Wow... I got this one with the new Rambo movie. It was sooooo worth it. All 4 RAMBO in BLURAY. If you can get this for cheap, then buy it. This thing looks great in my 1080p sony 46in. I dont have surround sound so I cant vouch for that, but it sound great in stereo. If you have a choice between getting a DVD or a BLURAY. GET THE BLURAY (look for sales).

I was born in 1984 so these movies were a few years before my time. But with the low cost of this blu-ray set I decided why not? What an amazing series this is. The action, sound effects, well beyond their time. The storyline is nothing mind-bending, just a guy that single-handedly defeats thousands of enemies with a single magazine. But sometimes you just want to kick back and enjoy simple movies like these.

My review will be divided by different groups of people, depending on "appearance":

For those people who watched those movies before in cinema, or on VHS, and who really liked those movies at that time (like me):

Recommendation: Buy it! Buy it for the movies themselves. They are worth to watch them again, because of sense of nostalgia, because of very strong character, social, emotional and psychological aspects shown in the movies, etc. Social problematic hasn't change a lot to this days since, so it's still actual. Despite the fact that the movies are 26, 23 and 20 years old, the action is still great (not sci-fictional and "cool" as shown today) but realistic.

about the quality of the picture and sound: only in Rambo 1 I've got the feeling in some background shots that the picture is a little bit over blurred for a high-def movie. But common the movies weren't shot recently, so in overall I will say the picture is very much enjoyable as well as the sound.

The only biggest minus which I found in Rambo 1-3 Boxset, is the absence of Rambo 4 :)
I would prefer to buy a Rambo 1-4 Boxset, the same way as it was done for blu-ray Die Hard Collection (1-4). Oh well, you can get Rambo 4 separately.

For those people who didn't watched those movies before at all, but likes action movies.
Most probably you were born in the time when the movies were shot or later.

If you liked the recent Rambo 4, I would recommend too buy and watch the previous 3 also (although in my opinion the 3rd is the weakest one). This will give you a more in depth understanding from where the character comes from, how he becomes himself, how he was abandoned by ordinary society or by "small bureaucracy kings" in charge, his internal struggle with himself, etc. and in any case this is Classic from action movie genre!

For those people who did see the movies before and didn't like them and/or who doesn't like action movies and/or has other reasons against this type of movies, or the story, etc.

Don't buy it, unless you are interested to change your opinion to those types of movies or events shown in them, etc.

Do you really need to comment on this? If you're a Rambo fan and have a blu-ray player, this is for you! Great clarity and extras!

I forgot what a good movie the original Rambo was. I watched it through completely again, just the basic movie, and there was so much I'd forgotten. It's a great tale -- basically the local authority gets a little too loose in the use of his power and picks on the wrong guy: Rambo. Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" is almost the exact same movie but frankly Rambo did it first and did it better (and did it with a lot less gore!).

But that's not why you want this DVD set. If you just want to watch Rambo you can rent it.

You want THIS set because of the extras. It was actually worth watching the whole movie AGAIN with Stallone's commentary running instead of the regular soundtrack. Stallone fills in some backstory about the characters, why the sheriff is the way he is and a whole heap of a tale about the making of the film. Did you ever wonder why films today are so clean cut and Hollywood just can't seem to produce the dark grit of films like Rambo anymore? Well, listen to Stallone tell his tale and you'll understand why films like Rambo just don't get made very often.

I confess I'm doing this review without having seen the other two movies yet but the first movie with the extras has already justified my purchase. I'm really looking forward to seeing the other two and hearing what Stallone has to say about them as well. There are haters out there who hate on Rambo because it's not up to par with their level of sophistication but the loss is theirs. Rambo is a great film and Stallone's commentary adds a lot of value to this set.