it is.

[@jareddouglas7003]

19 years old, just watched first blood two days ago and part two last night, totally not as high of quality as the first but great cheesy fun, really enjoyed it.

[@jorgelcc5008]

So the sets has three purposes each Blue: Reviews Rankings, Trailer Reaction Red: Blu Ray Hauls, Live Podcasts, Collabs

[@davinci3478]

Spongy Films your forgot his most popular series movie ranking

[@jorgelcc5008]

DaVinci 3 That also happens in blue set

[@a3n182]

Yaaaaayy!!! You uploaded on my birthday!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shanerod9708]

With ur shirt are u giving us a preview of a review of Invasion USA? I sure hope so. Rambo II was/is an awesome action movie. I could never see it enough.

[@opfinistic]

Another great long form analysis. I'm 50, has the movie aged well? Nah. Is it still a great action film. Oh yes. Not the best of the franchise, but definitely a lot better than the worst (Next week's review). Great work as always!

[@Samwell-himself]

I’m 17 and currently binge watching tons of older movies I haven’t seen like Indiana Jones, alien, predator, top gun, the matrix and terminator. I don’t have any way of watching Rambo atm so it’ll have to wait until they do the special on Stan or something

[@stanwright4110]

This movie was my first R rated movie and i was only 14 but i made it in without a parent or guardian.

[@doritochipgamer474]

This is a great film.

[@gameragodzilla]

I was born in ‘94, way after Rambomania and this is one of my favorite movies of all time. Probably my favorite action movie. EDIT: Also as someone who’s honestly sick of the wink, wink self-aware stuff in modern movies that just gets so obnoxious these days, I did also like that Rambo was internally serious. I don’t want to be taken out of the movie constantly with self aware humor because all that does is just make me look at the movie as a glorified ridiculous parody when I want ridiculously awesome stuff.

[@jamieflood468]

I've saw this movie for the second time yesterday and my opinion hasn't changed. This movie is extremely entertaining and enjoyable

[@nakedmario6155]

I heard Piranha 2 and I was like JaMeS cAmErOn?!?!!?

[@shugamouth]

My holy trinity of movies of my childhood were: 1) The Empire Strikes Back 2) Indiana Jones 3) Superman II (John Williams is my BOY!) Rambo came out when I was 12. I knew of him but knew he couldn’t last against a snappy whip or a blazing lightsaber!

[@SH1N081]

It’s a long road when you’re on your own and it hurts when they tear your dreams apart. 😢

[@tristinberg8694]

Completely unrelated to the video but you should do a top ten James bond pre title sequences in preparation for no time to die

[@alinkovacs6122]

I agree with you about this one..but you know what? It's still in my top ten action movies of the 80s :)) not as good as the first movie, of course, but I can put this movie on and have fun with it anytime

[@megandice1435]

It’s my favorite and heck yeah it still holds up

[@garywax2039]

Rambo is such a mood!

[@thewhiterex7327]

Predator 1987 and Rambo and 300 are feminists' worst nightmare

[@davinci3478]

N N why

[@Dohsoda]

I really enjoy First Blood Part's I and II but for both totally different reasons. Part I is a taunt action thriller and Part II is a fun action "man on a mission" film. Both films are tonally different, but they work on different levels. Personally, I find Part III too silly and Part IV to grim. I am curious to how Part V will be.

[@SirTyJensen]

I revisited Rambo 2 yesterday and I'm about to revisit Cobra.

[@mikeoskins639]

Cody sent me

[@rumkychandra010]

Sean pls do a ranking of the top ten highest grossing movie franchises....

[@PeterKJRichterIMHO]

NOt sure if this would translate well today, or if Millennial action fans would get it, esp with watching Marvel film and such. Haven;t seen this in forever, but when it came out, my buddies and I maybe giggled at the military technical aspect, being in the Army you see films differently. Even modern films, my old buddies either don't watch them or are super critical to the look and feel... Back then we were watching it for the action and such, didn't notice the politics and such. I heard the reason why Sly made Expendables cuz his kids didn't know daddy's old movies, and those movies are almost as crazy as some Rambo, 80s action flicks. As to Rambo able to do all his stuff, flying and the like, he said in the movie somewhere he had all this training, but not sure how much training Green Berets, Special Ops guys get to be able to do EVERYTHING o.0

[@JakeRat-xo2bw]

I didn't like this film nearly as much as Part 1, mostly because the story for this film was a lot more cliche than what they did in the first film, and it takes a very long time to really get going. Plus, the emotional moments of the film don't really work very well. However, I still enjoyed the film, mostly because when it does get going, the action in this film is very good, and a lot more exiting than the first film was. That's partially because the action in this film has a lot more spectacle, and partially because Rambo's body count is so much higher. I also liked that they still continued the plotline from the first film of Rambo feeling betrayed by his country by adding American villains into the mix, though it feels cheapened this time around because of the dominance of the Russian and Vietnamese villains. After watching this film though, I think I'm on board for finishing this franchise.

[@I_Just_Like_Neat_Stuff]

18 years old. Personally ranked last compared to the rest of the Rambo series but that doesn'tmean I didn't enjoy it. The only thing I didn't like about it is the female Vietnamese rebel cause she felt a tad bit forced to me. The rest was cool though that last monologue bit kinda messed with my overall opinion of the movie cause we already had that message delivered in the previous one.

[@NinthShinigami]

I am 14 and I gotta say I appreciate for being this age as I am able to watch these remarkable classics all in one go and First Blood Part II is one of them. It’s a pretty brainless movie but I enjoy it a lot nonetheless and I give it a 7/10. And it’s the third best of the Rambo films.

[@RichReviews2]

Still does hold up.

[@thomast1649]

I love all your vids and click on them as soon as I get the notifications

[@keetinlong6330]

Watched part 2 yesterday & is say it still holds up.

[@lonewolf245-4]

Stallone is awesome !

[@carsonpeterson758]

I’m an action movie fan and I love it

[@mikeymorrison272]

I never seen the Rambo films. May see them

[@thenobleone-3384]

The setting was in Thailand so that's different from the first Rambo

[@Blueflag04]

My dad favourite movie

[@vaquero141]

They recently released it in 4k UHD; perhaps it fixes the "age" of the film

[@TheShop90sKids]

I’m not gonna lie, I’m 29 and I started watching it for the first time a couple months ago, and I was just not interested in it at all (boring Sunday) I was pretty much on my phone the entire time. I do want to give it another chance though.

[@christermyrberg3661]

Do Escape From New York/L.A.

[@loseyourself2143]

Nice video 👍

[@elassit217]

The Joker, did you kill Batman’s parents yet?

[@kailkilbourne6063]

I watched all the Rambo films within the past two weeks, and I definitely agree with this assessment overall. I love the over-the-top action, but when you put the political commentary in so seriously, you’re right: it’s not a good idea. Also loved what you said about the plot of this film, which I only remembered when I recalled that Rambo 3 was Trautman’s capture (and rescue). Still love the character, enjoy the film, but unfortunately it’s the weakest of the Rambo entries thus far.

[@FrogMan11]

I like this film

[@sevenapollo6882]

I really enjoy this movie, it's one of those movies you can have a lot of fun watching, I saw this when I was 17, that was only a year ago, the political stuff I think dosen't age well, but everything else is a lot of fun and I'd say has some of my favorite action scenes in any movie

[@SHlV]

Damn Sean you jacked jacked

[@ryancarwile6719]

First comment. Sean your the best. Keep up the fantastic work

[@pantsandfriends8786]

I’m watching this video will watching the movie at the same time

[@MrBoyYankee]

Dude is that a Chuck Norris funko pop t-shirt?

[@mikeoskins639]

Wow!!!!

[@kthx1138]

No, it doesn't hold up. The U.S./Russia cold war paranoia of 1985 clearly dates the film and Rambo goes from a guy who didn't want to kill anyone in First Blood to a guy who indiscriminately kills EVERYONE.

[@shimpish]

Nice!!

[@danielatthemovies7554]

Good review man 👍

[@popyoshi069]

I think they talk to much in this but it is a good film to be fair though not as good as the original though

[@brendanweinerth5228]

I’m 18, and I’m a HUGE Sly fan and I do love this movie. However, it’s definitely not as good as the first one. I do think that I have watched this one more though because it’s just a fun time watching a Stallone action movie. But, story is very eh and the movie looks like crap. So overall a 6.5/10

[@RadinV1]

14th

[@Stevenbourne50]

0 dislikes NOICE and sorry this is my dream video NICELODEON MOVIE RANKS PLS LIKE DORA SPONSGBOB AND NINJA TURTLES

[@ChrisJohnson-yo3jg]

Just saying when u point up to another video at the end there is not actually any link to click

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

There should be. I've put in the links on my end. So I don't know why they're not appearing

[@jntnprrs2978]

For me the first Rambo aka First Blood is really great. It's amazingly directed and it's really thrilling from start to finish. The 2nd one is just a dumb, slightly even boring macho movie that completely loses the greatness of the first movie.

[@glennonthegiraffe2640]

👍good job. Love your videos

[@alessandroortiz379]

Hey Sean do a volume 2 of x-men fan cast (recommendations: nightcrawler, psylocke, iceman, etc)

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

You want me to cast Iceman in both Volume 1 and 2?

[@alessandroortiz379]

@@SeanChandlerTalksAbout wait you already casted iceman in volume 1? Because if you did, must of forgot.

[@danielatthemovies7554]

I gave it a B

[@benm5970]

This is my least favorite of the Rambo movies, as someone who loves First Blood I was very disappointed to see the total 180 they did in terms of tone, they took a dark, emotional drama about a man going on a rampage due to PTSD and turned it into a cheesy, over the top 80’s action franchise complete with mustache twirling villains, over the top action and cheesy one liners, when I watched this movie I literally went “What the hell is this?” It was such a drastically different movie than First Blood, it’s like If Commando was the sequel to Maggie

[@falconb2062]

Have you seen the Movie Overcomer??

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

No. Otherwise it would have been discussed in yesterdays video

[@judsoncoffey8980]

For me the only thing that I really didn’t like about the movie was the romance. Felt thrown in there and unnecessary

[@USAFBLUE]

Do all FRIENDS seasons ranked

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

Probably never going to happen. I'd have to rewatch all 10 seasons and that's not something I"m looking to do

[@USAFBLUE]

Alright, that’s cool 👍

[@yourboy4005]

I love your videos hope u get more subs!

[@SeanChandlerTalksAbout]

Thanks

[@lincolnjacdonmi1689]

Someone's been bulking.

[@LitGamer7557]

So I'm about 16 and I did not dig this movie. The overall plot just did not appeal to me, The characters are pretty much all unlikable and the end speech is laughable. I had trouble getting into the first movie but I couldn't get through this one without my phone. Something only a few movies have made me do.

[@ashwilliams7302]

Let me guess, you like Hobbs and Shaw more than Rambo

[@jacksummerfield8143]

Ash Williams let me guess you don’t know what an opinion is

[@ashwilliams7302]

@@jacksummerfield8143 There is a difference between a opinion and a fact

[@Joeyaphotographer]

To be honest i am young and love movies but never took the time to watch rambo and now i have, it feels like Sylvester Stallone shooting people

[@kianlatham1453]

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