Blog 11 LW

Rambo 2 is seen through the point of view of John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran who is quite disgruntled about the results of the war. As shown in the beginning of the film he has not been able to return to a normal life in the United States as he is put in prison. He feels betrayed by his own country, believing that he is just a pawn in the hands of the U.S. Army and his life has no value to them. This proves to be true as Rambo learns that his mission to find American POW’s is a ploy by the U.S Army to show that they made an effort to find POW’s but to not bring them back. The rest of the film shows Rambo single-handedly rescuing the POW’s and exacting revenge on the Russian, Vietnamese, and U.S. military.

Rambo 2 is a highly unrealistic film. It was clearly made for action junkies and admirers of Sylvester Stallone. But the movie also illustrates the point that the U.S. Army and the government are both corrupt organizations that take the lives of soldiers for granted. Through interference from the government the soldiers were not allowed to do their jobs and win the war, whatever that might have meant. For Rambo, winning the war would have been to rescue the POW’s, which the government tried to prevent him from doing. It also goes to show that one cannot always trust what is portrayed in the media concerning foreign affairs in general, because often times many things are covered up in the attempt to keep morale and support high.