Let me preface this by saying I have not seen the other movies in the Rambo series...or if I have, it's been so long ago that I can't remember.
So I'm not a rom-com kind of chick in the least bit, in case you failed to notice the complete lack of reviews in that genre. I enjoy the spooks, the sci-fi, the dramas, and a good ol' fashioned action flick. Best Christmas movie ever? Die Hard, hands down. So Rambo was looking pretty appealing, what with the guns and the explosions and all.
My officemate told me that I would be laughing at the sheer over-the-top approach of the violence in this movie, and he was right. I had meant to watch this more than once just to count how many times a head got blown off. It was really insane. Story-wise, it didn't get too fancy, and that was not a negative thing in this case. It was still entertaining to the very end. (You know...as entertaining as people getting blown up can be.)