Sly talks Rambo!

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

I love what Sylvester Stallone has done with the ROCKY franchise, bringing it back to respectability. And from the looks of JOHN RAMBO he’s doing the same damn thing to the RAMBO franchise.

Recently Sly had time to sit down with the French site Allocine and discuss JOHN RAMBO. Here is what the living legend had to say: “There is this huge feeling of pride for me to plunge back into the heart of this character that has been around for more than 20 years. For Rambo IV -the title being John Rambo- we filmed in Mexico and in Thailand and despite some logistic problems it was a unique experience. It was unbelievable to see that many of my fans, everywhere in the world, are not people of my age, but are very young. It is unbelievable to see that ROCKY and RAMBO have became timeless. I wrote these films for people of my age, but it is the young generation today that will see these films. John Rambo’s theme is different in comparison with Rocky Balboa’s. For Rocky, it was a matter that no matter what the age one can always make a comeback and continue to be at the top. While in the new Rambo, it is a matter of denouncing atrocities wherever injustice happens or in John Rambo addressing the horrible incidents in Myanmmar (Burma).”

The greatest 80’s action star also had this to say: “It is really difficult at this stage to create a new “character” like ROCKY or RAMBO. I don’t have the time or youth to create a new Rambo or Rocky. And the new generation of young people never saw or grew up on Rambo and they are finally discovering Rocky. Rocky is the “clear” side of me and Rambo the “obscure” side. It is necessary for me to denounce atrocities! The last Rambo had too much action and it was not very believable. John Rambo contains a lot of action and I know that it is risky in this state of my career, but I want John Rambo to come back to his origins – his revolutionary side.”

Who’s ready for this film???!!!

She’s saluting Rambo!