Critical Defense of "Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Jungle"

I thought that the review of “Rambo” by A.O. Scott, which appeared in Friday's arts section, was very well-done. It was overall, a negative review of the dialogue and Sylvester Stallone, “His face looks like a misshapen chunk of granite, and his acting is only slightly more expressive”. The description of Julie Benz’ role in the movie also warned potential viewers of the sexism in the film. The reviewer obviously had seen the other Rambo films and gave the article some context by briefly describing them before he delved into a description of the newest one. I thought that his placement of his opinions on the movie after the plot summary was a very good choice. I might not have continued to read about the plot after seeing how bad he thought the movie was. The description of the movie was very witty and gave me a perfect image of what the movie was like. Scott did comment near the end that he didn’t think the Rambo films were as bad as everyone made them out to be, staying open-minded, but he made it clear that the only thing that would draw someone to this movie is the violence.