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with aging action favorite Sylvester Stallone, who played the Italian Stallion for the sixth time in "Rocky Balboa," back as John Rambo in an over-the-top action picture capped by a blood-soaked machine-gun sequence that leaves evil Burma soldiers looking like they've been through a m...

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Published inBucks County courier times (Levittown, Pa.)
Main Author Gaul, Lou
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Levittown, Pa Buck County Courier Times 02.01.2009
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Downey, Robert Jr
Gaul, Lou
Nixon, Richard M
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Summary:with aging action favorite Sylvester Stallone, who played the Italian Stallion for the sixth time in "Rocky Balboa," back as John Rambo in an over-the-top action picture capped by a blood-soaked machine-gun sequence that leaves evil Burma soldiers looking like they've been through a meat grinder. The picture could have been titled "Apocalypse Pow." Stallone directed. (R; available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc) with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in a $130 million frontier epic partially inspired by "Gone With the Wind." The two-hour-plus result often seems more like a tribute to "Crocodile Dundee." Down Under filmmaker Baz Luhrmann directed. (PG-13; playing in theaters) with Rhona Mitra ripping up the screen in this end-of-the-world exploitation picture that liberally borrows elements from John Carpenter's "Escape From New York" and George Miller's "The Road Warrior." It's in a league with those two fan-favorite titles. British filmmaker Neil Marshall directed. (R and Unrated; available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc)