Julia Stewart

Rambo 5 shouldn't have been made as a graphic, revenge film! This is a huge mistake. In the previous films John Rambo, a highly skilled and brave soldier, never lost his humane side. In Rambo 5 he is savage- mutilating, decapitating, injuring with intend to cause maximum damage and pain. This is so far away from the fine human being with tortured soul, which Stallone created in the classic First Blood of 1982! I loved John Rambo for his resilience, for his ability to push back when the world was tearing him apart! The "new", badly aged Rambo has lost that ability. Rambo was an icon and a cause! Previously he spoke on behalf of the forsaken Vietnam war veterans and he spoke well. In Rambo 5 he is degraded, demeaned, reduced to a weak, riddled with mental health issues, blood-thirsty monster. This is not my John J. Rambo. My one was fearless, heroic, noble, dignified Man. He was a Defender!  In my heart Rambo died in 2008, in Burma. A bullet ended his life while he was defending the humanitarian missionaries from Colorado and the Karen triebespeople, gunning down the vicious Tint's army with M2 Browning machine gun.  Rest in Peace Honorable John J. Rambo!