Tonight on TV: When Stallone single-handedly dismantled the Soviet Army

Alongside the Rocky saga, Sylvester Stallone headlined another action franchise in 1982 that marked his career: Rambo.

Adapted from the novel first blood David Morrell’s original feature film deals with the difficult reintegration of Vietnam War veterans into American society. It is a real commercial success with a worldwide income of 125 million dollars (for a budget of 15 million dollars).

On the other hand, the following opuses are pure entertainment and are clearly in line with the anti-communist movement of the Reagan administration. In 1985, Rambo II: The Mission made a radical change. A hyper bodybuilder, Sly is now a vengeful and brash symbol of pure and hard America. A stream of explosions and gunfire is a date.

In 1988, Rambo III sacrificed everything for action, even if it meant director Russell Mulcahy’s resignation after a few days of filming because he focused too much on image quality and not enough on spectacle.

Finally, directed by Peter Macdonald, this third installment plays the one-shot card perfectly, especially thanks to its colossal budget of $63 million (making it the most expensive film ever made). As a brave defender of American values, Sylvester Stallone single-handedly destroyed an entire faction of the Soviet Army, and later in the war against Afghanistan.

Rimbaud III Peter MacDonald with Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Mark De Jonge…

from the age of 10

Tonight on C8 at 9.20pm.