Shawn

JB

Shawn: Movie makes you feel like you are inside one of Stallone's chief producing sweat glands as he takes you into the world of dirt, scorching sun, sand, metal, and well, sweat. What do you think? Was that statement kinda messed up?

JB: Nah, but I feel like I'm playing MechWarrior III, except I didn't overheat.

Shawn: Story-wise, some people might want to see this movie considering current events...

JB: Since they haven't changed much.

Shawn: But story-wise, it's also pretty damn thin. We follow Rambo into Afghanistan during the Russian occupation to rescue his old buddy the coronal (Richard Crenna). Rambo teams up with some Mujahidin freedom fighters to help him, and from there it’s who grunts louder- Rambo or the Russians? Movie is pure action and nothing else. It is so incredibly bad that it’s mind boggling, and by that single factor it’s amazingly fun to watch. So bad it’s good? To put it lightly, yes.

JB: I didn't really have that much fun watching it, since it lacked a lot of the panache that the 2nd movie had. But the dialogue was pretty consistent. Can you imagine the script for these Rambo movies? They must save a lot of paper.

Shawn: Lock Roger Ebert in a Turkish prison with this as torture treatment - he'd go wildly insane into a death-inducing spastic fit of lunacy. Do the same thing to me - I'd probably die happy.

JB: Yeah, but leave the thumbs, so they can point straight down.

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