"Rambo 2 First Blood" was seen through the point of view of a veteran from the Vietnam War. Rambo the veteran who all he knows to do is war, not able to fit back into society any longer. Through Rambo's assigned mission to simply just take pictures of the POW camps, and not to save their own soldiers. Aside from the unrealistic action packed scenes, the movie sends out the point of view of the film as an anti government film, by the military were more concerned with their reputation than being concerned for the lives and safety of their soldiers. For example when stated in the film, soldiers are just a tool, and government is the machine. Therefore this statement shows how officials in the government treated its soldiers and veterans. In their eyes they were meaningless, just used as tools. They were more concerned how their newest technology was running than the soldiers that were being held in POW camps.
Besides the purpose of the film to be made into a Hollywood action movie, the other purpose the film served was to show how the the United States treated their mistakes and losses in the Vietnam War, to show the real hidden truth in the military that is covered up in the media. In the film Rambo is fighting his own war within the US government to save the POW's. Which in return then gives no credit to the veterans after they gave everything they had to fight into the war.
"Rambo 2 First Blood" was seen through the point of view of a veteran from the Vietnam War. All Rambo knew as a veteran was war. He was no longer able to fit back into society. Rambo had an assigned mission to just take pictures of the POW camps in Vietnam, and not to save their soldiers. The movie is an anti government film, because the military were more concerned with their reputation than being concerned for the lives and safety of their soldiers. For example when stated in the film, "soldiers are just a tool, and government is the machine". Therefore this statement shows how officials in the government treated its soldiers and veterans. In their eyes the soldiers were meaningless; just used as tools. The government were more concerned how their newest technology was running, than being concerned for their soldiers that were in danger.
ReplyDeleteThe film had two purposes for being made; the first was to make a Hollywood action movie. The second purpose of the film was to show how the United States reacted to their mistakes and losses in the Vietnam War, to show the hidden truth in the military. In the film Rambo is fighting his own war within the US government to save the POW's. Rambo believed he was getting his last chance to finish off the war correctly, because the US government did not let the soldiers finish the war; instead they pulled out. Therefore this was Rambo's chance to finish out the war with a victory in saving his fellow soldiers. In return the government gave no credit to the veterans after they gave everything they had to fight the war; instead they were just forgotten about.