Last Blood feels far too late to the party and does little to set itself apart. Sadly, it does not feel like a Rambo film. Instead, the titular character appears to have been parachuted into a generic plot.
There is half an hour of clunky exposition that sets up the lonely warrior's new ranch life in Arizona. He is such a good man, people tell him, a lot.Of course, something bad will happen to her. Looking for her deadbeat dad across the border in Bulgarian Mexico, she gets abducted by a Mexican cartel.While not as bloody as 2008's outing, there are many gory moments.The pace is unbalanced, so the bloody grand finale feels tired, tacked-on, rushed and without stakes.
From the cliche family drama at the start, to The A-Team-like trap building sequence. And just like old TV shows, images from the entire franchise – including the film you just watched – play under the credits. If this is to be the fifth and final instalment, you would think Stallone would have learnt from the way the Creed films rejuvenated the Rocky franchise and saw Stallone turning in two magnificent performances.
The Rambo series is not great art. While the first film back in 1982 is well-regarded – an action film with a strong message about rejected Vietnam veterans – the rest have maintained a level of misguided nonsense. After all, he once teamed up with the Taleban.
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