An essential guide to the legacy of Rambo, The Rambo Report explores the character’s evolution from David Morrell’s novel to action icon. With sharp insights on masculinity, war, and pop culture, Nat Segaloff delivers a powerful look at one of Hollywood’s most enduring legends.

Rambo began as a brutal critique of war but became a symbol of American exceptionalism and toxic masculinity. This essay exposes how Hollywood rewrote a war criminal into a hero—and what that says about our need for moral clarity and mythic manhood.