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No, I dont know why I had high hopes forRambo: Last Blood.

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No longer would Rambo be a casualty of the Vietnam War.

(NB: Stallone sat out the actual war in Switzerland, teaching rich young women to ski.)

Jesus, lets hope he gives that stupid ghost some better lines.

For a dumb guy, Stallone is very smart.

He was huge, potent, indestructible.

Thirty-five years on, he generates an enormous amount of sympathy by lingering on his vulnerability.

Are you lost, old man?

sneer the Mexican bad guys who kick him senseless and then carve up his face.

He tried to have a family.

He tried to live like other men.

Now, he will do what he does best.

Shoot fat arrows with flesh-pulverizing tips.

Turn grief into rage, pain into the infliction of pain.

Hmmm, whaddya think would be suitable payback?

The director, Adrian Grunberg, has assisted some formidable action directors and is not your typical slob.