John J. Rambo, one of Sylvester Stallone's two most iconic characters, is currently fighting his way across the big screen for the fifth and possibly final time in RAMBO: LAST BLOOD. The opening weekend has come and gone, and Stallone marked the occasion by sharing a video he shot as he was wrapping up his work on the film.
While waiting to have some LAST BLOOD fake blood taken off of him for the last time, Stallone recorded a message to fans to say,
Thank you guys very, very much for being there for all these years. I know it's been a hell of a ride. It's like we're all a part of the family. Take care."
It's a heartwarming video, as it's clear that it was sinking in for him in this moment that he may be saying goodbye to Rambo after living with the character for nearly forty years.
Directed by Adrian Grunberg from a script Stallone crafted with Matt Cirulnick and Dan Gordon, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD finds
Rambo, who has been working on a ranch, crossing the U.S./Mexico border to help find the kidnapped granddaughter of one of his close friends. He quickly finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels.
Stallone is joined in the cast by Adriana Barraza as Maria; Yvette Monreal as Maria's granddaughter Gabrielle; Sergio Peris-Mencheta as villainous cartel leader Hugo Martinez; Óscar Jaenada as Victor Martinez; and Paz Vega as Carmen Delgado, "a reporter who covers the Mexican drug trade and teams up with Rambo after her younger half-sister is kidnapped".