Rambo: First Blood Delivers the Grittiness

Gritty intensity fills this film  The moment Rambo finds out his buddy from Vietnam has died, you can see the hopelessness and frustration in Rambo's eyes- any hope for any sort of positive reconnection with another human is gone.   He is fed up with life.  There are no cheesy one liners or special effects to show his real anger.  Sylvester Stallone shows his character Rambo's sorrow through realist acting.   Even though I am watching a video, the acting and scenery is so real, I feel like what I am watching is actually taking place.  No scene is over produced.  No actor over acts.  Each scene is raw and real.  

The movie never loses its intensity (apart from the non-fitting comedic scene showing the group of National Guardsmen as to afraid to go into the cave Rambo and capture him), leaving the audience on the edge of their seats wondering what will happen next to Rambo from those who are after him.  As the adrenaline is pumping through Rambo as he is being hunted, adrenaline is being pumped through the audience as the battle for Rambo rages on.  Even when no actual fighting takes place, the stress of finding and immobalizing Rambo thwarts any sort of potential lull this movie may have had.  You also wonder what Rambo is going to do next to keep from being captured.

The grit and intensity is just the spice on the main course.   At the heart of this movie is  a promotion of team work.  Colonial Trautman works with the police to find Rambo.  Trautman says they must give Rambo some space to breath, send out a nation wide APB out on Rambo, and then pick him up at a car wash in Seattle.  Trautman pleads with Rambo to end the war by telling him over walk-talking that he wants to fly Rambo out of town and work every thing out together  Then at the end of the movie Trautman has to work with Rambo to convince him that the war is over and that Rambo has no reason to continue his defensive maneuvering.    

The movie is a reminder that life is filled with disappointments and frustrations. The war did not go the way Rambo wanted it to.  Civilian life did not go the way he wanted it to. But Colonial Trautman shows that there are good people in this world that are filled with wisdom and insight which helps offset life's disappointments and frustrations.   Teasle complains to Trautman that Rambo got what was coming to him saying, "  He was just another drifter who broke the law!".  But Trautman tells Teasle that he was being unreasonable with Rambo saying, "Vagrancy wasn't it? That's gonna look real good on his grave stone in Arlington: Here lies John Rambo, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, survivor of countless incursions behind enemy lines. Killed for vagrancy in Jerkwater, USA."  It is Teasle and the people under him who drew first blood.  Rambo summed it up succinctly: "They drew first blood, not me."

Script for New Rambo Film Completed

Screen writer Sean Hood has written the script for a new Rambo film. The current title, which might be changed before the final release is Rambo: The Last Stand. Here is a quote by Hood taken from the Hindustand Times Online:

I recently finished a first draft of Rambo: Last Stand for Millennium films, based on a story idea by Sylvester Stallone. Hopefully, Stallone will eventually have the time and the inclination to do another Rambo. I met with Stallone twice last year. He gave me a book, an older screenplay, and about twenty pages he'd written himself to use as inspiration for the last chapter of the Rambo saga. It's more in line with the small-town thriller of First Blood," said Hood.

Stallone has not committed to the film yet but let's hope he does. We all want more Rambo.

Via Hindustand Times.

Rambo Trilogy on Blu-ray with Grenade Packaging

Zonadvd.com reports that the Rambo trilogy is now available on Blu-ray in a special grenade case. The dvd's come with 10 hours of extra content.

Click here to check out the link to this story.

Rambo - 32" Video Arcade Shooting Game - From 2010 AAMA Gala BMIGaming.com - SEGA

No Rambo 5

Sylvester Stallone is not making a fifth Rambo. But I will keep you all updated on all the other types of Rambo news.

Our Friend Craig Zablo Receives an E-Mail from Hollywood Collectibles about a New Rambo Figure Coming Out Soon

Here is the e-mail and the picture of the new Rambo figure coming out soon:

Hey Craig,

How are you? Well I hope!

Thought you might like to be the first to show this teaser pic of the painted Rambo 4 Quarter scale statue. Pretty cool huh!

Stands approx 20″ tall (with base) to the top of his head, ie. not including the extra height the bow adds.

Hope you like it, when we officially announce it we can do a discount for your guys as before.

Thanks,

Mark

Stallonezoner Creates Rambo Bust

Edinho Maga, a forum poster on the popular Sylvester Stallone blog stallonezone.com, has created a rather large bust of Rambo as you can see below:





Images are from Stallonezone.com.



Click here to see more of Maga's art.

Stallone Ditches Original Rambo V Script

Moviefone.com reports that Sylvester Stallone was originally going to base his new Rambo film on the novel, Hunter, by James Byron Huggins. In the story a Pacific Northwest military organisation who accidentally create a wild, genetically engineered creature. Rambo and his crew must then hunt the monster down.

But Stallone realized this story line was lousy. The new script has Rambo and his crew has Stallone crossing the border to "a violent city where many young women have vanished," according to Stallone.

Click here to read the source of this information.

Sylvster Stallone Clears Up Rumors that the Next Rambo Will be like "Universal Soldiers"

Certain Rambo fans who have been posting messages on the movie news site AintItCool.com. The Rambo fans were thinking that the new Rambo film will be like "Universal Soldiers" which starred Jean-Claude Van Dam and Dolph Lundren. Fans were thinking that Rambo would fight some super soldier like in "Universal Soldier." But this is not the case. So Sylvester Stallone called AintitNews.com and told them what the new Rambo will really be about. Click here to listen to Stallone's voice mail to Harry Knowles, the creator of AintItCool.com.

Burma: It Can't Wait - Sylvester Stallone - Day 21

Stallone is Deciding Where to Shoot Next Rambo

Sly is still going to make a new Rambo film but he is not sure where to film according to Sky.com. Yeah, we are doing another Rambo!" Stallone told reporters earlier this week. "But the conflict is whether to do it in America or a foreign country," he explained.

In late 2008 Stallone said he wanted to make a Rambo film not based on war saying he had made enough war themed Rambo films: "I would like to take Rambo to another genre, experiment a little with the character," he said. "It would definitely not be another war movie. I can't go any further with that than what I've already done."

While Stallone thinks about where he is going to make his next Rambo film he is currently filming the action film called The Expendables which features action stars Jet Li, Jason Statham, Doplh Lundgren. Sandra Bullock is going is playing the lead female character.

Source: (Sky.com)

Rambo 5 to Film in Bulgaria

According to a Slashfilm.com, Rambo 5 scheduled to be shot in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. Stay tuned for more information concerning the premise of the new film. You can read the entire article here.

SlashFilm.com Review of Rambo

Hunter Stephen, writer for Slashfilm.com, wrote a review of Rambo and gave the film a 10 out of 10 rating. Click here to read the review.

Sylvester Stallone hopes violence of 'Rambo' will get people thinking about Myanmar

TOKYO — Sylvester Stallone fans planning to sit back with a cola and some popcorn to enjoy an hour and a half of escapist fun with Stallone's new "Rambo” movie could be in for a nasty shock.

And that's exactly what Stallone wants.

In an interview at a Tokyo hotel, Stallone, 61, explained why "Rambo,” the fourth film in the series, is the most violent, horrific and cynical yet.

"I think Hollywood in the past few years has decided to step further away from reality, and make war cinematic … and not as brutal and horrible and insidious as it really is. Especially civil war, which is even worse than wars between nations,” Stallone said.

The sequel, which opened in Japan on Saturday, was released on DVD in the United States on Tuesday.

"I just wanted to take the actual footage — which I have — and depict it or re-enact it exactly the way it is. So, it's supposed to be disturbing. I want people to be upset and understand that unarmed people are living this every day. While you're having your meal or going to an amusement park, there are other people in the world that are being torn to shreds and no one knows about it,” he said.

Describing Myanmar's rulers as "Satan's disciples,” Stallone expressed particular anger about their refusal to accept international aid in the wake of the recent cyclone that killed at least 34,000 people — with many more missing — and left up to 2 million survivors in desperate straits.

The movie's emotionally jarring prologue is a montage of real footage of violence — including a fleeting glimpse of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai being gunned down as he tried to cover the suppression of a street demonstration in Yangon last year.

What effect does Stallone anticipate this image will have on viewers?

"You know, it's a two-edged sword,” he said. "I was hoping that they understand that this is not a Sylvester Stallone self-indulgent action film. That actual, real people that are contributing to hopefully the betterment (of the situation) and reporting the truth, pay with their life. So, I'm just trying to take that harsh brutality and segue into a film, and it's a very delicate line.

"But the most important thing was to establish that Burma exists. People don't know about it in our country (the United States). They think it's like: `Burma? Sounds kinda quaint, kinda cute.” And I wanted to show that, `No. Here's actual footage, these are people dying …” And you should have seen what I left out. It was even worse. Much worse. And I know that people couldn't take it.

"Here's the problem with doing a film,” he continued. "You want the truth. You want cinema to reflect and dissect reality, but a lot of us aren't equipped to accept it. We live in a society where we've been sheltered a little bit … That was a hard thing to push.”

The film appears to have a bleak message. An early scene shows Rambo (Stallone) repeatedly growling, "Go home,” to a well-meaning Christian missionary named Sarah (Julie Benz) who wants him to ferry her group of doctors and teachers up a river from Thailand into Myanmar. When they set out on the journey, gruesome violence inevitably ensues and Rambo sets out to rescue the missionaries.

"It's just an ongoing horrible situation that he (Rambo) warned her about. And this is just a fact of life, that unfortunately war is natural and peace is an accident, (a condition) that you have to work at, really work at,” he said.

"First Blood” (1982), the original Rambo movie, also had a note of hopelessness, as the main character was an American veteran of the Vietnam War who was misunderstood and abused on his return home.

Having completed his graphically violent but fictitious film, Stallone is now part of a group of celebrities trying to shine a light on real-life human rights abuses in Myanmar.

This month, a group called the U.S. Campaign for Burma is posting one brief video every day on YouTube and at www.burmaitcantwait.com, each featuring one or more celebrities trying to raise awareness of the dire situation people in the country face.

Many of the videos call for the release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for most of the past 20 years. Besides Stallone, celebrities featured so far include Jennifer Aniston, Jackson Browne, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, arrest for most of the past 20 years. Besides Stallone, celebrities featured so far include Jennifer Aniston, Jackson Browne, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman and Stallone's "Rambo” costar Julie Benz.

"While you're having your meal or going to an amusement park, there are other people in the world that are being torn to shreds and no one knows about it.”


You can visit the original source of this article at the Oklahoma news paper website Newsok.com by clicking here.

Rambo is Now On DVD

Rambo is now on dvd. Visit www.rambothefilm.com to buy the dvd on blue ray or dvd.

Stallone challenges Myanmar junta, eyes "Rambo 5"

By Michael Winfrey

LONDON (Reuters) - Not satisfied with slugging it out with Myanmar's military government on celluloid in his latest "Rambo" film, Sylvester Stallone wants to go there and confront the junta face-to-face over human rights.

Stallone, who said he was gearing up to make a fifth and final instalment in the blood-and-guts series, told Reuters that media reports of his film becoming a bootleg hit in the former Burma, and an inspiration to dissidents, was a pinnacle in his movie career.

"These incredibly brave people have found, kind of a voice, in a very odd way, in American cinema... They've actually used some of the film's quotes as rallying points," Stallone, 61, said in a telephone interview.

"That, to me, is the one of the proudest moments I've ever had in film."

Residents in Yangon told Reuters this week that police had given strict orders to DVD hawkers to not stock the movie -- named simply "Rambo". Locals said fans had "gone crazy" over lines in the hero's brusque dialog such as: "Live for nothing. Die for something."

In the film, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo -- best known for mowing down enemies with an M60 machine gun in the 1980's -- comes out of retirement in Thailand to save a group of Christian missionaries from a sadistic Myanmar army major.

Stallone said that, rather than make a film about Iraq or Darfur, he focused on a lesser-known crisis before Myanmar suddenly grabbed the spotlight in September when the military junta crushed a pro-democracy campaign led by Buddhist monks.

Officials put the death toll from the crackdown at 15, but diplomats and aid groups say it is much higher and some media have reported hundreds -- or thousands -- were killed.

"People finally got the idea of how brutal these people are," said Stallone.


INVITE ME, PLEASE

Stallone's movie specifically focuses on the Karen tribe of eastern Myanmar. UK-based Christian Aid says the Karen and other groups have suffered half a million cases of forced relocation and thousands more have been imprisoned, tortured or killed.

Many ethnic rebel groups have fought Burmese governments for more autonomy since independence from Britain in 1948. Stallone said he was in communication with some, and several former freedom fighters acted in the movie.

And he hopes the film can provoke a confrontation.

"I'm only hoping that the Burmese military, because they take such incredible offence to this, would call it lies and scurrilous propaganda. Why don't you invite me over?" he said.

"Let me take a tour of your country without someone pointing a gun at my head and we'll show you where all the bodies are buried... Or let's go debate in Washington in front of a congressional hearing... But I doubt that's going to happen."

"Rambo" opened last month second in north American box office returns to the ancient Greek warrior spoof "Meet the Spartans", making $18.2 million in its first week.

Stallone said he was happy with what he described as "the bloodiest, R film (for) a generation" and hoped to make another.

"It will depend on the success of this one, but right now I think I'm gearing one up. It will be quite different," he said.

"We'll do something a little darker and a little more unexpected."



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Here's Stallone!

Actor/director Sylvester Stallone (R) arrives at the world premiere of the movie Rambo in Las Vegas, January 24. An iconic action-hero of the 1980s whose rise coincided with the waning years of the Cold War, John Rambo's return is proof that in Hollywood, old soldiers never die -- they just make sequels. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)

6 Movie Clips and 3 TV Spots

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