Review of Rambo: Last Blood

Reports you may have heard about this fifth entry in the "Rambo" series being the weakest of the five films are unfortunately true. While the movie doesn't look as cheap as what Rambo creator David Morrell claimed it to be, I could understand his other objections about the movie. The movie doesn't really feel like a "Rambo" movie; the pacing is slower, and there is also a lot less action than you might think. The characters are really weak; Stallone's character seems more like some aimless former soldier than how Rambo was in the previous four movies, the journalist character hardly has anything to do, and the bad guys are really underdeveloped. As mentioned before, there is less action than you might think, with the first hour of the running time only having a couple of minutes of action at the most. The movie tries to compensate for this by attempting to have a really intense and bloody climax, but I only found all this mayhem in this part of the movie to be average at best, and certainly not worth the wait. After the killing stops, the movie is capped by a "that's it?" ending that suggests a sixth entry in the series is possible... but boy, after watching this movie, I sure hope Stallone puts Rambo to rest.