The Philippine Star

Rambo is back!

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He has been raging full blast on solo missions, now he is up to wreak havoc on the movie screens again. Who doesn’t know Sylvester Stallone as a US Army veteran John Rambo in the American media franchise action film hits Rambo: First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III

(1988) and Rambo (2008)? No one but no one!

This year, the favorite legendary hero is pushed one last time to exact vengeance like it his alone. First Blood came about four decades ago. Now, Rambo is going to give his final combat a go in Rambo: Last Blood. The fifth entry to the Rambo franchise, John Rambo spends his time at the family ranch in Arizona coping from PTSD rather in peace and quiet until his friend and ranch worker, Maria (Adriana Barraza) asked for his help to rescue her daughter, Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal) from kidnappers. Rambo obliges to the call and returns to his expertise — the killing fields.

His search for the daughter brings him to Mexico upon discoverin­g that she is sold in as a sex worker run by a brutal cartel. A journalist named Carmen Delgado (Paz Vega) teams up with him against the sex traffickin­g ring.

Enraged by this loathsome mob, Rambo goes full blast. Nothing could stop him. He will fight face to face with the ruthless leader of the syndicate, Hugo Martinez (Sergio Peris-Mencheta).

This time, it will be a lot different from the previous series as he is dressed in cowboy attire gallantly riding a horse. There will no longer be jungle and mountains, only flatlands ready to be razed by him.

With a larger, sharper and more lethal “heartstopp­er” knife, and his iconic bow and arrow, Rambo will deliver another bloody rampage showcased in the last four chapters of the franchise.

As tough as the character he is playing, Sylvester is still showing his perfect form even now that he’s already in his 70s. He is a brilliant actor who also happens to be an accomplish­ed screenwrit­er, sharing the writing credits alongside Matt Cirulnick. In fact, Sylvester was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Screenplay for a single movie — Rocky.

Directed by Adrian Grunberg (second unit director for multiple episodes of Narcos and director of Get The Gringo), Rambo: Last Blood is the walloping action-packed final installmen­t for Rambo.

Straight from the success Rambo (2008): Live for Nothing or Die for Something, Rambo is ready for his ultimate rescue mission.

Rambo opens in Philippine cinemas tomorrow, Sept. 20, from Viva Internatio­nal Pictures and MVP Entertainm­ent.

 ??  ?? Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone) is going to give his final combat a go in Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone) is going to give his final combat a go in Rambo: Last Blood

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