Rambo - A Warrior's Journey

This fanedit is so awesome! It's one of the most stylish, original and action-packed and awesome fanedits ever created, at least in my opinion. It's in my top 3 favourite LastSurvivor edits ever created. From the title cards to the audio commentary is crafted by a true master of editing and dips it all in the pure 80's adrenaline action. I really loved that LastSurvivor managed to also make Rambo 2 and 3 a lot better in pace, dialogue and action. I highly recommend this edit to anyone, who wants to witness Rambo's journey in TV format.

Audio/Video Quality: Cropping, colour correction, panning and scanning done to the original picture is done really expertly to make the movies a little bit more beautiful in my opinion. Well done.

Visual Editing: The look of TV series works incredibly well for Rambo and it feels invisible to the casual viewer.

Audio Editing: I was surprised to hear from the commentary how much editing had to be done to create each episode from the movies. It's seamless and it doesn't feel lazy. It feels professional which speaks to the editor's talent.

Narrative: It's incredible. So incredible. From the first episode, the story hooked me in and didn't let go of me until the very end of the journey. It was really exciting to see what came next on the next episode and it felt like a traditional addicting TV show that you would watch on TV at night.

Enjoyment: It's so awesome. The action and the story of Rambo in this edit is so awesome and you can't look away from the awesomeness of the experience.

if you like the Rambo series of movies then you will love this. action and 80s vibe all the way thru. i loved the bumpers and commercials for other fan edits. this was a good way to watch these movies with my middle son who isnt really the Ramboesque type of movies but he thoroughly enjoyed these as well. great job, well done

Overall this fanedit is another Last Survivor gem. A classic example of a fanedit remix, turning an action movie franchise into a mini-TV show. The first Movie-to-TV edit I’ve seen!

This is a hefty package, more than 10 hours of total content what with each Episode having a commentary. Brilliant man, brilliant. I listened to the first 2 and enjoyed them for the most part. They got a bit tedious but not unpleasantly. I may or may not ever listen to the rest, if I do I’ll edit my review.

The TV concept was hit and miss at times. I highly enjoyed the TV spots (slight bit more on those later) and the LS Network bumpers. But overall it felt a bit forced. That’s not the greatest way to explain it really. I mean with this type of fanedit you ARE forcing a round peg into a square hole, but I guess some of the edges were a little rough and the peg splintered a little.

The structure of the episodes were the biggest breakdowns in that regard. Was each disc supposed to be like a mini-season? Or like was this a “Summer Event” type of show? I know in the UK it’s common to do short 6 or so episode seasons. I think it could have worked better if each movie was broken up into three 25 minutes episodes. Or do a 40 minute pilot and the rest are 25 minutes. Who knows though if the episodic arcs would have been better that way.

Editing wise… holy hell LS puts a lot of attention to detail. Title sequences had me glued to the screen each time. Majority of the audio editing was seamless. Some edits bugged me but nothing major.

The added Chuck Norris as Delmar Berry scenes felt very unresolved. LS talked about this in the commentaries I listened to and I dig that it was mainly a fan service for himself and other Chuck fans. But it came across to me as a plot thread that was forgotten about. I may just be a moron with ADD and it could be brilliant to you.

I guess overall I’d say that the editor scored big on the finer details but the broad strokes were a little sloppy. If you’re a fan of Rambo and/or Last Survivor odds are you will enjoy this.

P.S. - TV Spots were fantastic, very fresh and full of energy. Oh how I wish we had made more. Highlights were Plan 2001 and Taxi Driver.

A/V quality – 10
Editing – 9 visual, 8 audio
Narrative – 7
Enjoyment – 8

Recommended drink: Sylvestor Stallone

I loved this edit so much that after I finished watching all 5+ hours of it, I went back and listened to another 5+ hours of Last Survivor talking about it. Simply put, this is one of the most professional, original and downright fun fanedits ever created. Everything from the title cards to the audio commentary has been carefully crafted by a true master. Highly recommend.

Audio/Video Quality: With the amount of cropping, colour correction and panning and scanning done to the original picture, I'm surprised this looks as good as it does. Well done.

Visual Editing: As above, Last Survivor has done a ton of work to make this look and feel like a TV series. It works incredibly well and the editor's hand is invisible. The only thing that jumped out at me was the aspect ratio of the Payback commercial seemed to be off.

Audio Editing: Listening to the commentary track, I was shocked by how much actual editing was done to create each episode. It's professional and seamless.

Narrative: Incredible. The story hooks you right in and doesn't let go. It's one of those "Oh, I'll just watch one more episode then I really should be off to bed" scenarios where before you know it, it's the middle of the night and you've just finished episode 8 and you're disappointed that there's no episode 9 to watch.

Enjoyment: It's effing awesome.

A unique and totally enjoyable idea. You have captured the 80's vibe perfectly! Another flawless victory.