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* WorkingTitle: ''First Blood II''.
** Issue #41 of Fangoria magazine (January,1985) indicated that the first draft of the script was simply titled ''Second Blood''.

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* WorkingTitle: ''First Blood II''.
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II''. Issue #41 of Fangoria magazine (January,1985) indicated that the first draft of the script was simply titled ''Second Blood''.
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* RealLifeRelative: Creator/SylvesterStallone's brother Frank performed the theme song.

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* RealLifeRelative: Creator/SylvesterStallone's brother Frank [[Creator/FrankStallone Frank]] performed the theme song.
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* NamesTheSame: Marshall Murdock. The film was made at the same time a [[Series/TheATeam famous tv-show also about veterans of the Vietnam war]] was running that also had a character named Murdock; the writers probably named Marshall Murdock after him. In addition, Charles Napier, who played the Marshall in Rambo, even appeared on ''Series/TheATeam'' twice.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Rambo II - Der Auftrag'' ("Rambo II - The Assignment"). Similarly, in Brazil it's ''Rambo II: A Missão'' ("Rambo II: The Mission"), with the subtitle becoming the country's equivalent of [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]. In Japan, it's ''Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu'' (ランボー/怒りの脱出), or ''Rambo: The Angry Escape'', and its explosive popularity led to the word "ikari" (怒り) being associated with this film for a time (which is why one game invoking this series simply called itself ''[[VideoGame/IkariWarriors Ikari]]'').

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Rambo II - Der Auftrag'' ("Rambo II - The Assignment"). Similarly, in Brazil it's ''Rambo II: A Missão'' ("Rambo II: The Mission"), with the subtitle becoming the country's equivalent of [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]. Italy gives the same treatment to their subtitle, ''Rambo II - La Vendetta'' ("The Revenge"). In Japan, it's ''Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu'' (ランボー/怒りの脱出), or ''Rambo: The Angry Escape'', and its explosive popularity led to the word "ikari" (怒り) being associated with this film for a time (which is why one game invoking this series simply called itself ''[[VideoGame/IkariWarriors Ikari]]'').
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Rambo II - Der Auftrag'' ("Rambo II - The Assignment"). Similarly, in Brazil it's ''Rambo II: A Missão'' ("Rambo II: The Mission"), with the subtitle becoming the country's equivalent of [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]].

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Rambo II - Der Auftrag'' ("Rambo II - The Assignment"). Similarly, in Brazil it's ''Rambo II: A Missão'' ("Rambo II: The Mission"), with the subtitle becoming the country's equivalent of [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]. In Japan, it's ''Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu'' (ランボー/怒りの脱出), or ''Rambo: The Angry Escape'', and its explosive popularity led to the word "ikari" (怒り) being associated with this film for a time (which is why one game invoking this series simply called itself ''[[VideoGame/IkariWarriors Ikari]]'').
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** In the original cut of the film that was shown to test the audiences' reception prior to the theatrical release, Co's death scene went on a bit longer; after she dies, Rambo raises his face and fists skywards and shouts [[BigNo "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"]] that proceeds to echo theough the jungle but instead of the intended emotional response, test audiences howled with laughter so it was cut out. Think Darth Vader's BigNo at the end of Film/RevengeOfTheSith.

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** In the original cut of the film that was shown to test the audiences' reception prior to the theatrical release, Co's death scene went on a bit longer; after she dies, Rambo raises his face and fists skywards and shouts [[BigNo "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"]] that proceeds to echo theough through the jungle but instead of the intended emotional response, test audiences howled with laughter so it was cut out. Think Darth Vader's BigNo at the end of Film/RevengeOfTheSith.
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** In the original cut of the film that was shown to test the audiences' reception prior to the theatrical release, Co's death scene went on a bit longer; after she dies, Rambo raises his face and fists skywards and shouts [[BigNo "NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"]] that proceeds to echo theough the jungle but instead of the intended emotional response, test audiences howled with laughter so it was cut out. Think Darth Vader's BigNo at the end of Film/RevengeOfTheSith.
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* FatalMethodActing: During filming in Mexico, FX man Cliff Wenger, Jr. was accidentally killed by one of the film's explosions.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film showcases the resurgence of militarism and anticommunism in the early Reagan years. Usefulnotes/TheVietnamWar is no longer something to be ashamed of (this was a year before Creator/OliverStone's ''Film/{{Platoon}}'') and the American soldiers are heroes and victims, not nutbags and baby killers as in TheSeventies. Rambo's rescue of the enslaved servicemen left behind - actually an UrbanLegend that the film [[TropeMaker popularized]] - serves as a proxy way for America to win the war retroactively. It's been said that ''Rambo II'' was the movie America needed to watch to finally get over Vietnam.
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* DuelingMovies: Relased in the same year of similar OneManArmy movie ''Film/{{Commando}}'', establishing the action star rivalry with Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. ''Rambo'' was the biggest moneymaker of the two, though both films were successful and cemented the action star career of their leads.

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* DuelingMovies: Relased in the same year of similar OneManArmy movie ''Film/{{Commando}}'', establishing the action star rivalry with between Stallone and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. ''Rambo'' was the biggest moneymaker of the two, though both films were successful and cemented the action star career of their leads.

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