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Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
· Movie
· 96 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4266
- IMDb #3357
- Google retired #1229
- Rotten Tomatoes #3926
- Metacritic #3135
- Letterboxd #3311
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4600
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3354
- Metacritic Critics #3734
- Metacritic Audience #1938
- Criticker #2970
- AlloCiné #3548
Every rating
33–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 33, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 40, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Details
- Director
- George P. Cosmatos
- Writers
- James Cameron, Kevin Jarre, Sylvester Stallone
- Released
- 22 May 1985
- Country
- United States, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $44.0M
- Box office
- $300.4M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 4 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Award 1985 | Best Sound Editing | Frederick Brown | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Picture | Buzz Feitshans | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone (Also for Rocky IV ) | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Screenplay | Sylvester Stallone & James Cameron | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Original Song | Frank Stallone ("Peace in Our Life") | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Supporting Actress | Julia Nickson | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst New Star | Julia Nickson | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1985 | Worst Director | George Cosmatos | Nominee |
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Academy Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing | Frederick Brown | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Award
7 nominations, 4 won
| Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone (Also for Rocky IV ) | Winner |
| Worst Original Song | Frank Stallone ("Peace in Our Life") | Winner |
| Worst Picture | Buzz Feitshans | Winner |
| Worst Screenplay | Sylvester Stallone & James Cameron | Winner |
| Worst Director | George Cosmatos | Nominee |
| Worst New Star | Julia Nickson | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Julia Nickson | Nominee |