This absurd gore-fest is exactly the movie we don’t need in these times of racist hatred and excessive gun violence — especially in the wake of last month’s mass shooting in El Paso targeting Mexicans, and the inhumane treatment of immigrants held at the U.S. border. When we first met him in First Blood in 1982, Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo was a relatable hero — he fought government oppression of everyday people and decried a culture of war that had laid waste to an American generation in Vietnam. Rambo: Last Blood is currently in theaters. Here are a few fun facts about the franchise that you may not have been aware of going in. Occasionally he growls a word of heavily American-accented Spanish, like “vete!” to the girls being held captive by the drug cartel. It's been a roller coaster ride for the Rambo franchise and its journey from inception to the present day is almost as exciting as the stories that we've seen on screen. But as jarring edits guide you while the body count mounts — as humans are sliced, diced, blown up, and burned with booby-traps that will make the Home Alone kid jealous — you won’t find any such philosophical depth. The series was canceled three months and 65 episodes later in December. Rambo's brutal interrogation of El Flaco, the man who kidnapped Gabriela, stabbing him multiple times and tearing out his collarbone. Her character’s unseen story, as a Mexican woman who found herself living with a crazy killing machine, is likely more gripping than what we get. In Rambo: Last Blood, Stallone is now a septuagenarian living on an Arizona farm with housekeeper Maria (Adriana Barraza) while caring for his adoptive niece Gabrielle (Yvette Montreal). Rambo ridiculously returns to the United States accompanied by a corpse in the passenger seat without going through customs or being chased by border patrol, yet my aunts have to wrap mole, queso, and rompope in clothing to sneak them in their luggage when they come visit. It should be noted, as well, that Morrell has consulted on many aspects of the film franchise since its inception. Equipped with knives and all manner of inane savagery, Rambo brutally slays several cartel members, rescues his niece and heads home. Rambo then nails Hugo with four arrow shots, two in the arms, two in the knees, before taking his knife out and saying. And before that, Rambo stealthily kills several of Victor's bodyguards with a knife, barely making a sound and alerting nobody to his presence. Which is what made its tone-deaf choice of an idea of a Mexican cartel (which looks more like a special-ops military team than anything else) feel all the more insidious, reminding us who Hollywood has no qualms in dehumanizing and bloodily gutting for audiences’ viewing pleasure. Rambo blithely sets people on fire, impales, decapitates and pulls organs out of bodies as if it’s part of his workout regime. Still, one could get over distasteful depictions — and the implication that Latinos in the United States should be terrified of Mexicans south of the border — if this actioner had some other redeeming quality. The duo would have gone on a bonding adventure which presumably would have involved lots of rescue missions, death, and weekly life-lessons passed down between father and son. As I left the theater, the crowd was still cheering. For Rambo had delivered what they wanted: 89 minutes of nonstop indiscriminate violence. This is all “Rambo” and “Blood.” Let’s hope it is the “Last” too. What Latino Critics Are Saying About ‘Rambo: Last Blood’. The best, most natural performance comes from Adriana Barraza as Rambo’s maid and Gabrielle’s caretaker. The tunnel battle deserves a special mention here. Since Rambo released in 2008, he has thrown several ideas out, retired the character forever, and resurrected him for the upcoming Last Blood. Read their reviews below. Hollywood movies aim to be crowd pleasers. And since most media outlets don’t employ Latino film critics, we gave them the chance to opine on the film. Elsewhere the unrefined filmmaking offers no visual novelty beyond a couple unexpected zooms. The Rambo Franchise has been going strong for 37 years but it appears to finally be coming to an end this September with the release of Rambo: Last Blood. The first two First Blood sequels are almost inextricably linked to the Reagan-era. With this change in setting, it’s vital that Latino critics join the conversation about the movie. Sure enough, when Gabrielle and, later, Rambo, venture south, they encounter violence that puts MS-13 to shame. Rambo travels from his Arizona ranch to Mexico to track down his niece Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal), who has gone there to find her estranged father, but gets kidnapped by sex traffickers. War and Military-based cartoons were not uncommon in the mid-1980s. K-Bag, Sep 23, 2019 #141. it is what it is Blue Belt. Rambo: The Force of Freedom hit the airwaves in September 1986. Rambo Last blood was awesome. Rambling lectures on Rambo’s platitude-ridden moral compass go hand in hand with an embarrassingly unskilled cast working from a lazily written screenplay in which jarring plot holes are filled with gore. 2008's Rambo, for all of its intense blood and gore, returned to the roots set by the first film by re-exploring the lingering pain felt by John Rambo after all he has experienced. This, in turn, dehumanizes anyone who lives there or comes from there. It saw Rambo and his team traveling through several made up countries fighting terrorists and guerrilla forces in the name of freedom. The novel, while similar to the movie in tone and theme, also had some striking differences which made it more akin to the cinematic sequels than the movie it directly spawned. Rambo, one of Sylvester Stallone’s signature characters, now understands Spanish and somehow raised a Mexican-American girl, Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal) whose father abandoned her and mom died of a terminal illness. Which Disney Movie Are You Based on Your Zodiac Sign? The book is filled with the deaths of many soldiers, cops, and civilians. NEXT: Rambo 5 Behind-the-Scenes Video Posted By Sylvester Stallone, All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers.

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