Rambo: First Blood Part II Movie
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What most people call hell, he calls home.
They sent him on a mission and set him up to fail. But they made one mistake. They forgot they were dealing with Rambo.
No man, no law, no war can stop him.
John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring back POW's still held in Vietnam. Rambo's assignment is to only take pictures of where the POWs are being held, but Rambo wants to get the POWs out of Vietnam. Teamed up with female Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo embarks on a mission to rescue the POWs, who are being held by sadistic Vietnamese Captain Vinh and his Russian comrade, Lieutenant Colonel Padovsky. Rambo falls in love with Co Bao, and when Co Bao is killed by Captain Vinh, Rambo wants revenge, so he starts killing every enemy in sight while still focusing on his intentions to rescue the POWs. There are also corrupt American officials involved in the mission, including Marshall Murdock, one of Rambo's superiors.
| Sylvester Stallone | John J. Rambo |
| Richard Crenna | Col. Samuel Trautman |
| Charles Napier | Marshall Murdock |
| Steven Berkoff | Lt. Col. Podovsky |
| Julia Nickson-Soul | Co Bao |
| Martin Kove | Ericson |
| George Cheung | Tay |
| Andy Wood | Banks |
| William Ghent | Capt. Vinh (POW camp commander) |
| Voyo Goric | Sgt. Yushin |
| Dana Lee | Capt. Kinh |
| Baoan Coleman | Gunboat captain |
| Steven Williams | Lifer |
| Don Collins | POW #1 |
| Christopher Grant | POW #2 |
| George P. Cosmatos |
5.40 out of 10 (19158 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Rambo is back and ready to kick butt
posted on 28 Jul 2009Rambo: First Blood Part 2 is about Colonel Trautman releasing Rambo to join his army in a top-secret mission to go to different country where American POW's are being held up as prisoners. Rambo is told by his commander to only take pictures but Rambo disobeys orders and rescues a live POW only to have his commander betray him and leave him behind enemy lines. Now it's up to Rambo as a one man army to save himself and a whole load of innocent people. Now Rambo II is just as good as the first film. The idea though is that it has the same characters but it is thrown into a different background with a new objective. Stallone and Creena give solid performances as Charles Napier is perfect as the slime ball commander who betrays Rambo. The plot feels confusing at first but ounce Rambo starts to kick butt, you understand right away. Now the action is top notch. Ramob blowing heads off with explosive arrows, a duel between helicopters, leech torture, knives in bodies, etc. That is what Rambo is all about, he's an action icon. Though the film is flooded with blood, the film falls low in some scenes. The so called love scenes with Rambo and his accomplice is boring and the briefing scenes take to long. Though the film is challenged a few times, it's very entertaining. Rambo 2 gets a 7 for being a great action film though it is slow. Recommended for action nuts and fans of the original First Blood. Enjoy.
Do we get to win this time?
posted on 17 May 2009"Rambo: First Blood Part II" gets the job done in terms of following a great film in "First Blood".This film is not only a terrific action film, but it captures the spirit of the Cold War. The historic significance is illustrated when Trautman describes the refusal of war reparations to the Viet-Cong and their decision to keep the P.O.W.'s. This was an incredibly important issue at the time and Stallone's script portrays it as that.Charles Napier and Martin Kove do an excellent job as the bureaucrat and the mercenary, that provide the resistance to Rambo's success. Rambo is given a second chance to win in Vietnam. His mission is to recover photographic proof of American P.O.W.'s still being help captive. Thats right, Rambo has to take pictures. He ends up going above and beyond the call of duty. Nobody expected him to return, except Col. Trautman. Stallone brings stage prowess and a great story to the screen, and it is a great follow-up to the original. Well worth a look.
Loved it
posted on 20 Apr 2009One of the most violent movies of the 1980s. DVD review.A prisoner gets sent back to Vietnam to "photograph" any POWs.Script by James Cameron which contains laughable dialogue. The early scenes resembled something from a sixties movie. The direction and lighting looked dated. The late action non-dialogue scenes were spectacular and very violent, shocking even. Watch Rambo shoot rockets at Commie soldiers, knife them and spray them with bullet. But a lot of the locations looked like a movie set. Best scene: the Russian helicopter blowing up. Like The Terminator, Stallone says "I'll be back". Russ Meyer regular Napier is slimey as the the guy who tries to leave Rambo stranded. Berkoff appears in another of his baddie roles. Great final speech about how Vets are being forgotten. Inferior to First Blood.Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of the most infamous movies of the '80s.
One of the worst films I admit to having seen on the big screen!
posted on 13 Feb 2009Years ago, when I was a poor teenager, my best friend and my brother both had a policy that the person picking the movie should pay. And, while I would never pay to see some of the crap they took me to, I couldn't resist a free trip to the movies! That's how I came to see crap like the second Conan movie and NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN! Now, despite this being a wretched movie, it is in places entertaining to watch--in a brain dead sort of way. And, technically the stunts and camera-work are good, so this elevates my rating all the way to a 2! So why is the movie so bad? Well, unlike the first Rambo movie, this one has virtually no plot, Rambo himself only says about 3 words (other than grunts and yells), there is a needless and completely irrelevant and undeveloped "romance" and the movie is one giant (and stupid) special effect. And what STUPIFYINGLY AWFUL special effects. While 12383499143743701 bullets and rockets are shot at Rambo, none have any effect on him and almost every bullet or arrow Rambo shoots hits its mark! And, while the bad guys are using AK-47s, helicopters and rockets, in some scenes all Rambo had is a bow and arrows with what seem like nuclear-powered tips!! The scene where the one bad guy is shooting at him as he slowly and calmly launches one of these exploding arrows is particularly made for dumb viewers! It was wonderfully parodied in UHF starring Weird Al. Plus, HOT SHOTS, PART DEUX also does a funny parody of the genre--not just this stupid scene.All-in-all, a movie so dumb and pointless, it's almost like self-parody!
Enjoyable and totally ripped.
posted on 04 Feb 2009The second chapter in Sylvester Stallone's portrayal of Vietnam veteran John Rambo is also the second best in the franchise and is arguably underrated in its simplicity. John Rambo, now in prison, gets a visit from Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) who wants to assign him for a mission that forces him back to 'Nam to locate American POW's. In retribution Rambo gets released from prison and will be given full clemency. Rambo agrees and heads for the jungle, only soon to get both personally and professionally, "too", involved. Sylvester Stallone never looked better as Rambo as he does here (fully ripped, hair-band, bow & explosive arrows, a monster knife) and he pulls off the ice-cold stare and emotionless surface of Rambo. And Rambo has for me always represented the way the Americans look at have they should have succeeded in Vietnam, unstoppable and unbeatable, always being morally mixed but following orders that holds bigger political order than a single man's confusion. And 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' feels relatively well paced, and although the totally unnecessary and unsuccessful romance between Rambo and Co (Julia Jackson) tries humanizing our man, the film never tries being something it's not. It's a rock hard action film that delightfully delivers real action set pieces and runs for an enjoyable 90 minutes.
Extremly Bad Sequel
posted on 30 Dec 2008Usually, any film with Sylvester Stallone is usually going to suck ass. Rambo: First Blood Part II was no exception to this. The only movies that Sylvester Stallone were in that were good were Rocky and First Blood. This film is extreamly unrealistic, and boring. It has action, but not very good action. I didn't enjoy watching it, and I would never ever watch this again. No wonder why it won the Razzie Award for Worst Picture. I would give this a 3/10, the only reason why it got the 3 was because it had somewhat good action, but not good enough.
If only Ed Wood were alive to see this piece of junk!
posted on 06 Dec 2008"THE STALLONE DOWNFALL BEGINS"This has to be the stupidest movie I have ever seen! I love action movies! But I still like a little bit of story and character development. This movie is one pathetic action scene to another. There were certain moments that made me laugh, especially the last ten or fifteen minutes. Which is one of the funniest moments captured on film ever! Still it's a bad movie!1(*)out of 4(****)stars
Nice but not the same as the first
posted on 09 Nov 2008The script might be better but the rest are less cool than the first Rambo. The action is cooler and there are more fights. But the script is much lower and that makes the movie not better than the first . Anyway see this movie because you'll like it !
Move on Rambo
posted on 16 Sep 2008I think it's time John Rambo move on with his life and try to put Vietnam behind him. This series is getting old and Rambo is no longer a solider but a cold blooded killer. Ever time he turns up on the screen someone dies. Vietnam was not a fun place to be and frankly I am tired of Hollywood making it seem like it was. This is not the worst of the films concerning Vietnam, that honor goes to John Waynes Green Berets. In any case John Rambo carrying around a 50 cal Machine Gun taking on what seems to be half of the Viet Cong army plus a good many Russians is an insult to watch. What is worse is Rambos cheesy speech at the end...Please!! Oh yeah I heard they are making another one...
Over the top action gets more laughs than intended
posted on 11 Aug 2008"Rambo II" is much more of an action film than its predecessor. This time we find our hero returning to Vietnam on a mission to determine whether of not claims of existing P.O.W.'s are substantiated. Told not to engage the enemy, 'Rambo' of course just can't resist.While a lot more fun, the action in this sequel is quite often comical, raising many laughs when it is meant to be taken seriously. 'Rambo' waltzes through prison camps blazing away with an M16 in one hand whilst hauling in P.O.W.'s with the other.And the moral message at the end just does not belong in this picture.PS Goldsmith's music is spot on.Thursday, August 13, 1992 - Video
Enjoyable as an overblown, dated action movie but certainly not what Kevin Jarre was getting at
posted on 11 Aug 2008Some time has passed since Rambo was brought in from the edge by Col Trautman and we find him doing his jail sentence in a labour camp. Trautman comes to Rambo with the offer of a mission which, if successful, could bring him a pardon – to go back into Vietnam for Marshall Murdock and get evidence of American POW's still being held there. When the parachute drop goes wrong Rambo finds himself behind enemy lines, betrayed by his own people but yet determined to get the POWs out. Things get worse when he finds the Russians are involved as well.When the opening credits tell you that the film was written by Stallone and James Cameron you can't really claim that you weren't warned that the story may not be that great (although both men have some good stuff under their belts as well). True to expectations the story is pretty poor and is essentially just a series of shootouts against baddies that are really pantomime villains. Although the original Rambo didn't manage to be as interesting and insightful as it could have been, it feels like a really intelligent movie when viewed next to this movie – and having Rambo deliver a pro-vet rant in the final few minutes is not any compensation and it is about as subtle as a brick. However this is not a problem if you just came to the movie looking for Rambo to shoot 'them' in big action scenes – cause he does.Sadly this 'Commando' style action has dated badly and modern audiences generally require more intelligent action (comparatively anyway); I no longer just accept the one-man against the world thing as an acceptable scenario. It still works if all you want to see if things explode and tonnes of anonymous enemies get killed – however it is hard not to find it all more amusing than exciting. I thought the direction in the First Blood was OK but here George P Comatose pretty much lives up to his name and just carves out an unremarkable action movie. It's all very basic and the characters are just big cardboard cut outs in stereotypical mode – hero, baddie, POW, politician etc, I didn't really care about any of them, which is a shame when you think of the aims of the original story.Stallone is pumped up and daft – at least in the first film he was more than a character but here, aside from a rant, he is just a big action man – nothing more. Berkoff is a terrible ham and he is an awful bad guy here – put him in a dress and he would be a pantomime dame. Napier, Wood and Crenna are all recognisable faces and add that if nothing else.Overall this is a big dumb action movie in the style of the 80's (one man against an army) and if that's all you want then that's what you get and you'll enjoy it. However it is hard to ignore the fact that the story is poor, the action overblown, the performances weak or hammy and the 'message' reduced to a single 60 second rant by Stallone, which is obvious and crude. I enjoyed it as a stupid action movie but the sheer volume of weaknesses in this film makes it difficult to call it anything other than silly fun if you're in the mood.
RADICAL!!!
posted on 27 Jul 2008This is by far the greatest action movie that came out the week of May 25, 1985. I was literally blown away at Stallone's impressive performance as the stoic Rambo. In my mind, he is definitely NOT expendable. I also enjoyed the beautiful and talented Julia Nickson Soul as the never believable Vietnamese ally to Rambo. Her forced broken english was a film highlight. SPOILER ALERT! When her character dies in the movie, it is one of the most tragic death scenes in Hollywood history. Her death is such a blow to the movie audience because the filmmakers made a point to have us care so much about her character. As for Rambo, his constant internalized struggle is betrayed by Stallones beautifully subtexted performance. Never before has an actor delved so deep within a character and gave the audience such duality in a role. Or maybe...this just sucked.
totally disagree with the rating 5.6 in IMDb list !!!
posted on 06 Jul 2008this movie is very powerful indeed!! i can't believe this one are only rated an average with rating of 5.6!!! this movie is damn good!! brilliant acting from Stallone, great script and superb story line about war... they send Rambo on a mission to set him fail...but they forgot they were dealing with Rambo!!! the tag line itself has proved how great the movie was!! this one are really as good as th first one!!!i am totally disagree with the rating given!!! this one should be in top[ 252 in IMDb list!!! this is far better than die hard !!! i strongly recommend this movie to everyone...powerful, great and superb !!!!! 10/10********
Very good sequel! that i had loads of fun with *Spoilers*
posted on 03 Jul 2008Very good sequel that i had loads of fun with!. While not as powerful or as good as the original it's still a somewhat powerful film, but it lacks the message that the original had, although Stallone's speech at the end is very moving, and touching, that being said i enjoyed this film very much , as i was Immensley entertained by it, and Stallone was terrific as always, and Charles Napier was great as the main ass. I especially enjoyed all the explosions. The directing is great!. George P. Cosmatos did a fine job here moving it along at a very fast pace, and the camera angles rocked!. There is plenty of violence!. We get a knife in the chest, LOTS of bloody arrow hits, HUNDREDS of extremely bloody gunshot wounds, a bloody stabbing,blood, gruesome torture sequence, a person gets blown apart, and more. The Acting is great!. Sylvester Stallone is amazing as always and is just as intense he gives an emotional performance here and he was very sympathetic (when Co died) and overall he came through BIG time! (Stallone rules). Richard Crenna is excellent once again and offered support for Rambo, plus he was very likable!. Charles Napier is very good as the main ass and did his job well. Steven Berkoff did his job well and was quite the psycho. Julia Nickson-Soul was EXTREMELY gorgeous and did her job very well and had some decent chemistry with Stallone and it sucked that she died!. Overall i highly recommend this! ***1/2 out of 5
A Celebration of Sarcomeres.
posted on 27 Jun 2008I don't see much reason to get into this movie in much detail. Sylvester Stallone is once again John Rambo, author and survivor of "A Season in Hell", recruited from prison by his only friend, Major Richard Crenna, to secretly return to Vietnam, take photos of the American prisoners believed to be still held in horrible camps, and return without engaging the enemy.Fat chance. What if he actually DID nothing more than sneak in, take pics, and sneak out? Who would come to see the movie? It's essentially a celebration of Stallone's muscles. Preparing for his mission, we see his well-oiled muscles bulging. (They are oiled and bulging throughout.) There is the ritual strapping on of black leather, ugly guns, and even uglier knives. The black guns are cleaned, assembled with loud clacks, and almost as oiled as Stallone's muscles. The bow is tested and, yes, it has enough poundage to drive a bolt through an enemy's forehead. The knife is sharpened with slick snicks.Stallone and one of his POWs are betrayed by one or two of the suits from Washington, cynical politicians who, you can bet, were never even in a fist fight in grammar school. No guts, you know? Just sit around with their feet on the desk and drink foreign beer.The movie does what it set out to do, but what it set out to do is meretricious. It deliberately cashes in on the myth popular in the mid-1980s that there were uncountable numbers of MIAs quietly kept in wretched camps by the North Vietnamese. The bumper stickers were ubiquitous. (Free Our MIAs.) Why would they keep them? It was never quite reasoned out but perhaps to turn the POWs into a slave labor force -- in a country that has absolutely no resource other than labor. Or maybe for their propaganda value as an instrument to humiliate the United States -- a propaganda weapon that the Vietnamese kept secret from the world.As a captive, Rambo is treated in a Medieval fashion by the North Vietnamese. Dipped to his neck in pig excrement and then hauled out of it by his wrists, his muscles still on display. Then, not content with subhuman Vietnamese, a Russian officer is brought in to play the part of the Gestapo officer -- "Vee haff vays of MAKING you remember." A high-tech type, the Russian uses psychology and electricity, not just pig dump.Rambo returns and declares that he intends to drift aimlessly until "this country loves us as much as we love it," bringing up another myth that Vets returning from Vietnam were uniformly spat upon and cursed, which is why I guess we elected so many to the Congress and appointed others to high-echelon positions. The last three losing presidential candidates were among that despised group. At least Rambo's aimless drifting left room open for a sequel, which arrived apace.The action movies with Schwarzenegger and Willis and others were leavened by wisecracks but Rambo is humorless. It marches dully through it's phantasmal ideological swamp, killing without mercy, barely speaking, barely able to speak. To speak is a sign of weakness.
Dumbo: More Blood Part II
posted on 18 Jun 2008First Blood was a fable written in the days of old by none other than William Shakespeare. It was a tale of a simple man overcoming adversary and finding peace within himself.Well, maybe I'm lying. The simple man was true though. How simple must a man be to use the logic, "If it moves, I kill it." Last time we saw John Rambo he was hauled off to prison for laying waste to a redneck town. And in prison he remains. For the first five minutes, anyway.Colonel Trautman shows up to offer Rambo an Escape From New York-style ultimatum. If he goes back to 'Nam and takes photos of American P.O.W.s, he'll receive a full pardon for his crimes against the hillbillies."Do we get to win this time?", he asks."This time, it's up to you!" Trautman says, which basically gives him licence to massacre as many baddies as possible. And massacre he does.The first movie had a body count of one. Just a single death in the whole film. And it was accidental, caused by the character's own stupidity. Whatever reality First Blood had is well and truly gone now.The biggest strength of this sequel is its rousing score by Jerry Goldsmith. The original theme is expanded and exploited, with brilliant new ones kicking in at moments of high action. It's exciting stuff and you can only imagine how poor the film would be without it.George Pan Cosmatos was widely regarded as a hack. There is nothing here to prove otherwise, but his direction is adequate, rather than exceptional. The scene where Rambo emerges from a pile of mud is one of the few moments of directorial spark. By today's standards, it's pretty simple stuff, but back in '85, when the actor Ronald Reagan was still in The White House and the Cold War took it's last few breathes, it became a massive hit.It's no secret that America lost in Vietnam. And 10 years on the country still felt cheated by the government. It needed a way to get back at them and show who the boss REALLY is. So Rambo returns to kick ass.Originally written by James Cameron as a script called First Blood II: The Mission, the film was never going to be anything other than pure fantasy. And it is here that the one-man-against-the-world sub-genre started. The villains are cardboard. Steven Berkoff plays the role of a stereotypical Ruskie bad guy with no grace, or charm. His character serves no purpose other than for Rambo to kill him last. No huts, or shacks, exist for any other reason than for Rambo to blow them up. No Viet Cong shows his face and lives.It's this touch-and-go attitude that prevents the film from becoming truly engaging, or worthy. The standard three act structure is apparent and you can tell that the producers just wanted to churn out a money maker rather than anything serious.Ted Kotcheff made First Blood about an emotionally scarred man, who wanted no more than what he deserved. Shakespeare it was not, but it was a good movie, even if it didn't set the box office on fire - just everything else. Now George Pan Cosmatos takes the same character and turns him into a disturbed schizophrenic mass murderer. No human emotion, just mindless violence. Although there is room for Rambo's big speech at the end, it's not as clever, nor as moving, as is it was first time around. It sounds so very "American" and disgustingly patriotic.Still the movie takes millions and Rambo has become an historical icon. Everything about the Reagan era is is this movie. It's superficial, narrow-minded and VERY un-PC. But hey...it was the Eighties.
In my view, the best of the three rambo movies.
posted on 31 May 2008Rambo II starts with Col.Trautman asking John Rambo to come back into action to perform a mission in Vietnam. Rambo accepts and a terrific movie begins! Rambo II is PACKED with great special effects, plot twists, and unforgetable moments. I think, no, I SAY that this movie is way, way, way more exciting than the original, which I give credit for some good effects. If anybody reading this knows what a good action movie is, rent (or buy!) Rambo: First Blood Part II. If you're like me, you'll cherish those 100 minutes of watching it.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
posted on 07 May 2008John Rambo is sent to Vietcong. That's what they renamed the country after the South fell. As you can see, all VC army officers are required to be drunkards who's consumption of scotch is rivaled only by their appetite for prostitutes. In this true story, Rambo is sent to the jungles of Vietcong by the bureacrats to take pictures of supposedly empty POW camps. But Rambo does more than take pictures. He brings our boys back home and single-handledly exposes the Moscow-Hanoi axis! That's right, the Soviet Union was behind that whole mess from the beginning! Of course, Rambo single-handedly destroys elite Soviet units therefore hastening the end of the Cold War!We sure could use a man like Rambo today.Iraq hiding weapons of mass destruction?SEND IN RAMBO!North Korea threatening to go nuclear?SEND IN RAMBO!Some camel jockey is plotting to blow up New York?SEND IN RAMBO!Think of all the time and money we could save. And if he gets wasted, that's alright. He's expendable!Of course, we dare not take that for granted. Make damn sure he's good and dead before aborting the mission or he'll be shooting up the Pentagon in no time!GOD BLESS AMERICA!
One-man heroics, to the extreme!
posted on 25 Apr 2008John Rambo is a Vietnam Vet sent back to Vietnam to take pictures of a POW camp that could be still holding American prisoners. Though, he is not one to follow orders and so he tries to free those POW's by going in gung-ho, but in doing this his countries political members betray him.Well, for one man, he definitely causes a lot of destruction and chaos! This is nothing more than wretched and ludicrous comic strip of action and thrills, which lacks detail and meaning. So, don't be expecting something thought provoking or an important moral to the story. The plot is extremely flawed, lacks logic and incredibly ridiculous. While, the script (not a great deal of one) is basically corn, filled with macho dialogue and it's quite mundane. So don't read too much into the mess of the plot and dialogue, though at times it did try to tug on the emotional strings, especially at the end. With it usually coming across as cheesy. But saying that, it shouldn't destroy the mood of this film. It's pure popcorn fun and nothing more! There are plenty of one-man verses entire army heroics thrown into in some energy packed scenes. With it being an extravaganza explosion feast, by seeing how much stuff Rambo can blow up and demolish completely. The film as a whole is rather tedious and slow at times, but the action set pieces are actually quite good and you can say creative to a certain agrees. Making great use of the jungle setting.The acting is nothing special; Sylvester Stallone gives a pretty sombre performance as the one-man army John Rambo. Though, with the likes of Richard Crenna as Rambo's good buddy Col. Samuel Trautman, Steven Berlock as the desensitised Russian Lt. Col. Podovsky and Charles Napier as the backstabbing Marshall Murdock. They add another element and some class to the cast and film.Overall, we just love to see the under-dog win and stick it to those deceiving bureaucrats. Rambo is definitely one man you don't want to get on the wrong side of. ;) Flawed escapism fun that's fairly entertaining!
"To survive a war, you have to become war..."
posted on 24 Aug 2009Rambo II is one of those movies that in a way surpass its predecessor. It's more action oriented but with a somewhat cool plot. The movie itself is one of the most definitive action movies of the 80's. Directed by Italian director, George Cosmatos, the movie was the one who put the name "Rambo" in common use in the USA. Also it was written by James Cameron (of the "Terminator" saga and Titanic) and Sylvester Stallone. The hidden subject in this movie is actually the idea of Rambo "winning" the Vietnam war but there is more to it. When this movie opened in 85, the Cold War was as its best. Reagan used this movie to put himself into the "rambomania" frenzy, we all know that Reagan use all the media at his disposal but that's another story whatsoever. The movie is rated R for violence mostly, there are a couple of bad words and blood but teens can get to it without much trouble. The whole idea of the "expendable" issue is a good theme for discussion between parents and kids or teacher and students. Rambo: First Blood Part II (in some countries called "Rambo II: The Mission) now in this DVD format is a definitive movie for the action fan, specially if you are a fan of the 80's movie. This edition has clear image and excellent sound. The process for digitalization of the picture was done perfectly so you won't believe you are actually watching a movie almost 20 years old. The documentary has a lot of cool info, even for those "Rambomania" fans would find this very interesting and with interviews with cast and crew including Stallone, the late Richard Crenna, and others. Also the director Cosmatos and the producers get into the documentary with interesting facts (the idea of pairing Stallone and Travolta as a sidekick was a novelty for me!!!) is a good source for inside info. The trailers (some are TV spots) are also quite good but they haven't been "cleaned up" so they look like they are quite old and the sound in those is not remastered. There's also a section on the stars and the crew with filmography and stuff it's informative but that's it. The extras are good. It would be fun if they throw a lot of deleted scenes into it, but there isn't. The audio commentary of Cosmatos is so-so there aren't much there either. Finally I must say this edition contain both the widescreen version and the full screen version so you can go wrong there. The movie comes with subtitles in Spanish for both versions. From 1 to 5: Movie=4, Sound Quality=5, Video Quality=5, Extras=3.