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Rambo (2008)

★ 6.7 · 4,248 ratings on TMDB

Live for nothing, or die for something.

Rambo poster★ 6.7

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.

DirectorSylvester Stallone
CastCameron Pearson, Graham McTavish, Jake La Botz, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Maung Maung Khin
GenresAction, Thriller, War
The emergence reading

Rambo keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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