Every day, AlloCiné recommends watching a movie (again) on TV. Tonight: Sylvester Stallone in one of his iconic roles.
In 1976, Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture. Overnight, Sylvester Stallone, screenwriter and lead actor, rose to international stardom. This success led director Ted Kotchef to offer him, in 1982, to headline another action film that would name his career: Rambo.
Adapted from the novel first blood By David Morrell, which appeared ten years earlier, the script deals with the difficult reintegration of Vietnam War veterans into a hip and moralizing America, which forms a sharp critique of them.
The hero, John Rambo, is described here as a raging psychopath and a ruthless killer. Sylvester Stallone rewrites him in a different prism to make him a more nuanced character: a victim of the army and society.
anti-war pamphlet, Rambo It’s as much for Stallone’s performance (who accidentally breaks three ribs during a scene where he jumps into a ravine) as it is for the intelligence of his subject. Like Journey to the End of Hell or Apocalypse Now, the film dares to talk about the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on veterans.
Unlike the following opuses, which are clean have funThis first episode of Rambo’s Adventures is a reflection of America in the grip of disillusionment.
Rambo Ted Kotchef with Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy…
from the age of 10
Tonight on C8 at 9.15pm.
Source: allocine
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