Rocky. Rambo. The essence of these two characters has been with me since childhood. Now a man, these films exemplify courage, strength, free will. Far too many qualities to be listed. What I witnessed was the realization of man. You can't deny what is. What you are.
For an 'old man' Stallone has got some moves. He can probably out run me. Hard as iron.
The old methods are used and highlighted. The raw fact that sometimes you have to do things you normally wouldn't do. In America I see complacency. Weakness and groveling. I see the brutal reality in other parts of the world.
These films conveyed the importance of trusting my instinct. My will to survive. To be different from the rest in order to forge myself in the fires of life. To become a man. To become a weapon. When order ceases to exist, what will you do in those precious moments? Does your lifestyle actively prepare you for disaster? For uncountable forces butchering everything like dogs. Reducing your cities to ashes. Raping your women, your children.
People can be made into monsters. What's your choice?
This can indeed happen in the blink of an eye. Don't lie to yourself by saying it would never happen to you.
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