History YMMV / Rambo

** Then there is the light gun game, proudly provided by SEGA. This one has movie footage (though following just ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', and ''Rambo III''), assault rifles for light guns (or Mac 10 modeled SMGS, depending on the cabinet), MoreDakka than even ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'', and when you use the LimitBreak, you '''scream''' along with Rambo and gain the brief ability to take no damage, AND use BottomlessMagazines. Definitely RatedMForManly. The only legitimate complaint about this game is, unlike ''VideoGame/GHOSTSquad'' and ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead 4'', there is no console version of this game.

* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/RamboJohnRambo John James Rambo]] himself is an unstoppable, ever-adapting OneManArmy who has become an iconic, ruthless symbol of action cinema. Traumatized and trained to be a killer by his time in the Vietnam War, Rambo's [[Film/FirstBlood first outing]] sees him mistreated and abused by a small-town police force, driving him into a PTSD-sparked war against them. Rambo utterly dismantles the town's infrastructure and outsmarts the National Guard, only beaten when he willingly stands down. Building off of this impressive introduction, Rambo goes on to [[Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII save multiple [=POWs=]]] from a Vietnamese war camp; [[Film/RamboIII lead a rebellion]] in Afghanistan against horrid Soviet invaders; and [[Film/{{Rambo}} rescue a group of missionaries]] from war criminals in Burma, all with his trademark quick-thinking guerilla tactics. After decades of settling down and taking the young Gabriela Beltran as his surrogate daughter, Rambo [[Film/RamboLastBlood tears a warpath to find her]] when she is kidnapped and killed by HumanTraffickers, whom Rambo proceeds to viciously wipe out by luring them to his booby-trapped, war-ready ranch. Rambo is capable of withstanding brutal torture, pragmatically weaponizes anything he can get his hands on, and always comes out on top in his missions to destroy monsters that hurt others.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RamboIV Major Pa Tee Tint]], [[YMMV/RamboLastBlood the Martinez brothers]]; and [[YMMV/RamboTheForceOfFreedom General Warhawk]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RamboIII Colonel Alexei Zaysen]], [[YMMV/RamboIV Major Pa Tee Tint]], [[YMMV/RamboLastBlood the Martinez brothers]]; and [[YMMV/RamboTheForceOfFreedom General Warhawk]]. See those pages for details.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Rambo'' is FirstInstallmentWins, all follow-ups [[ContestedSequel split opinions]]; the most positively received is ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', a critically reviled but very popular ActionizedSequel that generated a bevy of imitators and is the reason why Rambo is [[SequelDisplacement mostly associated with slaughters]] when in ''Film/FirstBlood'' he causes quite the property damage but [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness only kills one person, mostly by accident]]. The other movies strayed even further from the compelling anti-war story of a disrespected ShellShockedVeteran that started the series, with ''Film/RamboIII'' being fairly boring in spite of the warfare, ''Film/RamboIV'' going BloodierAndGorier, and ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' having a [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial approach]] with Mexican HumanTraffickers as its villains.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Interestingly, the Rambo movies are ''very'' popular in Asia, in particular Japan, Thailand, and the Southeast Asia region. In fact the film is so popular in the last area it actually became a fountain of memes in the region extending to real life politics (see Rambo IV entry for more details).

** The 2014 game simply titled ''Rambo: The Video Game'' was heavily criticized for its dated rail shooter gameplay and graphics (this is '''NOT''' to be confused with the ''Rambo arcade game by'' '''SEGA'''), while making a mess out of the first movie's plot (such as a scene where Rambo drives a truck into a gas station, causing it to explode, and him gunning down cops with a machine gun which never happened in ''First Blood''). It's also incredibly [[GameBreakingBug buggy]], such as with the autosave indicators never leaving the screen until you restart the game, and filled with FakeDifficulty where if enemies stay alive for too long, they will [[AlwaysAccurateAttack consistently hit you no matter what.]]

** ... But unfortunately, most of the Rambo tie-in games aren't very good, most infamously the UsefulNotes/{{NES}} game adaptation. It borrows a lot from ''Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link''. It wouldn't be a bad idea if it was properly executed. It was not. It did have some good things going for it like staying as faithful to the source material as possible (despite some deviations added to the plot), and having a pretty catchy soundtrack.

** The 2014 game simply titled ''Rambo: The Video Game'' was heavily criticized for its dated rail shooter gameplay and graphics (this is '''NOT''' to be confused with the ''Rambo arcade game by'' '''SEGA'''), while making a mess out of the first movie's plot (such as a scene where Rambo drives a truck into a gas station, causing it to explode, and him gunning down cops with a machine gun which never happened in ''First Blood''). It's also incredibly [[GameBreakingBug buggy]], such as with the autosave indicators never leaving the screen until you restart the game, or filled with FakeDifficulty where if enemies stay alive for too long, they will [[AlwaysAccurateAttack consistently hit you no matter what.]]

** The 2014 game simply titled ''Rambo: The Video Game'' was heavily criticized for its dated rail shooter gameplay and graphics (this is '''NOT''' to be confused with the ''Rambo arcade game by'' '''SEGA'''), while making a mess out of the first movie's plot (such as a scene where Rambo drives a truck into a gas station, causing it to explode, and him gunning down cops with a machine gun which never happened in ''First Blood'').

* CriticalDissonance: All of the sequels were disliked by critics in Website/RottenTomatoes, but beloved by the audience.
* FirstInstallmentWins: ''First Blood'' is widely considered the best in the series by critics. Though the sequels have its fair share of fans as well, as explained in CriticalDissonance above and SequelDisplacement below.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RamboIII Colonel Alexei Zaysen]], [[YMMV/RamboIV Major Pa Tee Tint]], and [[YMMV/RamboTheForceOfFreedom General Warhawk]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RamboIII Colonel Alexei Zaysen]], [[YMMV/RamboIV Major Pa Tee Tint]], [[YMMV/RamboLastBlood Hugo and Victor Martinez]], and [[YMMV/RamboTheForceOfFreedom General Warhawk]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/RamboIII Colonel Alexei Zaysen]], [[YMMV/RamboIV Major Pa Tee Tint]], and [[YMMV/RamboTheForceOfFreedom General Warhawk]]. See those pages for details.

** The first three movies' ending themes count: The tearjerking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rMUsVq4o_E It's A Long Road]] from ''First Blood'', performed by Dan Hill, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JBBVS34WFY Peace In Our Life]] from ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', performed by Sly's brother, Frank Stallone, and Bill Medley's cover of Music/TheHollies' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqMdIZiuERc He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]] from ''Rambo III''.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''First Blood'' is widely considered the best in the series by critics. Though the sequels have its fair share of fans as well, as explained in SequelDisplacement below.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''First Blood'' is widely considered the best in the series by both fans and critics.