Rambo: First Blood Part II
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | George P. Cosmatos |
| Produced by | Buzz Feitshans |
| Screenplay by |
Sylvester Stallone James Cameron |
| Story by | Kevin Jarre |
| Based on |
Characters by David Morrell |
| Starring |
|
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Larry Bock Mark Goldblatt Mark Helfrich Gib Jaffe Frank E. Jiminez |
|
Production
company |
|
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25.5 million |
| Box office | $300.4 million |
Rambo: First Blood Part II (also known as Rambo II or First Blood II) is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. It is the sequel to the 1982 film First Blood, and the second installment in the Rambo film series. Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing, thus enabling the government to sweep the issue under the rug.
Despite negative reviews, First Blood Part II was a major worldwide box office success, with an estimated 42 million tickets sold in the US. It has become the most recognized and memorable installment in the series, having inspired countless rip-offs, parodies, video games, and imitations.
The film was on the ballot for the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Cheers, a list of America's most inspiring movies.Entertainment Weekly ranked the movie number 23 on its list of The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years.
A year into his sentence, former commando John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is visited by his old commander, Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna). With the war in Vietnam over, the public has become increasingly concerned over news that a small group of US POWs have been left in enemy custody. To placate their demands for action, the US government has authorized a solo infiltration mission to confirm the reports. As one of only three men suited for such work, Rambo agrees to undertake the operation in exchange for a pardon. He is taken to meet Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier), a bureaucratic government official overseeing the operation. Rambo is temporarily reinstated into the US army and instructed that he is only to photograph a possible camp and not to rescue any prisoners or engage enemy personnel, as they will be retrieved by a better equipped extraction team upon his return.
...
Wikipedia