Rambo: First Blood Part II The Rewatchables
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Rambo: First Blood Part II

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Missing in Action 2 is more rewatchable; Predator borrows heavily from Rambo II

In the discussion (2)
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  • 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.
  • 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.