Lots of great information here. JB was intrigued by the lack of violence in Rambo I, especially the fact that only one person died in that film. Rambo did destroy an entire downtown area in that first movie, but it was after business hours so nobody died. The only person who died in the first movie was the dude who fell out of the helicopter while he was trying to shoot Rambo, who was hanging defenselessly on the side of a cliff. Rambo ended up throwing a rock at the helicopter, which caused it to go out of control slightly, resulting in the evil shooter guy falling to his death. Rambo wasn't even trying to kill anyone, so yeah, that was kind of a weak film violence-wise, at least given what ensued in the follow-up movies.
I remember losing count of how many died in Rambo II -- I was up to around 60, but then he started destroying an entire village so there was no way to really know how many he killed because some of those grass huts could have had like 20 people in them. It was very frustrating for folks like me who like to keep a running tally of the death toll.
It would have been helpful in Rambo II if, after Stallone blew up a grass hut, a sub-title appeared which said something like "There were 24 bad guys in that hut" or whatever. Or maybe have one of the bad guys tell Rambo near the end of the film (just before Rambo blew the bad guy up with an explosive-tipped arrow): "You killed 93 of my best guys in that village back there!" and then turn to the camera and say, "And those are confirmed kills!" That would have made me feel a little better.
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