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Rambo only receive a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes but I feel you should still watch it. It paints a picture of how society views Christian missions. The plot (without spoilers) is that a missionary group hires John Rambo to ferry them into Burma for relief missions. They are captured by the Burmese Army and their church hires Mercenaries to free their missionaries and Rambo tags along for some killing fun. The plot is interesting on various fronts.

1. They use a missionary group as a reason to send Rambo back into Burma. The question the writers faced was, “Who would go into a dangerous and war torn place so we can send Rambo in to save them?” The answer is Christian missionaries. Society sees Christians as people willing to go into a place where no one else dares enter.
2. This film gives the perspective that Christians are willing to go anywhere at any cost to the point of foolishness. The Christians are so head strong and rooted in their foolish ideas that they get everyone into trouble. They are causing more death than they are helping by going on their “crusades”. It belittles and mocks the altruistic philos love of Christians who are trying to bring relief to the war torn villagers. The writers create an interesting contrast between the motives of the missionaries and mercenaries when entering Burma. One group foolishly entering for God while the other for their own gain and highlighting for foolishness of the missionaries.
3. This movies also speaks out on current events. It’s incredibly similar to the events of this summer when a group of Korean Missionaries is captured by the Taleban. I don’t know if these events were an influence to the movie but regardless the movie reflects a societies view on the events. Christians should stay home and stop causing trouble. It’s also interesting that in the movie the church hires mercenaries to save their missionaries. Several times the head mercenary says “God did not send us to save you” or something to that affect. I feel this is a secular solution to the problem and I feel this shows the limit of the world’s understanding of God.

I feel this movie gives good insight into today’s culture and views on missions and is worth watching for that very reason.

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