Noah Centineo Will Star in the Prequel to the Surprisingly Thoughtful 'Rambo'

Noah Centineo Will Star in the Prequel to the Surprisingly Thoughtful 'Rambo'

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I was late to the character of Rambo . Most of my life was spent being exposed to the idea of him, and, for a long time, I assumed he was all machine guns, oiled pecks, and jingoistic racism. Taking in Rambo purely through cultural osmosis, I saw a pumped-up military man who kills brown people. That was only made worse by the most recent film in the franchise , which basically led with “Mexico bad,” and you can tell that just from the trailers. Still, the conversations around that movie and its messages made me aware that First Blood , the first Stallone Rambo film, was not like this at all.

It took me until last year, but I finally watched First Blood , and holy cow!