[Wayde]

I went to the new Rambo movie at the theater.

What can I say, I loved it. Yeah, a guilty pleasure but one I occasionally like to revel in.
It's not a great movie. But in nearly every way it’s better than the other sequels to this franchise.
It's a very violent revenge fantasy and when I saw violent I mean gory. It turns bloody red spray from high velocity impacts into an art form.

If it wasn’t Rambo, I’d lament the one dimensional cookie cutter ‘evil’ villains. They get morality out of the way so you can have a hero wreak a violent bloodbath and still trust him to date your daughter.

This one provides a few connections to the old character and even I liked how it drew a conclusion to the saga of the tormented Viet Vet with satisfying closure.

I won’t divulge the end scene that’s extended as the credits roll, but it was ... err... heartwarming?

I almost wanted to shed a tear for our favorite misunderstood retired Green Beret – but hey… I’m at a Rambo movie! If I start sobbing I’m liable to get a whittled to-a-fine-point human femur stuck into the side of my neck and come out the other side gushing gore all over the Cineplex’s new seats. And we can't have that.