Factual error: When Rambo plays possum then suddenly takes out the Russian officer's Hind Helicopter he uses an M72A2 light anti-tank weapon (LAW). When fired, the M72A2 has a back blast that can kill out to 100 feet, which means he would have either blown up his own helicopter or killed all the MIA's he had rescued...
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Plot summary
Directed by: George P. Cosmatos
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Steven Berkoff, Charles Napier
Rambo is called in for a mission to the place that turns his stomach the most, Vitnam. The mission: take pictures of a POW camp and return he has 36 hours. With a knife and a itchy trigger finger, he goes in and the Vietnamese will wish they left him alone.
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Chosen answer: Probably because the first film is set in the United States, and Rambo's opponents are non-military, but the sequels are set in Asia and the opponents are "foreign" (mostly Soviet) soldiers.
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