Rambo 2 is about a soldier going back to Vietnam after the war to save prisoners of war or POWs. The point of view is through John Rambo who is an ex-soldier that was betrayed by the American government and sent to a prison camp. The Colonel comes to reassign Rambo into a new mission. The new mission was to take picture of a camp and show evidence whether there are still soldier or it is vacant. Rambo is very skeptical of the army which is evident in the movie when he tells to colonel that he is the only one he trusts. Rambo also really wants to complete the mission, because the government failed to win the war. During the mission the military betrays Rambo and he then single handily saved the POWs and destroyed the camp.
This movie was created for action thrillers and for Americans that wanted to see their country win the war. Even though they lost the Vietnam War this movie may make them feel as they are redeemed. I also believe that it was made to show the government in a bad light. In the movie the government is portrayed as the reason the country lost the war. They are also portrayed as untrustworthy people, because they are not willing to save their own troops and want to look as if they are honorable people. This could be related to Full Metal Jacket where the army press tried to only show the American citizen the good news in the war and were willing to alternate the stories.
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