‘Rambo 5’ First Look: John Rambo Is A Cowboy Now, Apparently
Howdy, partner. Rambo is back, and he’s a cowboy now.Rambo 5is gearing up to start shooting, and starSylvester Stalloneoffered up a rather perplexing first look at the film. Saddle up the horses and ride on down to see theRambo 5first look below. Yee-haw!
Sylvester Stallone announced viaInstagramthatRambo 5starts filming tonight, which means we now have the first look at Stallone in character as Rambo once again. The results are…surprising.
When I say “Rambo”, I’m 100% sure neither of these images are what you picture in your head. In terms of continuity, I suppose this look makes sense. At the end of 2008’s ultra-violentRambo, John Rambo finally returned to America and visited his father’s ranch in Arizona. He must have decided to stay there, and is now living the rancher lifestyle, chaps and all. Still, it’s a bit jarring forthisto be our first look at the newRambomovie. Perhaps this entry will change course, and be a kind of modern-day Western. That might actually work out well.
At one point,Rambo 5was going to have John Rambo fighting amonsterin the jungle, a laPredator(I’m serious). Sadly, that didn’t come to pass. Instead, the film will find Stallone’s PTSD-suffering soldier going up against a Mexican drug cartel when the cartel kidnaps the daughter of a friend. That’s a premise somewhat similar to John Ford’s classicThe Searchers, so perhapsRambo 5really is going for a Western-vibe. Stallone in a Western isn’t a half-bad idea, although I’d be much more interested in him making his own standalone Western rather than grafting Western tropes ontoRambo 5.
I don’t know how to feel about this. TheRamboseries is a bit of a mess, but I thought 2008’sRambowas fairly decent for what it was, and more or less closed out Rambo’s story by bringing him home to America for the first time in years. But Stallone could never let well enough alone. He’s a big fan of bringing back his old characters, and now that he’s done it so successfully with Rocky in theCreedfilms, I guess he decided to move on to Rambo. It’s only a matter of time before we getCobra: The ReturnandStop or My Mom Will Shoot, Again.
Stallone directed the last film, butAdrian Grunbergis listed as the helmer ofRambo 5. Grunberg also directedGet the Gringo. Rambo 5will likely arrive sometime in2019.
