Rambo: Last Blood Review - 4 Ups & 5 Downs
3. The Pacing Is Too Rushed
While we can all appreciate a movie that doesn't waste any time, Last Blood goes a little too far in the other direction, speeding through its perfunctory plot points while allowing no time for any of them to breathe.
At just 89 minutes in length, the film ticks off characters and predictable events like working through a shopping list, which couldn't feel more counter to the film's supposed positioning as a more contemplative western.
By the time the climax arrives, which while entertaining is also rather hurried, it barely feels like the film should've started, let alone gotten to the winding-up point.
It is truly a film breezy to a fault, reeking of a troubled shoot or, worse still, a film hacked to pieces by studio meddling in the editing suite.