Sunday
13Sep2009
Stallone Responds to 'Rambo V' Reactions
Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 1:34PM
Sylvester Stallone's next Rambo movie will introduce elements of science fiction for the first time, unless you believe it's how scientifically impossible it is to dodge all of those bullets for four movies. But the fifth film will introduce genetically altered super soldiers that Rambo has to somehow take out.
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Reader Comments (3)
I get what he's saying about not wanting to repeat himself, but there's also something to be said for why franchises are successful. You want something familiar from sequels, and it's rare that you can radically change the tone of a film and maintain success (Alien to Aliens for example).
Putting Rambo into what is ostensibly the plot of Far Cry is, on paper at least, a two fold fail. This wont feel like Rambo, and we've seen the genetic cautionary tale before, told really well in fact (since Blade Runner, or even earlier with films like Metropolis).
I'll be really curious to see what they accomplish.
This is a really bad idea - to do this to a classic series such as Rambo - it's sounds like a B grade sci-fi movie from the 80s.
There is so much you can do with the Rambo series - he's like a classic character ie James Bond, Indiana Jones etc Stallone can take the Rambo character to so many places like Northern India or Africa or even Eastern Europe for some more exciting action - I like to see big Rambo movies - ie First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part 2, Rambo 3 and Rambo 4 etc they are all big movies.
But to now settle on something as simplistic (and low budget like this idea sounds) as a man versus geneticaly enhanced soldier story is crap -
This was already done quite well before in the original Universal Soldier movie by director Roland Emerich - I dont want to see another movie like that - why would anyone want to repeat something like that in a sequel to Rambo?
I don't believe this is a bad idea. The Rambo that we grew up with and loved is a character that could take on anything that life has to offer. I understand why Sylvester Stallone would want to do this film and introduce a new side to the world of Rambo. Kind of like introducing the Rambo from the 80's into the new millennium, that honestly is filled with unnatural and unethical grounds such as stemcell research and genetic manipulation. Sure it would be fun to see how our hero "Rambo" would deal in our world of scientific wonders and horrors such as ours.