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Laserdisc Title: "RAMBO SUPER SERIES II"
Edition: Japanese Import (Letterboxed) Edition (Single Disc)
Directed By: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
Special Features: ---Japanese Import---
Production / Year: 1985 Anabasis Investments N.V.
Running Time: 95 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Stereo, CX Encoded
Video Format: LTBX, NTSC, CLV (Extended Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Japanese Subtitles
Distributed By: Pioneer Electronic Corporation Japan
Catalog / Spine Number: SF078-0122

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Few very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or very light fingerprint marks
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, light scuffs, slightly worn-out corners or edges but no signs of spines splitting

Synopsis:
John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring back POW's still held in Vietnam. Rambo's assignment is to only take pictures of where the POWs are being held, but Rambo wants to get the POWs out of Vietnam. Teamed up with female Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo embarks on a mission to rescue the POWs, who are being held by sadistic Vietnamese Captain Vinh and his Russian comrade, Lieutenant Colonel Padovsky. Rambo falls in love with Co Bao, and when Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh, Rambo wants revenge, so he starts killing every enemy in sight while still focusing on his intentions to rescue the POWs. There are also corrupt American officials involved in the mission, including Marshall Murdock, one of Rambo's superiors.I remember watching this movie over and over as a teenager and enjoying the heck out of it. So, I had to watch again for the first time in many years. I now find that I don't enjoy it quite as much. Maybe it's because I'm older, and maybe it's because I'm not as easily entertained as I used to be. I think they should have kept Ted Kotcheff (FIRST BLOOD) as the director. It's not that George P. Cosmatos (TOMBSTONE) is a bad filmmaker, but when you're making a sequel, keeping the same director will help maintain a feeling of consistency in the story, characters, and even in the minds of the viewers. I'm glad they kept Jerry Goldsmith as the filmscore composer. He did a wonderful job adding new music and still keeping some of the themes from the first film. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II is not a bad action movie at all. But it is not as good as the first film. This second movie is good only as an action movie. The first film was good as an action movie, as a complex character study, and even in terms of great drama. The acting in the first film was far superior to the acting in the second. Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) was a much more multidimensional antagonist than Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier). Rambo's short speech at the end about America's obligation to its veterans may seem cheesy to some, but it is still true and needed far more in this day than when he said it in the mid-80s. It was a good way to end the film.

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