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CERTIFICATION | R |
DIRECTOR | Sylvester Stallone |
ACTOR(S) | Sukol Sinlapachan more.... |
COLOR | N/A |
SOUND | N/A |
ASPECT | none available |
YEAR | 2008 |
DURATION | N/A |
GENRE | N/A |
John Rambo has retreated to northern Thailand, where he's running a longboat on the Salween River. On the nearby Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, the world's longest-running civil war, the Burmese-Karen conflict, rages into its 60th year. But Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell, has long given up fighting, even as medics, mercenaries, rebels and peace workers pass by on their way to the war-torn region. That all changes when a group of human rights missionaries search out the "American river guide" John Rambo. When Sarah and Michael Bennett approach him, they explain that since last year's trek to the refugee camps, the Burmese military has laid landmines along the road, making it too dangerous for overland travel. They ask Rambo to guide them up the Salween and drop them off, so they can deliver medical supplies and food to the Karen tribe. After initially refusing to cross into Burma, Rambo takes them, dropping off Sarah, Michael and the aid workers. Less than two weeks later, pastor Arthur Marsh finds Rambo and tells him the aid workers did not return and the embassies have not helped locate them. He tells Rambo he's mortgaged his home and raised money from his congregation to hire mercenaries to get the missionaries, who are being held captive by the Burmese army. Although the United States military trained him to be a lethal super soldier in Vietnam, decades later Rambo's reluctance for violence and conflict are palpable, his scars faded, yet visible. However, the lone warrior knows what he must do.
Released in United States on Video May 27, 2008
Released in United States Winter January 25, 2008
Sequel to "First Blood" (USA/1982), directed by Ted Kotcheff, "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (USA/1985), directed by George Pan Cosmatos, and "Rambo III" (USA/1988), directed by Peter MacDonald. All three films starred Sylvester Stallone.
Miramax's Dimension Films paid the bankrupt Carolco Pictures $500,000 for the remake rights to the "Rambo" franchise.
Previously in development with Dimension Films.
Released in United States Winter January 25, 2008
Released in United States on Video May 27, 2008
