a5c7b9f00b In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. In Thailand, John Rambo is living peacefully capturing snakes and transporting people and cargo in an old boat. But when he joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. Rambo refuses, but is convinced by another member, Sarah Miller, to take them up there. When the aid workers are captured by the Burmese army, Rambo decides to venture alone into the war zone to rescue them. if i enjoy something, i give it high marks. this was hardcore action, terse dialogue, and a do or die motto. really detailed work on action, gore, blood, how guns really blow apart flesh. man...<br/><br/>the atrocities felt real and compelling. when you see a village destroyed, you see everything. and you finally know what evil really is.<br/><br/>the only thing unbelievable was that christians were trying to help others. with my Hollywood/liberal education, i found that depiction really strange. unheard of... but if you can get past that inaccurate Hollywood depiction of christians, because their supposed to be liars, sexual deviants, self centered, weak spirited, and manipulators, than you will THOROUGHLY enjoy this movie.<br/><br/>btw I was being sarcastic. this is the first movie to show christians doing what they do. missionary work, but also, helping others. and risking their lives. and also showing true EVIL. i mean as a history buff, there are so many accounts of whole cities, villages getting slaughtered, by all sides granted. but by the sheer volume, numbers is what one has to look at, and christians above all others, the West above all others, is by far helping others more than any other govt, society, religion and/or idelologie. Rambo is back, Stallone looking every bit his 61 years, but he can still deliver a knock-out punch...the violence is certainly gratuitous, and kudos to the make up artist for the absolute bloodiest shootings that I can remember...there is no "Hollywood shootings, i.e. several bullets to take someone down". So in other words...Rambo shoots, people die...I couldn't be sure if the saga has ended...who knows who will bring Rambo out of quasi-retirement...maybe the terrorists? I can think of worse movies to see...definitely not a date movie, unless you are taking your guy...a shoot 'em up for sure, with Rambo saying about 10 words throughout. In the Rambo canon, where does this one fit? The tone is closer to "First Blood" but the body count is more "Rambo III." No matter how one dices and slices this new Rambo, the first one in 20 years, it will likely please fans of the long-in-the-tooth series. Former Green Beret, U.S. Army Special Forces, and Vietnam veteran John J. Rambo (<a href="/name/nm0000230/">Sylvester Stallone</a>) agrees to take a group of missionaries, led by Michael Burnett (<a href="/name/nm0776584/">Paul Schulze</a>) and Sarah Miller (<a href="/name/nm0004748/">Julie Benz</a>), up the Salween River into war-torn Burma so that they can deliver aid to the Karen people who are being brutally tortured and murdered by the sadistic Major Pa Tee Tint (<a href="/name/nm2678196/">Maung Maung Khin</a>) and his army. When the missionaries are subsequently attacked by Tint's men and held captive, their pastor again hires Rambo to take a group of mercenaries to the drop-off spot in an attempt to rescue them. Rambo ends up joining them in the rescue. Rambo is the fourth movie in the Rambo series, which is based on First Blood, a 1972 novel by Canadian-American novelist David Morrell. Rambo was preceded by <a href="/title/tt0083944/">First Blood (1982)</a> (1982), <a href="/title/tt0089880/">Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)</a> (1985), and <a href="/title/tt0095956/">Rambo III (1988)</a> (1988). The screenplay for Rambo was written by Art Monterastelli and Sylvester Stallone. His full name is John James Rambo. One source is the Ultimate Edition DVD for <a href="/title/tt0095956/">Rambo III (1988)</a> (1988). There is a feature called "Survival Mode" that gives biographies for the main characters. <a href="/name/nm0001077/">Richard Crenna</a>, who played Col. Trautman in the first three Rambo movies, died Jan. 17, 2003 of pancreatic cancer. Stallone said, "Trautman died the day my friend Richard died." But Trautman does appear in the film during a dream sequence. It is a montage of black and white clips from the previous three films, including a split second shot from the alternate ending of <a href="/title/tt0083944/">First Blood (1982)</a> (1982), in which Rambo has Trautman shoot him in the stomach, killing him. Earlier in the film, we see a seemingly defunct "tallboy bomb" sticking out of the ground in the middle of the jungle. Apparently it had been dropped years earlier during World War II, but never went off and was never found and disarmed. Rambo, in an attempt to lead the Burmese soldiers away from Sarah and School Boy (<a href="/name/nm0550452/">Matthew Marsden</a>), runs with a piece of Sarah's shirt tied to his boot to attract the soldiers' attack dogs by scent. Rambo finds the tallboy bomb and straps the claymore mine to it, then covers it with some leaves and wraps the tripwire for the claymore around the piece of fabric. The soldiers arrive and pull the cloth and tripwire, causing the claymore to explode, which acts as a detonator for the tallboy bomb. One possibility is that the weapon that School Boy carries makes a louder noise than a regular rifle or gun would make, especially in the location they are in. The purpose of the shot was to cause an echo that would throw the Burmese off, thus giving Rambo time to run to the old bomb that we see earlier in the film. More likely, Rambo removes a piece of Sarah's clothing in order to lure the advancing army to him instead of her using her scent (which the dogs were given in the compound). He then asks School Boy to fire a shot in an attempt to alert the enemy to his presence. Note that, as the rifle report reverberates, Tint and his men stop their vehicles and begin pursuit on foot. Rambo's Claymore gambit wouldn't have worked unless the Burmese army is on his heels - the shot tells them where to look. According to the website of Gil Hibben, maker of the knife seen in Rambo 3 and Rambo 4, the original plot had Rambo losing his knife and later modifying its sheath to accommodate the one he made himself. Source. Just as the captured hostages are about to be executed, Rambo open fires with a machine gun, igniting a fierce battle between the mercenaries and Tint's army, with Tint's army having the advantage until the Karen rebels show up and join the fight. Sarah watches in horror as Rambo is shot in the shoulder by one of the soldiers on a gunboat coming down the river, but Rambo turns his machine gun on the boat until the guide blows it up with an RPG launcher. Realizing his defeat, Lt Aye (<a href="/name/nm2878590/">Aung Aay Noi</a>) attempts to run away, but Rambo follows, stabbing him in the abdomen with his knife and ending the fight. As Rambo stands on top of the hill, looking down at the survivors, Sarah rushes around looking frantically for Michael, whom she finds tending to the wounded. Michael and Sarah wave to Rambo. He waves back and begins walking away. In the final scene, Rambo is still walking, but this time he is in Bowie, Arizona, and he's heading down the road to his family's ranch. Yes. On January 5, 2016, Stallone announced that he will be retiring the Rambo character, leaving a planned fifth movie canceled. Yes. The composer <a href="/name/nm0003911/">Brian Tyler</a> reassured fans from the beginning that his score would be based on the late <a href="/name/nm0000025/">Jerry Goldsmith</a>'s cues for the first three First Blood/Rambo pictures. Almost two years after releasing the theatrical version of Rambo, an extended version was released. Sylvester Stallone personally chose to revisit the footage and put together this Extended Cut. It is obvious that Stallone wanted the Extended Cut to focus more on the relationship between John and Sarah and giving more depth to the characters. He also removed some of the violence. Stallone put more than 7 additional minutes back into the film and did also carry out very minor changes leading up to a total number of 103 differences between both versions. The film is shown in a heavily censored version on US TV. Violence and sexual scenes had to be reduced. Disc 1: First Blood (Ultimate Edition), Disc 2: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Ultimate Edition), Disc 3: Rambo III (Ultimate Edition), Discs 4 & 5: Rambo (Special Edition), and Disc 6: Bonus Features.The bonus features on Disc 6 are exactly the same as the ones on the fourth DVD from the Rambo Trilogy (Special Edition Collection). It's difficult to say, there are reasons supporting both possibilities. Reasons why Rambo III isn't ignored are as follows: (1) There is a flashback to Rambo III which includes several lines of dialogue from Colonel Trautman, and (2) In Rambo III, Rambo gives the Afghani kid the necklace that Co Bao gave him in the second film. If Rambo ignored Rambo III, Rambo would still have the necklace. Reasons why Rambo III is ignored are as follows. (1) Rambo III ended in Afghanistan while Rambo: First Blood Part II ended in Thailand. Seeing how each film picks up where the previous one left off, if we were to include Rambo III, then Rambo somehow ended up back in Thailand with no explanation. (2) Rambo's world outlook at the beginning makes absolutely no sense if you include Rambo III. The third film ended on a positive note while the first two ended on a negative (thus the reason why Rambo was so cynical at the beginning of the second and third films). Therefore, if we are to include the third film, it would seem that Rambo wouldn't have such a negative opinion of mankind and the "f-ck the world" line would be very out of place, and (3) In the extended edition, there is a scene where Rambo has the same knife he had in the second film, why didn't he have this knife in the third film? After all he used a different knife when he went to rescue Trautman from Afghanistan. Either way it is really up to the viewer whether they decide to include Rambo III or not. Many viewers consider Rambo III to be the weakest entry due to it being way too similar to the second film although having a lot more of the cliched 1980s action movie one liners. If one doesn't like the third movie, then it certainly is possible to pretend that Rambo is the sequel to Rambo: First Blood Part II and is the third and concluding part of a trilogy.
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