Rambo: First Blood, Part II [Paperback]

David Morrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 1985

Never Read 1985 Paperback published by Jove Books in "Like-New" Condition. Cover has slight shelf-wear nothing major. Movie-Tie-in book (PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO OF THIS BOOK THAT I POSTED ON THE PRODUCT PAGE). We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (August 22, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099443104
• ISBN-13: 978-0099443100
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,026,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Morrell's best, March 31, 2000

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This review is from: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Paperback)

Rambo:First Blood II was based on the screenplay by Slyvester Stallone and James Cameron. So David Morrell didn't have that much to work with. The plot is predictable. The CIA believes that they have located American POW's alive in Vietnam and dispatches Rambo to locate and bring back intelligance so the a team can be sent in. This was a very familar plot in the 1980's, in books, movies and even tv shows. The best of them is Mission:MIA by JC Pollack. This is a distant second. Of course, Rambo can't complete his mission and winds up rescuing the POW's by himself. Of course the CIA can't be trusted and of course he will take on most of the North Vietnamese Army single handedly. Even with all those flaws, Morrell's rapid fire action sequences and purposefully choppy writing style draw the reader in. It's the lesser of his works, lacking the intensity of his horror and the complexity of his espionage novels. This is an action addict's version of a cheesy romance novel- a guilty pleasure you hate to admit to.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars even though rambo died in the first book....., March 18, 2006

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K. Customer "gmucsg" (albany, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Paperback)

even though rambo died in the first book, he lived in the movie, leaving it open for sequals. david morrell wrote a follow up book in an attempt to make the series his again, and make it the way he wanted it. although if it went the way he wanted it, rambo would be dead and there would be no crappy sequals. but thats what happens when you sell a masterpeice like 'first blood' to hollywood....

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Blood Part II - The Adventure Continues, June 7, 2002

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Tami Brandt (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Paperback)

The most dangerous man in the world is back in this novel (and Movie) and this time it's for his country! Co-written by David Morrell (FIRST BLOOD), he intended for Rambo to die in the first book, but Sylvester Stallone liked the character so much that he and James Cameron brought Rambo back for a sequel.

John Rambo is in a Kentucky prison for the bloody one-man war against small town Sherif Teasle. Colonel Trautman offers Rambo's signed release if he agrees to take on what would be a suicide mission for most men. His first objective--penetrate the remembered jungles of Hell (Vietnam), and find the missing Americans who are still being tortured there. His second objective--DON'T rescue them. Only bring back photos. DON'T engage the enemy. DON'T get revenge. For Rambo, the first part is tough. The second, impossible.

But Rambo does agree to the conditions. He goes to Vietnam only to be abandoned by his only means of getting out of Vietnam, who have left on the orders of the Commanding officer Murdock to leave him there to be killed.

But remember, this is Rambo. A killing machine trained by the best to survive in the worst conditions. He decides that if Murdock will back out of his side of the deal, he's going to do the same. Forget taking pictures of the P.O.W. camps. Rambo's going to become a one-man army once again, and is going in to save them....and then he's going after Murdock for abandoning him.