Rambo First Blood Part II is now 25 years old and the first sequel to 1982′s First Blood. The film opened in the US in May 1985 and was the number one movie that weekend taking $20,176,217 at the box office.  Rambo First Blood Part II is the most successful of the Rambo series taking $300,400,432 worldwide at the box office.   The film begins showing Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) working in a prison labor camp when he gets a visit from his former commander, Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna). Trautman offers Rambo the chance to be released from prison after the events of the first film and given full clemency, but on condition of him going into Vietnam  to search for American POWs.  Once released Rambo meets Marshal Murdock (Charles Napier) an American bureaucrat who is in charge of the operation who tells Rambo that the American public is demanding knowledge about the POWs.  Rambo is briefed on the mission and given orders that he is only to photograph the POWs and not to rescue them, nor is he to engage any enemy soldiers.   Rambo reluctantly agrees and he is then told that an agent of the American government will be there to receive him in the jungles of Vietnam.  Rambo parachutes into the Northern Vietnam but loses most of his equipment in the process and is left only with his knives, his bow and arrows. He meets the agent a native girl named Co Bao (Julia Nickson) who wants to go to America.  She takes Rambo to the camp and in contradiction to his briefing Rambo finds American prisoners there and rescues one of them.  He, Co and the American POW escape in a boat but are attacked by a gunboat,  Rambo sends Co and the POW to safety and manages to destroy the gunboat with an RPG.  Rambo and the American POW make it to the extraction point, only to be left behind on orders from Murdock who fears what will happen to him and his party if the American public come to know about it.  Rambo and the American POW are recaptured. Rambo’s is bound to a oxen yoke and is lowered into a cesspool.  Later Rambo learns that the Soviet Army is aiding the Vietnamese and training them, later that night Rambo is tortured by a Soviet officer Lt Col Podovsky (Steven Berkoff) and his robust henchman Sergeant Yushin. Rambo is ordered by the Col to contact his American superiors and tell them that they should not send any more commandos for rescue operations in Vietnam. Meanwhile Co enters the camp in the guise of a prostitute and comes to the hut in which Rambo is held captive.  Rambo agrees to Podovsky’s condition, but instead threatens Murdock on the radio that he is coming to get him.   Rambo then escapes from captivity with the help of Co and they both flee into the jungle.  After running most of the night they find a quiet spot near some waterfalls where Co tends to Rambo’s wounds and implores him to take her to the United States with him.  Rambo agrees, however they are then attacked by some Vietnamese soldiers and Co is killed.   Rambo kills them all, except for their commander who escapes.  Rambo buries Co´s body in the jungle and prepares to fight back against the Russian and Vietnamese soldiers.  Following Rambos escape the Soviet and Vietnamese soldiers are sent to look for him. Rambo assembles his weapons and using his guerrilla warfare tactics, is able to kill a large number of enemy troops.   He proceeds to a small enemy camp and destroys it and several vehicles with explosive arrows.  Rambo hijacks a helicopter from the Russians  after killing Sergeant Yushin and proceeds back towards the POW camp.   Rambo destroys most of the camp with the helicopter and then lands and arms himself with the M60 machine gun that is mounted on the side of the helicopter, kills the remaining soldiers in the camp and rescues all the POWs.  Once there all in the helicopter Rambo heads towards the American camp in Thailand.  Lt Col Podovsky chases them in his Military Mi-24 helicopter gunship.  Although Rambo’s helicopter is heavily damaged by Podovsky’s gun fire,  he manages to land his helicopter on a river.  Faking his own death Rambo lies in wait for Podovsky to get closer, once Podovsky is close enough Rambo strikes and fires a LAW missile at Podovsky’s helicopter obliterating it.  Rambo makes it back to the American base with the POWs, he once again takes the M60 machine gun that is mounted on the side of the helicopter and destroys Murdock’s command center.  He threatens Murdock with a knife, challenging him to find and rescue the remaining American POWs in Vietnam.    Trautman then comforts Rambo, an angry Rambo responds that he only wants his country to love its soldiers as much as its soldiers love it. As Rambo leaves, Trautman asks him “How will you live John?” To which Rambo replies “Day by day.” The film credits roll as Rambo walks off into the distance while his mentor watches him.

Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone is an American actor,filmmaker,screenwriter and film director.  His films include The Party at Kitty and Stud’s (1970), No Place to Hide (1970), The Lord’s of Flatbush (1974), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), Capone (1975), Death Race 2000 81975), Mandingo (1975), Farewell, My Lovely (1975), Cannonball (1976), Rocky (1976), F.I.S.T (1978), Paradise alley (1978), Rocky II (1979), Nighthawks (1981), Escape to Victory (1981), Rocky III (1982), Rambo First Blood (1982), Staying Alive (1983), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rocky IV (1985), Cobra (1986), Over the Top (1987), Rambo III (1988), Lock Up (1989), Tango & Cash (1989), Rocky V (1990), Oscar (1991), Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), The Specialist (1994), Judge Dredd (1995), Assassins (1995), Daylight (1996), The Good Life (1997), Cop Land (1997), Get Carter (2000), Driven (2001), D-Tox (2002), Shade (2003), Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over” (2003), Rocky Balboa (2006), Rambo (2008) and The Expendables (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Police Story, Kojak, Liberty’s Kids: Est 1776 and Las Vegas. His films as a director include Paradise Alley (1978), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Staying Alive (1983), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky Balboa (2006), Rambo (2008) and The Expendables (2010).

Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna was an American actor his films include The Pride of St. Louis (1952), It Grows on Trees (1952), Our Miss Brooks (1956), Over Exposed (1956), John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965), Made in Paris (1966), The Sand Pebbles (1966), Wait Until Dark (1967), Star (1968), Midas Run (1969), Marooned (1969), Doctors’ Wives (1971), The Deserter (1971), Red Sky at Morning (1971), Catlow (1971), Un flic (1972), The Man Called Noon (1973), Breakheart Pass (1975), The Evil (1978), Wild Horse Hank (1979), Stone Cold Dead (1979), Joshua’s World (1980), Death Ship (1980), Body Heat (1981), First Blood (1982), Table for Five (1983), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Summer Rental (1985), Rambo III (1988), Leviathan (1989), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Jade (1995), Sabrina (1995) and Wrongfully Accused (1999).  He has appeared in TV series such as I Love Lucy, Cheyenne, It Takes Two, JAG and Chicago Hope.  Richard Crenna died of heart failure at the age of seventy six in 2003.

Charles Napier
Charles Napier is an American actor his films include The House Near the Prado (1969), The Hanging of Jake Ellis (1969), Cherry, Harry & Raquel (1970), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), The Seven Minutes (1971), Love and Kisses (1971), Moonfire (1973), Supervixens (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977), Handle with Care (1977), Last Embrace (1979),The Blues Brothers (1980), Melvin and Howard (1980), Wacko (1982), China Lake (1983), In Search of a Golden Sky (1984), Swing Shift (1984), Rambo First Blood Part II (1985), Kidnapped (1986), Instant Justice (1986), Something Wild (1986), The Night Stalker (1987), Body Count (1987), Deep Space (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Hit List (1989), One Man Force (1989), After the Condor (1990), Dragonfight (1990), Cop Target (1990), Ernest Goes to Jail (1990), Miami Blues (1990), Future Zone (1990), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), The Grifters (1990), Killer Instinct (1991), Under Surveillance (1991), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Indio 2 (1991), Soldier’s Fortune (1991), Lonely Hearts (1991), Frogtown II (1992), Center of the Web (1992), Mean Tricks (1992), Eyes of the Beholder (1992), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), Skeeter (1993), Philadelphia (1993), Silent Fury (1994), Body Shot (1994), To Die, to Sleep (1994), Silk Degrees (1994), Raw Justice (1994), Savage Land (1994), Felony (1994), Fatal Choice (1995), Ripper Man (1995), 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up  (1995), Jury Duty (1995), Ballistic (1995), Billy Lone Bear (1996), Alien Species (1996), Expert Witness (1996), Original Gangstas (1996), The Cable Guy (1996), No Small Ways (1997), Macon County Jail (1997), Riot (1997), Austin Powers International Man of Mystery (1997), Steel (1997), Centurion Force (1998), The Thief & the Stripper (1998), Armstrong (1998), Second Chances (1998), Fatal Pursuit (1998), The Hunter’s Moon  (1999), Los gringos (1999), Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), The Big Tease (1999), Pirates of the Plain (1999), Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999), Never Look Back (2000), Cypress Edge (2000), Very Mean Men (2000), Nutty Professor II The Klumps (2000), Forgive Me Father (2001), Down ‘n Dirty (2001), Dinocroc (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Suits on the Loose (2005), The Kid & I (2005), Annapolis (2006), Your Name Here (2008), One Eyed Monster (2008) and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009).   He has appeared in TV series such as Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, The Incredible Hulk, Knight Rider, CHiPs, Dallas, The A Team, LA Law, Renegade, Murder She Wrote, Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Walker Texas Ranger, CSI Crime Scene Investigation, Monk and Cold Case.

Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff is an English actor his films include I Was Monty’s Double (1958), The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958), The Captain’s Table (1959), The Devil’s Disciple (1959), Mania (1960), Prehistoric Women (1967), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Passenger (1975), Barry Lyndon (1975), Joseph Andrews (1977), McVicar (1980), Outland (1981), James Bond Octopussy (1983), Beverly Hills Cop  (1984), Rambo First Blood Part II (1985), Transmutations (1985), Revolution (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Under the Cherry Moon (1986), Prisoner of Rio (1988), Streets of Yesterday (1989), The Krays (1990), Decadence (1994), Fair Game (1995), Flynn (1997), Another Nine & a Half Weeks (1997), Legionnaire (1998), Rancid Aluminum (2000), Beginner’s Luck (2001), Bokshu the Myth (2002), Riders (2002), 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002),  Headrush (2003), Charlie (2004), Head in the Clouds (2004), Shadow of the Sword (2005), The Flying Scotsman (2006), The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006), The 10th Man (2006), Say It in Russian (2007), The Dot Man (2008), The Cottage (2008), At World’s End (2009), 44 Inch Chest (2009), The Rapture (2010), Perfect Life (2010), The Big I Am (2010),  Just for the Record (2010), Dead Cert (2010), The Tourist (2010) and Naked in London (2011). He has appeared in TV series such as The Avengers, The Saint, UFO, The Professionals, War and Remembrance, Space Precinct, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Jonathan Creek, Hotel Babylon and New Tricks.

Julia Nickson Soul
Julia Nickson Soul is an American actress her films include Rambo First Blood Part II (1985), Reincarnation (1987), Chiari di luna (1988), Glitch (1988), China Cry A True Story (1990), K2 (1991), Gengis Khan (1992), Sidekicks (1992), Whores from the North (1993), Double Dragon (1994), White Tiger (1996), Life Tastes Good (1999), Skin Trade (2004), Ethan Mao (2004), Half-Life (2008), Dim Sum Funeral (2008), One Kine Day (2010) and Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (2010).  She has appeared in TV series such as Magnum, PI, Airwolf, Star Trek The Next Generation, Kung Fu The Legend Continues, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Chicago Hope, SeaQuest 2032, Walker Texas Ranger, JAG and Nash Bridges.

Martin Kove
Martin Kove is an American actor his films include Women in Revolt (1971), Savages (1972),  The Last House on the Left (1972), Cops and Robbers (1973), Road Movie (1974), The Groove Tube (1974), The Wild Party (1975), Capone (1975), Death Race 2000 (1975), White Line Fever (19759, The Four Deuces (1976), Mr Billion (1977), Seven  (1979), Laboratory (1980), Bloodtide (1982), The Karate Kid (1984), Rambo First Blood Part II (1985), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Steele Justice (1987), President’s Target (1989), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), White Light (1991), Shootfighter Fight to the Death (1992), The Outfit (1993), Future Shock (1994), Wyatt Earp (1994), Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994), Endangered (1994), Savage Land (1994), Death Match (1994), Baby Face Nelson (1995), Without Mercy (1995), Final Equinox (1995), Timelock (1996), Judge and Jury (1996), The Marksmen (1997), Grizzly Mountain (1997), The Waterfront (1998), Joseph’s Gift (1998), The Thief & the Stripper (1998), Hyacinth (1998), Nowhere Land (1998), Top of the World (1998), Bad Guys (2000), Savage Season (2001), Final Payback (2001), Extreme Honor (2001), Shattered Lies (2002), Crocodile 2 Death Swamp (2002), Amerikka aseiden armolla (2002), Trance (2002), Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002), Devil’s Knight (2003), Rice Girl (2003), Illusion Infinity  (2004), Big Chuck, Little Chuck (2004), Glass Trap (2005), Seven Mummies (2006), Soft Target (2006), Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006), Fallen Angels (2006), Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007), Messages (2007), Beyond the Ring (2008), Chinaman’s Chance (2008), Savage (2009), Immortally Yours (2009), Middle Men (2009), Dante’s Inferno: Abandon All Hope (2009), Ballistica (2009), The Ascent (2010), Dark Games (2010), Carmen’s Kiss (2010), The Grove (2010), Bare Knuckles (2010) and Action Hero (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Gunsmoke, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Charlie’s Angels, The Incredible Hulk, Starsky and Hutch, Quincy M.E, CHiPs, Murder She Wrote, Cagney & Lacey, Renegade, Walker Texas Ranger, V.I.P and Diagnosis Murder.

George Cheung

George Cheung is a Chinese actor his films include The Killer Elite (1975), The Astral Factor (1976), The Enforcer (1976), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), The Amsterdam Kill (1977), The Exterminator (1980), The Beach Girls (1982), Going Berserk (1983), Rambo First Blood Part II (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Opposing Force (1986), Weekend at Bernie’s (1989), Another 48 Hrs (1990), RoboCop 2 (1990), Guns (1990), The Hard Way (1991), Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991), One Good Cop (1991), Ricochet (1991), Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1992), Wishman (1992), The Master (1992), Final Judgement (1992), Storyville (1992), Sneakers (1992), Under Siege (1992), New York Cop (1993), Joshua Tree (1993), North (1994), Deadly Target (1994), Fist of the North Star (1995), Galaxis (1995), Da mao xian jia (1995), Carjack (1996), Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996), White Tiger (1996), High Voltage (1997), Lone Greasers (1998), The Yakuza Way (1998), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Rush Hour (1998), Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), No Tomorrow (1999), Ultimate Target (2000), The Ghost (2001), The Silent Force (2001), We Were Soldiers (2002), Wicked Game (2002), Starsky & Hutch (2004), American Fusion (2005), Beimo (2006), Mission Impossible III (2006), The Pursuit of Happiness (2006), Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007), The Racewalker (2007), The Perfect Host (2010) and Invincible Scripture (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Police Story, The Bionic Woman, The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H, Cagney & Lacey, Quincy M.E, Hart to Hart, T.J Hooker, Magnum, PI, Airwolf, Knight Rider, The A Team, Alien Nation, MacGyver, Walker Texas Ranger, The Magnificent Seven, NYPD Blue, Alias, ER, The West Wing, Commander in Chief, Lost and Without a Trace.
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