The Vital Statistics of
Rambo Movies
Distributions of Death, Mayhem and Dress
in Four Episodes of Rambo
I II III IV
Number of bad guys killed by Rambo with his shirt on 1 12 33 83
Number of bad guys killed by Rambo with his shirt off 0 46 45 0
Total number of bad guys killed by Rambo no matter how attired 1 58 78 83
Number of bad guys killed by accomplices of Rambo 0 10 17 40
Number of good guys killed by bad guys 0 1 37 113
Total number of people killed 1 69 132 236
Number of people killed per minute 0.01 0.72 1.30 2.59
Time at which the first person is killed 29'31" 33'34" 41'9" 3'22"
Number of people killed per minute
from that point until the end of the flm
(not including the ending credits)
0.02 1.18 2.39 3.04
Sequences in which Rambo is shot at without significant result 12 24 38 2
Number of sequences in which good guys are tortured by bad guys 2 5 7 3
Number of sex scenes 0 0 0 0
--- From War and Ideas
John Mueller
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