![]() Very similar to previous Rambo films, just on a smaller scale, so it goes without saying that if you are a fan of the franchise, 80-90s action or Stallone in general then you will feel right at home. Stallone is a lone wolf who still has sharp fangs despite his gray hair and his enemies will find out just how sharp these fangs are. ![]() It is a simple revenge thriller with loads of action, grit and violence that can easily rival John Wick in terms of creativity. Nobody is saving the world from mass enslavement, spies or nuclear threats. Rambo Last Blood is a no nonsense grim action movie with a cliche plot that does not pretend be bigger than it is. Obviously he has lost a step or two and is not flying around the screen like he used to but at bloody 73, he is still a one man army and the living proof that age is just a number. Sylvester Stallone was not built that way and this year he made a movie to prove that action stars of the 80s simply don't age. Well done indeed.Rambo Last Blood (2019) At 73, most people prefer to sit at home, relax and reminisce their youth while being surrounded by their family. This is a Rambo who has come to terms with who and what he is, in a movie that holds up when compared with the original "First Blood". I had little faith in him going in, and I stand corrected. Stallone proves himself to be an excellent director, as well as in excellent shape for his age. The level of brutality and gore will shock and fascinate, and no doubt cause some level of controversy. The action scenes are unparalleled, more intense than "Black Hawk Down", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Stalingrad" put together. The story is simple but solid, and works on several levels. ![]() Given its genre, the movie is a masterpiece. This movie is authentic, shocking and unlike any other comparable movie. That latter may or may not be true, but my former assessment was plain wrong. ![]() I saw this at an advance screening in Oslo, and going in, I didn't expect it to be any more than a cheesy and somewhat gory tribute to eighties actioners by a star/director/producer/writer who was desperate to relive past glory. The implausible aspect of the bomb is that, indeed, they were only used in Germany, were extremely rare and expensive, and could only be dropped from a fairly specialized Lancaster bomber. While it's entirely possible, and quite likely that the secondary booster explosives would have deteriorated, and indeed the very fact that the bomb did not explode when dropped would suggest that the fuses were damaged or misused, it's entirely possible that a very large container of torpex could be sympathetically detonated with a C4-based claymore. The explosive filler is a cast RDX/TNT based explosive (torpex) which is more or less impervious to the elements. It's perfectly plausible that such a bomb could sympathetically detonate after 60 years in the jungle. The key indicator is the overall size of the larger 22,000 pound bomb, and the aerofoil shape of the stabilizing fins, versus the relatively flat fins of the tallboy. The large bomb found in the jungle is not a Tallboy as previously suggested, but a "Grand Slam", the successor to the Tallboy bomb. ![]()
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