Stallone: There Won't Be Any More 'Rambo' Movies
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Responding to Harvey Weinstein's comments last week that he would like to see more Rambo movies, since all that killing and grunting plays well internationally, Sylvester Stallone has come out and put the kibosh on that talk. The Guardian reports that Stallone has told reporters that there will be no more Rambo films after this one. "This is the last Rambo just as Rocky Balboa is the last Rocky," Sly said. "I can't go any further. It was a miracle that it even got done." Considering the dozen or so producers listed on the film's credits, that's probably true. Who knows how many people will have to get paid before this movie turns a profit. And without giving too much away, Stallone clearly went further than was necessary to put a stamp of finality onto this film, and there's really no reason other than raw greed to go any further with the adventures of John Rambo.
I'm glad of this decision, since this most recent Rambo film sucked. I wasn't quite as bamboozled as some others into passive appreciation of the severed limbs, exploding heads and dismembered torsos dished out in the film. (The squibbing alone must have eaten up most of the budget, and I'm not even kidding.) While I do respect that Stallone was making an honest attempt to reach what he perceives as a core audience who just wants to see Rambo knife people in the belly and call it a day, I'm more or less a lone supporter of the artistic integrity of Rambo: First Blood, Part II, a film that I believe surpasses even Die Hard as the exemplary action film of the 80s, and that's the bar I measure all subsequent Rambo films by. Seriously, when will George P. Cosmatos be recognized for his amazing skill as an action director? Anyway, so long Rambo.
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2-01-2008 @ 12:18AM
jake said...
I wouldn't say that I'm a huge fan of the Rambo Series -- but this just seems ridiculous to say there will be no more Rambos -- why bring it back in the first place? It has done well and to say no more is just like sticking it to the audience who came out to see him.
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2-01-2008 @ 1:16AM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Only decent film with John Rambo is called First Blood. The rest of the films were unwatchable stupidity.
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2-01-2008 @ 5:16AM
bongo123 said...
First blood to this day remains an absolute classic movie.. can't wait to see the new one for some retro 80's style killing
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2-01-2008 @ 6:54AM
Sowey said...
...Until the 2011 movie "James Rambo", his son being a young Blackwater trigger-happy contractor.
Yeep-ha.
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2-01-2008 @ 9:43AM
Sam H. said...
You know, it's one thing to say a movie "sucked," since there's no accounting for taste, but quite another to accuse those of who appreciate RAMBO of being "bamboozled." While Cinematical isn't the pinnacle of online journalism, it might help to refrain from insulting your readers.
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2-01-2008 @ 10:26AM
DAVID F said...
It would be stupid to do another one and Stallone isn't stupid (although many think he is). I liked this last one and wasn't bamboozled but found the use of that word humorous. Heh. Not everything I see has to be a work of art. I kinda like all the Rambo movies for what they're worth. It has to do with the age I was when I first saw them. Most tween/teen boys love to see junk blowed up real good, right?
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2-01-2008 @ 10:58AM
Azteclobo said...
Ryan, you might not have been bamboozled but you might not have understood Rambo for what it is. Rambo is not a happy go lucky dismemberment carnival. I see that some would think of it that way, but it is much more true to itself than other films. This film's story is similar to "Tears of the Sun" but unlike the aforementioned film, it does not hold back in order to appeal to more audiences. I thoroughly enjoyed Rambo, so much that in my opinion, it bested Cloverfield.
Rambo stands next to Copland and Rocky Balboa as Stallone's best characterization of an aging man struggling to confront his inner conflicts.
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3-21-2008 @ 2:00PM
vinnay_kummar said...
sitting at your computer desk and commenting is easyier than
an old man of 61 years old tried to portrey the real situation in burma though it is made for money look at the effort of the great rambo doing action sequences younsters like us must get inspiration from him inspite of commenting on his movies.................now all the loosers just shut ur mouths
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