Editing Rambo: First Blood Part II (section)

== Other media ==
=== Sequel ===
{{Main|Rambo III}}
A sequel titled ''Rambo III,'' was released in 1988.

=== Novelization ===
[[David Morrell]], author of ''[[First Blood (novel)|First Blood]]'', the novel the first ''Rambo'' film is based on, wrote a [[novelization]], also titled ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''.

=== Video games ===
A tie-in video game called ''[[Rambo (1985 video game)|Rambo]]'' was produced for [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] and [[Commodore 64]]. There was also ''[[Rambo (1987 video game)|Rambo]]'' for [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], as well as ''[[Rambo: First Blood Part II (Master System video game)|Rambo: First Blood Part II]]'' for [[Master System]]. [[MSX]] and [[DOS]] games were based on the film. [[Sega]] adapted some of the battle scenes in the film for the 2008 [[arcade game]] ''[[Rambo (2008 video game)|Rambo]]''. In 2014 ''[[Rambo: The Video Game]]'', based on the first three ''Rambo'' films, was released.

The 1986 arcade [[run and gun video game]] ''[[Ikari Warriors]]'' was intended by its developer [[SNK]] to be an official licensed adaptation of ''Rambo''. However, they were initially unable to acquire the rights to the film. This resulted in the game's title being changed to ''Ikari'', referencing part of the film's Japanese title, ''Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu'' ("Rambo: The Furious Escape"). After the game made its North American debut at an arcade game expo, they managed to get in touch with Sylvester Stallone about acquiring the rights to the film. However, it was too late by that point, as the game had already become popularly known by its Japanese ''Ikari'' title among arcade players in Japan and North America, which led to the game's official release as ''Ikari Warriors'' in North America. Stallone was friends with SNK's president at the time, and owned an ''Ikari Warriors'' [[arcade cabinet]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=「怒」を作った男 |trans-title=The Man Who Made "Ikari" |journal=[[:ja:CONTINUE (雑誌)|Continue]] |date=March 2001 |url=http://shmuplations.com/snkgoldenage/}}</ref>

=== In popular culture ===
* ''[[Strike Commando]]'', an Italian film described as an imitation of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''<ref>{{cite book|title=Variety's Film Reviews 1987–1988|volume=20|publisher=[[R. R. Bowker]]|isbn=0-8352-2667-0|year=1991|at=There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "November 25, 1987"|author=Lor.}}
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* ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]'', an American parody film of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III'' with the colonel role reprised by [[Richard Crenna]]<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hot-shots-part-deux-1993 |last= Ebert |first= Roger |date= May 21, 1993 |title= Hot Shots, Part Deux |work=[[Rogerebert.com]]|access-date= January 13, 2014}}</ref>
* ''[[Second Blood]]'', a Kuwaiti action film inspired by ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''<ref>[http://kulturistika.ronnie.cz/c-23651-kuvajtsky-profesional-abdulhadi-al-khayat-fotografovani-v-posilovne.html "Kuvajtský profesionál Abdulhadi Al-Khayat: fotografování v posilovně"]</ref><ref>[http://moviesroom.pl/z-ostatniej-chwili/filmy/2229-kuwejcki-film-inspirowany-seria-rambo-zyskuje-date-premiery "Kuwejcki film inspirowany serią 'Rambo' zyskuje datę premiery"]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://primemovies.pl/2022/07/28/aktorzy-ktorzy-mieli-zagrac-rambo/|title=Ten actors that almost portrayed John Rambo on screen|work=Prime Movies|date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022}}</ref>
* In ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'', a 1989 comedy-parody film, low-budget television station manager George Newman has a fantasy in which he envisions himself as a Rambo-type soldier on mission to rescue Stanley Spadowski from a rival station owner's goons. The fantasy sequence is a parody of action sequences in ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''. Stallone had initially agreed to make a cameo appearance in the sequence, but ultimately declined to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/uhf-movie-sylvester-stallone-rambo-cameo-rejection/|publisher=[[Screen Rant]]|author=Cotter, Padraig|title=Why Stallone Backed Out Of A Cameo In UHF's Rambo Parody Sequence|language=en-US|url-status=live |date=February 19, 2022|accessdate=March 26, 2022|archivedate=February 19, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219194622/https://screenrant.com/uhf-movie-sylvester-stallone-rambo-cameo-rejection/}}</ref>