The Russian villain gets two out of ten; a second low rating is unclear in the transcript. The accent and character development are criticized, as is his failure to use the heated knife on the prisoner. — Kyle Brandt
Murdock receives seven or seven-and-a-half on the villain scale for stolen valor, deception and abandoning Rambo and the prisoners; a joke connects him to Napier’s later security-guard role. — Bill Simmons
The flex choice is the Inventing Cold Fusion award for Co: her model-like appearance is considered implausibly conspicuous for covert jungle work. A Romeo Doubs renaming of the Judd Nelson category is mentioned as an unused alternative. — Kyle Brandt
Weak Link includes Rambo surviving situations where the enemies could simply kill him, his lack of bullet wounds and the awkward scheme to force a misleading radio message. — Bill Simmons
The ending is another Weak Link: Murdock receives too little punishment, Erickson needs a real fight with Rambo, and the helicopter fight with the large Russian should be stronger. Lethal Weapon and Road House are offered as fight models, followed by Karate Kid crossover jokes. — Kyle Brandt
The removed death-scene screams; the licensed video game; overlap with Missing in Action; Vietnamese stereotypes and POW exploitation; ineffective mortars
Aged Worst includes the reportedly removed triple scream after Co’s death, cut because test audiences laughed; the hosts wish it had survived. — Bill Simmons
The licensed Rambo video game is criticized, while a game transcribed as Akari Warriors is recalled as a better Rambo-like game; rushed tie-in scheduling is suggested as an explanation. — Bill Simmons
Missing in Action is said to have used essentially the same rescue plot earlier, while Cameron’s earlier script work prevents a firm plagiarism claim. — Bill Simmons
Other criticisms include Vietnamese stereotypes, POW exploitation and ineffective mortar attacks on moving people. — Kyle Brandt
Both suggest a Stallone underacting award for the monosyllabic delivery, saying Cobra goes even further and Tango & Cash shows that greater expressiveness was available. — Bill Simmons
The overacting category is repurposed as the Rambo II underacting award, returning to the earlier Stallone critique. — Bill Simmons
One hottest take prefers rewatching Missing in Action 2, especially its climactic fight to the death, while admitting the whole movie is not especially good. — Bill Simmons
The other hottest take argues Predator borrows extensively: Mexico standing in for a foreign jungle, an older officer and suspicious bureaucrat, insertion trouble, hostages and an indigenous ally, lost modern weapons, bow and arrow, mud camouflage and a withheld finishing blow. — Kyle Brandt
Casting What-Ifs includes Lundgren reportedly removed because of his Drago role, Lee Marvin declining roles across both films, and local Chinese-restaurant workers recruited as extras in Mexico. — Bill Simmons
The producers reportedly wanted John Travolta as Rambo’s partner, an idea Stallone vetoed; the hosts enthusiastically imagine buddy banter and a Quarter Pounder and metric-system exchange. — Bill Simmons
Steven Berkoff and Charles Napier are the candidates; Napier is favored despite discussion of whether knowing his name disqualifies him. His Cable Guy appearance is another supporting example. — Kyle Brandt
Recasting Couch returns to Travolta as the partner and proposes replacing the closing song with Born in the U.S.A., while doubting Springsteen would approve. — Bill Simmons
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