Where to watch Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II is available to stream in US on DirecTV On Demand, AMC+, Philo, BBC America, MGM+ and Pluto TV. It can also be rented or bought from Amazon and AppleTV.
A former elite soldier is released from prison in exchange for a covert mission in Vietnam. Sent into the jungle to gather evidence of American prisoners of war, he soon faces dangerous opposition with limited support and must rely on his survival skills.
Cast: Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove, George Cheung, Andy Wood, William Ghent, Vojislav Govedarica, Dana Lee, Baoan Coleman
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Trivia & production notes
- James Cameron wrote the first draft of the screenplay while simultaneously working on The Terminator and Aliens, both of which he would later direct.
- Kevin Jarre pitched the core concept of searching for POWs in Vietnam while living on dog food and needing to finish a spec script he was working on.
- Stallone rewrote Cameron's first draft to add political themes and simplify the story, which Cameron's version had stretched across 30-40 pages before any action began.
- Sylvester Stallone vetoed the producers' choice of John Travolta to play Rambo's sidekick in the POW rescue mission.
- Lee Marvin declined the role of Marshall Roger Murdock, which then went to Charles Napier.
- A teaser trailer for the film was released in 3,000 theaters in summer 1984, over a year before the scheduled release date, before most footage was even completed.
- Jerry Goldsmith composed the score with the British National Philharmonic Orchestra and incorporated heavy use of electronic synthesized elements.
- Stallone's brother Frank Stallone sang the main song, 'Peace in Our Life.'
- Special effects man Clifford P. Wenger Jr. was killed during filming when he lost his footing and fell during one of the film's waterfall explosion sequences.
- The film was shot between June and August 1984 in locations in Guerrero, Mexico, and Thailand.
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