Rambo is the great American soldier. He can single handedly take out a local police force, the remaining Vietcong or invading Soviet forces. This time Rambo goes upriver to Burma, where real life atrocities are occurring within a corrupt military, to rescue a group of missionaries who tried to offer help.
Real life has given writer/director/star Sylvester Stallone many battles to fight also. He spoke about his victories in the war to bring one last Rambo to the screen.
The Battle of Aging Action Heroes
Winner: Nostalgia
"If I were trying to go after a youth audience and trying to find something hip, using certain music and whatever, I think that would be pretty obvious and be rejected. There are some things that never change and are universal truths. As you get older, they become more and more apparent about how difficult life is …The young people who would support Rocky more than even people my age, I think, really enjoy and embrace those kinds of lessons. I think the lesson that is somewhat presented here--that war is hell and there is no winner ever and unfortunately people just have to find it out the hard way--will translate."
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