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★★★½☆ Rambo (2008)

Plot: Rambo (Stallone) is recruited by a group of Christian missionaries to ferry them down the river during a humanitarian aid delivery to the persecuted Karen people of Burma. After some of the missionaries are taken prisoner by sadistic Burmese soldiers, Rambo goes back into battle to help a team of mercenaries try to rescue the surviving relief workers.

 
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★½☆☆☆ Rambo III (1988)

Plot: A war-weary John Rambo (Stallone) has found peace, so when his old friend and mentor Col. Trautman (Crenna) asks for help on a top-secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines. But, when Trautman is captured, Rambo brings his one-man army to the war-torn country.

 
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★★½☆☆ Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Plot: On a top-secret mission to Vietnam, John Rambo (Stallone) is only supposed to take pictures of a suspected POW camp. But, when he is double-crossed and left behind, Rambo must rely on all of his training and skills to make it out alive.

 
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★★★½☆ First Blood (1982)

Plot: Haunted by his memories of Vietnam, ex-Green Beret John Rambo (Stallone) is struggling to fit into life back home. When he is unjustly imprisoned by a small-town sheriff (Dennehy), he escapes into the nearby woods, setting off a massive manhunt. Now Rambo must rely on all of his skills if he’s going to make it out alive. Based on the novel by David Morrell.

 

★★½☆☆ Rocky Balboa (2006)

Plot: After a computer simulated boxing match shows Rocky (Stallone) beating the current heavyweight champ, Mason “The Line” Dixon (Tarver), Rocky feels the urge to step back into the ring. But, when his planned small town fights are trumped by a challenge from Dixon, Rocky has to decide if his need to be in the ring is outweighed by the mental and physical risks of competing in this high profile match.

 
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★★½☆☆ Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)

Plot: Juni (Sabara) has retired from the OSS. He’s doing small jobs now for local kids to save up money to buy the latest game craze: Game Over, created by the mysterious Toymaker (Stallone). He’s forced back into the OSS when he finds out his sister Carmen (Vega) has become trapped in the game. Now Juni, with a little help from Grandpa (Montalban), must venture into the game, save his sister and stop the Toymaker.

 
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★★★½☆ Rocky III (1982)

Plot: After defeating Apollo Creed (Weathers) to become boxing’s Heavweight Champion of the World, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) goes on a winning streak, and becomes a celebrity. That glamorous life is brought to an abrupt halt by Clubber Lang (Mr. T), who defeats Rocky with ease. Now Rocky must strive, with Apollo Creed’s help, to get back his will to win, and defeat Clubber in the rematch.

 
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★★☆☆☆ Get Carter (2000)

Plot: Jack Carter (Stallone) is a man you don’t want to know. If you know him, it usually means you haven’t paid the mob. When his brother is killed, Jack pays a visit. Now, he’s got the mob after him for skipping town (and sleeping with the boss’ wife), and a whole conspiracy of people around him, including old pal Cyrus (Rourke) and computer geek Kinnear (Cumming). Everybody’s out to Get Carter…but everybody should look out, because Carter is out for revenge. Based on the novel Jack’s Return Home by Ted Lewis.

 
  
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