Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985

Vincent Canby, New York Times: To anyone who doesn't share the camera's adoration, this sort of behavior becomes so comic that Rambo turns into something of a camp classic. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: A thoroughly unpleasant project, quite apart from its creepy populist posturing (Stallone seemed determined to become the Huey Long of the movies). Read more

Time Out: The body count is rising, Sly's pecs are blowing up, and Rambo himself is becoming more of a brand-name than a character, a mascot for masochism and murderous self-assertion. Read more

Variety: Read more