In much the same way that he has done for THE EXORCIST and SCARFACE, author Nat Segaloff takes a deep (Sometimes TOO deep) dive into the Rambo film franchise, hitting on the source material, the films, the novelizations of the sequels, spinoffs, inspirations, the studios, the suits, the stars, the budgets, the lawsuits, the history of the war and protests that inspired it all, and a lot more.

Often, the "a lot more" became TOO MUCH more for me, and my eyes glazed over when he got into the minutiae of budgets, payroll, location scouting, etc. Doubtless this will be interesting to some readers, just not this one.

There is a lot to enjoy here, and Segaloff is nothing if not thorough. The foreword, by Rambo creator David Morrell, is also illuminating, and it's an easy book to recommend to fans of the character and franchise.