In the film, John Rambo's chilling in Arizona on a farm, spending his days breaking down horses and being a reflective old combat badass just trying to live out the rest of his life in peace.

Of course, it wouldn't be any kind of movie at all without some conflict, and like every Rambo movie, the conflict in Last Blood turns violent right quick. What spurs on that violence? 

Well, his neighbor's granddaughter, played by Yvette Monreal, who Rambo treats as his niece, decides to go to Mexico to visit her ne'er-do-well father. John warns her of heading down there, as he cares for her safety.

The two share a special bond, John helps Yvette's character, Gabrielle, get through college because he admires the young woman's go-get-'em attitude and positivity. Things take a turn for the worse once she enters Mexico and is immediately kidnapped by a gang of lurid sex traffickers. And then the picture becomes a version of Taken, but set in Mexico.

Some critics of the film lamented the pace of Last Blood as being "molasses" slow, and focusing too much on Gabrielle's "helplessness."

The movie's directed by Adrian Grunberg, who also directed the excellent, fast-paced, violent, and clever Get the Gringo starring Mel Gibson, which would've gotten a wide theatrical release had it not been for this unfortunate voicemail of Mel's that made the rounds on the internet.