Rambo: First Blood Part II

This article is about the 1985 film. For the video game, see Rambo: First Blood Part II (Master System video game).
"Rambo 2" redirects here. For the similarly named 2018 Indian film, see Raambo 2.

Rambo: First Blood Part II
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge P. Cosmatos
Screenplay bySylvester Stallone
James Cameron
Story byKevin Jarre
Based onJohn Rambo
by David Morrell
Produced byBuzz Feitshans
Starring
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Edited by
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
companies
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures[2]
Release date
  • May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States[4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25.5 million[5]
Box office$300.4 million[6]

Rambo: First Blood Part II is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos from a story by Kevin Jarre, and a screenplay by James Cameron and Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. A sequel to First Blood (1982), it is the second installment in the Rambo franchise, followed by Rambo III. It co-stars Richard Crenna, who reprises his role as Colonel Sam Trautman, along with Charles Napier, Julia Nickson, and Steven Berkoff.

The film's plot is inspired by the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. In the movie, Rambo is released from prison in a deal with the United States government to document the possible existence of missing POWs in Vietnam, but is given strict orders not to rescue any. When Rambo defies his orders, he is abandoned and forced once again to rely on his own brutal combat skills to save the POWs.

Despite mixed reviews, Rambo: First Blood Part II was a major global blockbuster, with an estimated $150 million sold in the United States, becoming the second highest grossing film at the domestic box office and the third highest grossing film worldwide in 1985. It has become one of the most recognized installments in the series, having inspired countless rip-offs, parodies, video games and imitations. In 2009, Entertainment Weekly ranked the movie number 23 on its list of "The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years".[7]

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  3. ^ "RAMBO – FIRST BLOOD PART II (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 28, 1985. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  4. ^ "Film #14948: Rambo: First Blood Part II". Lumiere. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  5. ^ ALJEAN HARMETZ (December 7, 1989). "It's Fade-Out for the Cheap Film As Hollywood's Budgets Soar: It's Fade-Out for Films Once Made on the Cheap". The New York Times. p. C19.
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  7. ^ "The Action 25 Films: The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years". Entertainment Weekly at Wayback Machine. January 30, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2015.