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- Rambo (aka John Rambo) Release Date: January 25, 2008
- Director: Sylvester Stallone
- Producer: Sylvester Stallone and others
- Writer: Sylvester Stallone, Art Monterastelli
- Distributer: Lionsgate
- Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden
- Music: Brian Tyler
- Running time: 93 min.
- Budget: $50 million
- DVD/Blu-Ray release: May 27, 2008
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Rambo is the fourth movie in the film series starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo. Released on January 25, 2008, it comes 20 years after Rambo III.
In the film, Rambo is living in Thailand, making a living by capturing and selling snakes. A group of missionaries ask Rambo to take them up river to a village in Burma. Eventually, Rambo agrees and leads them there. When the group does not return, Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to infiltrate the Burmese army's P.O.W. camp and rescue the missionaries.
The film received mostly negative review from critics. The movie contains extreme violence with 262 kills at an average of 3.2 kills per minute. Despite the violence and criticism, the movie performed well at the box office, coming in at #2 during its opening weekend.
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Rambo Questions
Who is more bad ass...The Toxic Avenger or Rambo? Go. 1 AnswerI'd have to go with The Toxic Avenger. Rambo actually died in the first book, and but Stallone convinced Hollywood to spare him in the film so that they could ... read more -
Rambo Reviews and Articles
- Rotten Tomatoes: Rambo Reviews
- metacritic.com: Rambo Reviews
- Entertainment Weekly: Rambo Review (January 25, 2008)
- "Rambo teaches that fighting sucks, good intentions can be futile, and coalitions of the willing are a charade: A man's got to do what a man's got to do."
- Guardian Unlimited: Stallone: no more Rambo or Rocky (January 30, 2008)
- Variety: 'Rambo' defeated by 'Spartans' (January 27, 2008)
- LatinoReview.com: John Rambo Script Review (2006)
- NY Daily News: First Blood, Bad Blood, Me and Stallone (January 24, 2008)
- ReelzChannel: An Interview with Rambo
- More Reviews...
