New Rambo Poster: Uh, I Actually Like It

I had to ride the El to Kensington for a story, and this poster is at the Spring Garden stop.

We are less than two months away. Also, apparently the movie’s now just called Rambo. Guess Stallone didn’t want to do the same exact thing once again. I dunno; I think John Rambo was fine. It’s not like Rocky punched anybody’s head off in Rocky Balboa.

‘Rambo’ To Take Down Military Junta By Himself

Those of us who have been following the horrible situation in Burma have been asking just one question when watching scenes of protests: When will John Rambo weigh in on this situation?

Well, fear not, fellow world news watchers! Sylvester Stallone has weighed in on the Burma situation, which he encountered while filming the fourth movie in the Rambo series, John Rambo. (Yeah. It’s the same thing as Rocky Balboa. Whatevs.) Well, okay, Stallone left before a majority of the 2007 protests, but he says the government in Burma needs to go.

“I witnessed the aftermath - survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off. We saw many elephants with blown off legs. We hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific,” Stallone told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Monday.

Stallone returned eight days ago from shooting “John Rambo,” the fourth movie in the action series, on the Salween River separating Thailand and Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma.

“This is a hellhole beyond your wildest dreams,” Stallone said. “All the trails are mined. The only way into Burma is up the river.”

He says he wants the movie to get an R rating in order to draw attention to the situation in Burma. I’m not quite sure that will really be all that hard to do — just show smoking or say the word “fuck” — but he plans to bringing Burmese in front of the MPAA so he gets an R. (Or maybe he doesn’t want an NC-17 rating?)

Uhh, okay Sly, whatever you want. I am still so pumped for this movie, so I can see Stallone cut people’s heads off.

Stallone Sees Myanmar Aftermath, Calls It ‘Hellhole’ [AP/NBC 10]

Rambo Would Totally Beat Mason Dixon

Fresh off the success of Rocky Balboa, sometime next year Sylvester Stallone will star in Rambo IV — er — John Rambo. (Hey, it even follows the same naming convention!)

In the film, John Rambo has chosen to live a simple existence in Bangkok, where he extracts scrap metal from old PT boats. But then, a fictional SportsCenter tournament shows Rambo defeating Rocky Balboa in the finals of a match to determine the greatest heavyweight of all time. Rambo receives a challenge from — er, wait. I seem to have gotten some movies confused here.

In the film, Rambo does search for scrap metal in Bangkok, where he — oh, whatever, you just want to see some over-the-top violence and blood-and-guts, don’t you? Here’s the promo footage Ain’t It Cool News snagged:

It’s probably a good thing Rocky isn’t fighting Rambo, because as you can see at the 2:06 mark, Rambo can take someone’s head off with a single sucker punch. Must be all the human growth hormone.

3 Minutes & 29 Seconds… This is it! AICN scored the motherfucking premiere footage of JOHN RAMBO! This ain’t PG13, NO-WAY! [Ain't It Ridiculous Headlines]
‘Rocky’ fined on hormone charge [AP/CNN.com]