Could this be the last entry in the RAMBO series? I do not know if that is the case, but RAMBO: LAST BLOOD does serve as an appropriate finale. Rambo has found peace at last. He is now kindly Uncle John, managing his late father’s horse ranch with an old friend and her granddaughter, who he considers an adopted niece. His niece sneaks off to Mexico searching for her biological father, but is kidnapped by one of the cartels and forced into a sex trafficking ring. Uncle John drives to Mexico to rescue her, but she dies of a forced overdose on the way back. Rambo then comes out of retirement to avenge his adopted niece and kill as many people as possible. He does exactly that in quite grisly fashion. Rambo’s destruction of the cartel hit men calls back to both FIRST BLOOD and amusingly enough, HOME ALONE. RAMBO: LAST BLOOD is not perfect; it is the shortest film in the series, feeling crudely assembled due to the running time. Fans probably will not complain too much, although it probably ranks second to last overall. I think all there is to do now is a prequel showing us what John Rambo was like before the Vietnam War and prior to PTSD, but I suppose we will see what happens.
