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To this day I’m amused and kind of impressed by the audacious ludicrousness of the idea.

Let him out for a dangerous mission, a one-man DIRTY DOZEN. They figured we got a perfect killing machine, let’s plug it in.

So what’s Rambo gonna do, get out of prison, try to go straight, and get hassled by some other sheriff? Nope. A great movie because of its simple, character-driven story mechanisms, emotional center and excellent, largely internal and physical (and finally blubbering) performance by Sylvester Stallone. Single-handedly waged a war against law enforcement (one guy died falling off a helicopter), wrecked a whole town, finally broke down about his experiences in the war and then turned himself in. He was a drifter who was mistreated and fought back hard. He wasn’t your typical action movie protagonist, a hero who comes along and saves the day.

But the character doesn’t exactly lend himself to a rousing second adventure. Sure, the makers of FIRST BLOOD famously went with the ending where Rambo didn’t die, as he did in David Morrell’s book. It’s right there in the title: FIRST BLOOD PART II? How the hell do you do a FIRST BLOOD PART II? RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II was a phenomenon.