Word: rambo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...incident became an instant cause celebre. Critics dubbed the columnist "the Jacuzzi Gunman" and "Rambo Rowan," while black leaders criticized authorities for dropping charges against the white intruders. No charges have been brought against Rowan, and the case against the youths is still under investigation. In his first column after the episode, Rowan stuck to his guns: "Let my political enemies crow. But let them know that as long as authorities leave this society awash in drugs and guns, I will protect my family...
...into a couple of cop-movie stereotypes: the black dope lord and the villain's duped wife. Belushi mines quick charm out of his surly role. And Arnold, starched tongue in cheek, is a doll: G.I. Joe in Soviet mufti. He could beat the stuffing out of a toy Rambo...
...worries might interrupt the awed contemplation of his beauty. A lowball estimate indicates that, not counting grunts and groans, the star collected about $500,000 per spoken sentence on this film. All this staring and gawking somewhat slows the action, which is more crudely orchestrated than in the previous Rambo adventures...
...Rambo III will collect a certain amount of contempt for projecting, at this ! late date, a ludicrous cold war stereotype -- the Soviet as gibbering sadist -- and a certain amount of comment for going into release just as the Soviets are withdrawing from Afghanistan. But what is the spirit of glasnost compared with the needs of a successful actor's ego and his fans' expectations? Somebody has to keep the priorities straight around here...
...season' s sequels get off to a rocky start: Rambo III chills out in the cold war; "Crocodile" Dundee II bogs down in plot problems...