New Rambo film is the most violent yet

The new Rambo film is the most violent yet - with more than two on-screen deaths every MINUTE.

There are a total of 236 "kills" in the 93-minute-long action flick, which has just been released in America - an average of 2.59 each 60 seconds.

In the first Rambo film, 1982's First Blood, just one character lost their life, according to a chart compiled by terrorism expert and author, John Mueller.

The fourth installment sees Vietnam War veteran John Rambo - Stallone - trying to free a group of Christian missionaries who have gone missing in Thailand.

Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Mike Thomas wrote: "How violent is Sylvester Stallone's new "'Rambo' film?

"Put it this way: If you were to make it a drinking game and then take a slug of booze each time someone buys the farm, you'd either become monstrously drunk or possibly dead yourself from alcohol poisoning by the time the end credits roll.

"Beheadings, disembowelment, exploding bodies, decomposing bodies, raping, torturing, hanging -- you name the most depraved level of man's inhumanity to man (and woman and children), and it's most likely represented onscreen."

Rambo opened in the US today. It is set to hit cinemas in the UK on February 22.

Stallone, 61, wrote and directed it. The previous Rambo film, Rambo III, came out in 1988. It featured 132 deaths - an average of 1.3 per minute.