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John Rambo
Directed bySylvester Stallone
Written bySylvester Stallone
Jeb Stuart
Art Monterastelli
Produced bySylvester Stallone
StarringSylvester Stallone
Julie Benz
Matthew Marsden
Paul Schulze
Graham McTavish
Sai Mawng
Jake La Botz
Distributed byLions Gate Entertainment
Release date
January 25, 2008
Running time
TBA
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$ 50,000,000

John Rambo[1] is an upcoming film, starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. In this fourth chapter of the franchise, Rambo travels to Burma, where the Burmese army is ruthlessly abusing the locals. It is currently scheduled for a January 25, 2008 release.[2][3] This is the only film in the series that does not feature the character of Rambo's friend and mentor, Colonel Trautman. The actor who portrayed Trautman in the previous Rambo films, Richard Crenna, died of cancer in 2003.

An official film teaser trailer which was made for distributors at the Cannes film festival was made available on the internet in late May 2007, and was noted for its intense (and graphic) violence.[4] Another teaser trailer was made available on the internet in September 2007.

Plot

Vietnam veteran John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has survived many harrowing ordeals in his lifetime, and has since withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in rural Thailand, where he spends his time salvaging old PT boats and tanks for scrap metal.

He is approached by a group of Christian missionaries who wish to travel to Burma in order to help stop the atrocities being committed. Rambo takes them up the halfway, and then leaves them. Soon after arriving in Burma, they are captured by the army, and most of them are killed. Upon hearing this news, John Rambo enlists the help of a group mercenaries to help rescue them.

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