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Sylvester Stallone returns to the multiplex this weekend with “Rambo,” reprising a character absent from the big screen since 1988. The shirtless soldier isn’t likely to receive the same pop-cultural welcome he got during the waning days of the Reagan era: The film wasn’t screened for critics locally, suggesting that its studio anticipates bad reviews that could hurt ticket sales.
But John Rambo and other cinematic action icons like him face a far larger problem than (...)