Also note, first blood part 2 was "Rambo goes back to Vietnam" - essentially, the movie tries to explain why John Rambo was so screwed up and angry in the fir

Also note, first blood part 2 was "Rambo goes back to Vietnam" - essentially, the movie tries to explain why John Rambo was so screwed up and angry in the first place. "I'm coming for yoooou" - really, even rambo 2 wasn't a "go USA" film the way that Rambo 3 seemed to be. Rambo 3 is what you want if you want to watch the horse game with a dead goat. I personally can't come up with a theme tying rambo 3 back to the original Vietnam theme, other than the Taliban fucked up the Russians very much like the Vietcong fucked up the Americans. Maybe that was the point? a kind of redemption for Rambo, this time he gets to defend the people who just want to be left alone? Or maybe it was just "hey, we've got an action movie franchise, let's make an action movie!" - and it certainly can be enjoyed on that level, even though it lacks any future governors. (As another tangent, I think it's interesting to compare the minimalist "drop me into the jungle with nothing but a knife" vs. "all the gear" views of masculinity that are in constant conflict throughout the series. I... man, sometimes I wish I was in college and I could spent a week on an essay about 80's action movies and what they say about our shifting ideas of manhood.)