Editing Rambo: First Blood Part II (section)

== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' opened in the United States on May 22, 1985, in a then-record 2,074 theaters, becoming the first film to be released to over 2,000 theaters in the United States, and was the number one film that weekend, grossing $20.2 million. Overall, the film grossed $150.4 million in the US and Canada, and $150 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $300.4 million.<ref name="mojo">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200215070326/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3697968641/ Box Office Information for Rambo: First Blood Part II] [[Box Office Mojo]] via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved February 8, 2023.</ref> The film broke various international box office records.<ref>{{cite book|title=Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnftZTghGU0C&q=rambo+international+box+office&pg=PA7|isbn = 9781134873005|author-link1=Yvonne Tasker|last1 = Tasker|first1 = Yvonne|date = October 2, 2012| publisher=Routledge }}</ref> It set an opening weekend record in the United Kingdom with a gross of £1.1 million from 322 screens, surpassing the record set by ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=September 3, 1988|page=24|title=No shellshock as Rambo III bursts in at the top}}</ref> In France, the film had a record opening day with 269,564 admissions and a record week with 2,075,238 admissions.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 1, 1993|page=14|last=Groves|first=Don|title=French B.O. warms up to 'Jurassic'}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|page=30|title='Jurassic' passes $450 mil o'seas|last=Groves|first=Don|date=October 28, 1993}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of {{Rotten Tomatoes data|score}} based on {{Rotten Tomatoes data|count}} reviews. The site's consensus is "''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' offers enough mayhem to satisfy genre fans, but remains a regressive sequel that turns its once-compelling protagonist into just another muscled action berserker."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rambo_first_blood_part_ii |title=Rambo: First Blood Part II |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=August 24, 2022 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=Rambo: First Blood Part II |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rambo-first-blood-part-ii |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 1, 2020 }}</ref>

[[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "almost as opportunistic as the [[Member of Congress|Congressman]] it pretends to abhor. In spite of everything it says, it's much less interested in the M.I.A. question than it is in finding a topical frame for the kind of action-adventure film in which Mr. Stallone — his torso and his vacant stare — can do what his fans like best. That is, fight, outwit and kill, usually all by himself, dozens of far-better armed but lesser mortals."<ref>Canby, Vincent (May 26, 1985). [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/26/movies/film-view-rambo-delivers-a-revenge-fantasy.html "'Rambo' Delivers A Revenge Fantasy".] ''[[The New York Times]]''. H11.</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "The charade on the screen, which is not pulled off, is to accept that the underdog Rambo character, albeit with the machine-gun wielding help of an attractive Vietnamese girl, can waste hordes of [[Viet Cong]] and [[Soviet Army|Red Army]] contingents en route to hauling POWs to a Thai air base in a smoking Russian chopper with only a facial scar (from a branding iron-knifepoint) marring his tough figure. You never even see him eating in this fantasy, as if his body feeds on itself."<ref>"Film Reviews: Rambo: First Blood Part II". ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. May 22, 1985. 14.</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film three stars out of four and called it "very good at what it does, but what it does isn't always that good", referring to the depiction of the enemy as going "back to the image of the [[Yellow Peril]], to the notion that white is right and other colors are wrong."<ref>Siskel, Gene (May 22, 1985). "'Rambo': Cinematic soldiering whitewashes Vietnam". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 5, p. 1, 3.</ref> Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "If a character can seemingly do anything, it's hard to feel tension or concern about his fate. (At least [[Superman]] had [[kryptonite]].) We are left with nothing but detached aesthetic appreciation: watching Rambo race through several million dollars worth of explosions and aerial attacks, coruscant fireballs billowing everywhere and bodies flying hither and yon. Except for anyone irretrievably into violent power fantasies, this will probably soon pall."<ref>Wilmington, Michael (May 22, 1985). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-22-ca-16965-story.html "Why a 'Rambo II'? For Muddiest of Reasons".] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Part VI, p. 1, 6.</ref> [[Pauline Kael]] commented in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', "The director, George P. Costmatos, gives this near-psychotic material—a mixture of [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] iconography and ''[[Soldier of Fortune (magazine)|Soldier of Fortune]]'' pulp—a veneer of professionalism, but the looniness is always there."<ref>Kael, Pauline (June 17, 1985). "The Current Cinema". ''[[The New Yorker]]''. 117.</ref> [[Paul Attanasio]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote, "At best, ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' is a crudely effective right-wing rabble-rouser, the artistic equivalent of carpet bombing—you don't know whether to cheer or run for cover. At worst, it's a tribute to Sylvester Stallone, by Sylvester Stallone, starring Sylvester Stallone."<ref>Attansasio, Paul (May 22, 1985). "'Rambo': New Blood, Old Moves". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. F1.</ref>

The film is listed in [[Golden Raspberry Award]] founder [[John J. B. Wilson|John Wilson]]'s book ''[[The Official Razzie Movie Guide]]'' as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John|title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst |year=2005|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=0-446-69334-0}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
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|[[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]
|[[Frederick Brown (sound editor)|Frederick Brown]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=8|[[Golden Raspberry Award|Razzie Award]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
|Buzz Feitshans
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sylvester Stallone]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[James Cameron]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
|[[Frank Stallone]] <small>("Peace in Our Life")</small>
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
|rowspan=2|[[Julia Nickson-Soul|Julia Nickson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]
|[[George Cosmatos]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

The film is referenced in the 1985 ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' episode "[[On Golden Girls]]". Female characters seem to be aroused by John Rambo's muscular physique, and [[Sophia Petrillo]] says: "I sat through it twice. You'll love it! He sweats like a pig and he doesn't put his shirt on!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quotes.net/mquote/899929|title=The Golden Girls quotes|publisher=Quotes.net|access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohshutuprose.com/2017/02/on-golden-girls-s1e6.html|title=On Golden Girls S1E6|publisher=Oh Shut Up Rose!|access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>