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An unlikely friendship propels satirical plot | Meghan Keane

Poulter (left) and Milner

If Rambo had been the first piece of popular culture you came into contact with, you might be a little screwed up too. Son of Rambow (rated PG-13 for some violence and reckless behavior) is a British coming-of-age comedy that follows a young boy's quest to be Britain's next (first?) Sylvester Stallone-esque action hero.

Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is a young boy shielded from the world by his widowed mother (Jessica Hynes). Active in the Plymouth Brethren church, Mary Proudfoot forbids her son to watch television, listen to popular music, or fraternize with children outside the Brethren. So when Will follows class bully Lee Carter (Will Poulter) home and stumbles across a bootleg copy of Rambo, his reaction is a little extreme.