A trailer for the new Rambo film is now available on YouTube. The film – which follows the ultimate action hero as he battles Burmese soldiers - was shot in Thailand. Previous New Mandala coverage of Rambo’s latest exploits is available from our archive.
Back in November Thai authorities insisted that in this 4th Rambo film “any violence has to be reasonable because we care about young people”. From the footage in this trailer it appears that this instruction has been largely ignored. Be warned - it is a gory three-minute introduction to the new Rambo story.
In an interesting twist, The Irrawaddy tells us that two former All Burma Students’ Democratic Front fighters signed up to battle Rambo. They were cast to play Burmese army officers.
Here at New Mandala we will continue to follow the story around this film. It is not scheduled for release until May 2008.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Amateur // May 21, 2007 at 9:48 pm
It is VERY violent. I have seen the first one and must say that violence in films has become much more drastic over the years. The visual saturation on violence and more blood-spilling – a vicious circle? How much more ways to slit, crack, twist, burst and squeeze a human body to death?
But leaving this aside…
As ChinRambo said it in November, Rambo, please come and rescue all the villagers in all the “insurgent” areas who are raped, killed, tortured and whose houses burnt down. On your way back please drop by at Naypyidaw and terminate the junta themselves. And don’t forget to prevent any weapon supply ever coming from China.
I reckon George W. must be very envy of you. He might dream every night to sort the mess in Iraq the way you do.
Fun aside. I am curious to see the political impact once the film is released and aired in Thailand….
2 patiwat // May 22, 2007 at 4:26 am
Holy heck, that was violent. You think that after Rambo takes out the Burmese junta, he’ll stop over and take out the Thai junta?
3 Amateur // May 22, 2007 at 8:18 am
I reckon that we need something different for the Thai junta. Maybe buying an island, putting a huge golf course and luxury mansions on it and replace them there. You have to admit, so far they haven’t burned down villages and raped villagers.
But who can stop China?
4 Anon // May 22, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Oh gosh, that trailer looked horrible. This in comparison to old rambos, darn, in comparison to any recent action movies was very VERY graphic violence and blood & gore.
I like action movies but this looked almost like splatter: cutting of head and showing it, shooting at close range the blood spilling to windows, ripping of throat and knive attacks. This was very gore and looks more like C class action movie if Rambos were B-class…This won’t get any rave reviews in the press for Stallone.
5 Jon Fernquest // May 22, 2007 at 10:28 pm
“The US magazine Entertainment Weekly reported that Stallone found Burma when he sought advice from the journal Soldier of Fortune on scripting a film featuring ‘the most critical man-doing-inhumanity-to-man situation.’”
Well, I guess we don’t have to study that country anymore!
Rambo’s been there and figured it all out.
6 Richard // May 23, 2007 at 10:32 am
I call the film exploitation
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