A former Green Beret wages a gritty, tense, one-man war against small-town pursuers in the mountains.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
What we could confirm fits an R: brutal violence and some strong language.
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When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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