Rambo Iv [repack] [ Essential × SECRETS ]
This is not exploitation. This is a political statement. Stallone has said in interviews that he wanted the violence to be so appalling that audiences could not possibly enjoy it. He wanted to shock the complacency out of viewers who had become numb to movie-blood.
By setting in Burma, Stallone grounded the character in a historical reality that previous sequels lacked. This wasn't a fantasy war; it was a living nightmare. Rambo Iv
Then, for the first time in the franchise since First Blood , John Rambo speaks from the heart. He says: This is not exploitation