Rambo: First Blood Part II

Let's keep those hammers working.

Rambo!

Let's go.

How are you, Johnny?

Good.

That's all.

John, I'm sorry they sent you to such a hellhole.

- I've seen worse. - Yeah, you have, haven't you?

John, I told you that I'd help you when I could.

You interested?

You can't possibly want to stay here for another five years.

In here, at least I know where I stand.

Yeah, just hear me out first.

A covert operation's gearing up in the Far East.

Your name was dug out as one of three most able to complete the mission.

- Mission? - Recon for POWs in Nam.

Why now? Why me?

Prison camp you escaped from in '71 is a target area.

Nobody knows that terrain better than you do.

The risk factor's very high. You'd be temporarily reinstated.

If the mission's successful, there may be a presidential pardon.

You interested?

Yeah.

Good. Good.

I'll get the necessary clearance.

Next we'll meet with a Special Ops designate who haunts the operation.

Yes, sir.

- All clear? - Yes, sir.

I want you to know I did what I could to keep you outta here.

I know.

- Yeah. - Sir?

Do we get to win this time?

This time, it's up to you.

That'll be all.

How you doing, Rambo? I'm Ericson.

Why don't we make it over to the hangar?

So, you're the chosen one, huh?

You made a hell of a rep for yourself in Nam.

Anyway, I'm glad to be working with you.

It may not be heaven, but at least you're outta the joint.

He's here.

- Morning, John. - Sir.

Murdock's in charge of Special Ops from Washington.

Thank you. Rambo, been looking forward to meeting you.

- Problems on your trip? - No.

Except for the damn heat, right? Never felt anything like it.

Come on in. Let's get down to business.

I was glancing over your files.

Makes for some pretty interesting reading.

"Rambo, John J., born 7/6/47, Bowie, Arizona, of Indian-German descent."

That's a hell of a combination.

"Joined the army 8/6/64. Accepted Special Forces. Specialization - light weapons.

"Medic. Helicopter, language-qualified.

"59 confirmed kills, two Silver Stars, four Bronze, four Purple Hearts,

Distinguished Service Cross, the Medal of Honor."

You got around, didn't ya? That's incredible.

You're probably aware that almost 2500 Americans

are still MIA in Southeast Asia.

Most are presumed killed, but to the League of Families,

Congress and lots of Americans, it's still a very emotional issue.

Give me something cold, please.

Rambo, you certainly don't know as much about me as I do you.

I honched with the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines in Kon Tum in '66.

I lost a lot of good men, so I know what you and every vet feels.

Maybe the government and certain segments of the population didn't care.

My committee cares.

What it needs is proof that Americans are being held.

Once done, we'll get our men back.

If there's any of our men at this POW target camp,

you're to confirm their presence by taking photographs.

- Photographs? - Photographs.

Under no circumstances are you to engage the enemy.

- I'm supposed to leave 'em there? - I repeat, do not engage the enemy.

Phase two Delta Force assault led by Colonel Trautman

will handle the extraction.

OK?

I'd like to say that I feel with your participation,

this mission has a better-than-average chance

to succeed where others have failed.

I'll meet you both in the operations center in one hour.

Thailand across Laos into the mountains of Vietnam to the drop zone.

You'll be flying a ceiling of 250 feet when you bail out.

- Think you can you handle it? - Try.

Since you're going in solo, you'll rely on more equipment than ever before.

And use it. Don't try the blood-and-guts routine.

Let technology do most of the work.

I want you to try to forget the war. Remember the mission.

- The old Vietnam's dead. - Sir, if I'm alive, it's still alive, isn't it?

You may find this hard to believe, but all this is for you.

Impressed?

Besides monitoring devices,

you'll get all the ultramodern equipment we have to insure your safety.

You can feel totally safe. We have the world's most advanced weapons available.

I've always believed the mind is the best weapon.

- Times change. - For some people.

Don't let me interrupt.

Upon insertion, call into base camp on Transat,

then proceed to Hawk September to rendezvous with your contact,

indigenous agent Co Bao.

Is he listening?

Indigenous agent Co Bao.

Colonel. Are you sure he's still not unbalanced from the war?

We can't have somebody who might crack under pressure in that hell.

Pressure?

Rambo is the best combat vet I've ever seen,

a pure fighting machine who only desires to win a war that someone else lost.

And if winning means he has to die, he'll die - no fear, no regrets.

And one more thing.

What you choose to call hell, he calls home.

Stand by to start APU.

T minus 20.

Switching now.

Analyze.

T minus 5.

You've got 36 hours to get the hell in and out.

- So don't stop and smell the roses, OK? - Yeah.

Run into trouble, try to get to the hilltop extraction site marked on your map.

Ready to roll, Colonel.

- Good luck, son. - Thanks.

Let's go.

Murdock said he was with 2nd battalion 3rd Marines at Kon Tum in '66.

Yeah.

The 2nd Battalion was at Kud Sank.

You're the only one I trust.

- Think he'll find someone? - POWs? Doubtful.

But there's people to satisfy, questions that have to be answered.

- You don't sound too emotional about it. - Wasn't my war.

I'm just here to clean up the mess.

AWACS 25 has arrived. Holding time line.

- Insertion minus one. - Affirmative, Wolf Den. Over.

Back in the badlands, my man.

Stand by your position.

Insertion minus 15 seconds.

Party time.

Five seconds. 4, 3, 2...

Jumper away.

- What's happening? - Turbulence! He's hung up!

He'll be torn apart.

Condition red. He's hung up.

- What? - What happened?

He's being dragged.

- Lifer, cut him loose. - I can't free him!

- Ericson, abort mission. Pull out. - He'll be torn apart.

He's cutting away his equipment.

He's out!

This is Dragonfly 1. Do you read? Over.

Dragonfly 1, come in. I read you.

- Any visual by flares? - Negative.

We didn't see anything.

Maybe it's smart to abort before there's any more complications.

Who could have survived that?

He deserves the benefit of the doubt.

He's got 36 hours to complete the mission and reach the extraction point.

- We owe him that. - Well, of course we do.

But understand something now. In 36 hours, we pull out.

Rambo!

Did not expect a woman, no?

We'd better go.

Go to river.

How come you so late?

Got hung up.

I have arranged boat to take us down river.

Old ways not safe.

You come a long way, Rambo, to see empty camp.

You're using pirates?

Best way down river. Not get army suspicious.

What about patrol boats?

Russian.

Rambo.

Want to eat?

Maybe later.

How you get into this?

- It's a long story. - Long ride.

Well, after I left the Special Forces,

I moved around a lot.

Why you leave army?

When I... came back to the States,

I found there was another war going on.

What war?

Kind of like a quiet war,

a war against... all the soldiers returning.

That's the kind of war you don't win.

It's... it's my problem.

How about you? How'd you get into it?

My father worked for intelligence agency.

He killed, and I take his place.

It's too much death here.

Death everywhere.

Just want to live, Rambo.

Maybe go America.

Live the quiet life.

What you want?

Well, to win.

To survive.

Not so easy to survive. Still war here.

To survive a war,

you gotta become war.

That why they pick you? 'Cause you like to fight?

No, I'm...

I'm expendable.