There is hardly anything more beautiful in the action film than Sylvester Stallone, who fights as a one-man army against an arrogant superiority. We’ve known that since Vietnam War veteran John Rambo first went into guerrilla warfare against a mean sheriff.
This year Rambo celebrates his 40th birthday. On the occasion of that Sylvester Stallone’s best action film appears in an anniversary edition, which brings 4K UHD quality, an exclusive new artwork and numerous extras. Now you can pre-order the good piece.
This is known about the new 4K edition of the Sylvester Stallone classic
The new Edition Rambo will appear in German stores on November 24th. It’s a 4K UHD Steelbook with new artwork created exclusively by Matt Ryan Tobin. The edition also includes a booklet with an essay by David J. Moore and several new bonus features. Here you can pre-order the special edition for Rambo’s 40th birthday for 37.18 euros:
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If you don’t want to wait for Rambo in excellent 4K quality, you can already get the regular Ultra HD version of Rambo at home:
The Rambo Trilogy set with the first three films uncut is also available on Blu-ray:
Why is Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo worth it?
In Rambo, Sylvester Stallone returns to his homeland as a traumatized Vietnam veteran. As the ex-soldier of a provincial sheriff terrorized as a supposed tramp he is forced to go back to the (private) war.
Rambo starts calmly. He introduces us to his sensitive and taciturn protagonist. Then there’s the other side: the hostile small-town cops. So the fronts are clear.
The special thing about Rambo is that we can’t exactly determine the time of the escalation. the spiral of violence begins to turn as John enters the village. After that, the misunderstandings and small hostilities piled up. At some point the wheel can no longer be turned back and it is only a matter of which side loses, i.e. dies.
This escalation is staged extremely exciting and clever, also because Rambo goes to work with a lot of creativity. At the same time, the action film stands out from many other genres (and sequels) thanks to its contemporary story. This John Rambo is no blind fighting machine, but a war-traumatized veteran who discovers a new, narrow-minded front at home. So Rambo is like the action version of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. He just wants to survive. The tension increases from minute to minute until the inferno breaks out in the finale.
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