Rambo and the Chaos of Judges 17-21
Big explosions, rapid gun fire in the background, people freaking out as they are being blown away, and the cold resolve of a man on a mission. This was my introduction to Rambo as a young adult and to be honest, I didn't know how to take it all in. To be fair to the series, I was hopping in the middle of it by watching a later movie rather than starting with the first one (my bad crew...). The story behind it is great, it is a one man army standing against major injustices that are happening with a whole lot of butts to kick. How could I not want to watch this kind of film? Look at Braveheart , 300 , the Taken series, or Gladiator . In all of these movies are intense fight scenes, but all of them have a point: these are people who are standing against tyranny, evil, and wrong doers that need to be taken out. Back to Rambo though. As I watched one scene that was hyper focused in intense, detailed justice that Rambo was dishing out to the bad guys, I...