Rambo

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Synopsis

Action. Sequel to “First Blood” (1982), “Rambo: First Blood Part II” (1985), and “Rambo III” (1985). After reluctantly transporting a missionary group offering humanitarian aid to villagers caught in the civil war in Burma, Vietnam veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) returns to Burma to attempt a rescue operation after the group is abducted during the slaughter of the village by the Burmese army.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang and vulgar expressions
• Frequent gun, weapons and hand-to-hand violence, some involving children—blood, gore, and detailed and grotesque wounds
• Frequent gruesome deaths—blood, gore, and detailed and grotesque injuries
• Frequent portrayal of corpses—blood, gore and detailed wounds
• Detailed documentary footage of corpses and battle wounds
• Implied sexual assaults—little detail
• Implied sexual assault of a minor—no detail
• Breast nudity in a sexual violence context
• Buttock nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• Humanity’s capacity for cruelty and depravity
• The innocent casualties of military violence
• Accepting one’s true nature

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for frequent detailed portrayals of violence, gruesome deaths, and grotesque and detailed wounds.

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