The King of the Sequel
Published Tuesday, December 05, 2006 by Ted | E-mail this post
With the release date of the next (6th) Rocky movie, one can’t help but wonder when we will see Rambo again. Sylvester Stallone is positioning himself as the all time sequel master, narrowly edging out Charles Bronson in Death Wishes 1 thru 37.2.
Stallone, now 58, is set to have an assistant help him don combat trousers for a fourth time, this time to slug it out against pretty much anyone, for any reason. According to Stallone, who is also the movie's scriptwriter, this is just the beginning of the Rambo saga. “What would it be like if a trained killing machine got Alzheimer’s?” Stallone questioned reporters; “Rambo has always been about more than needless killing in fairly mundane circumstances. These films have been a social commentary about the soldiers that our government has trained to kill a lot of people and the everyday challenges they face. In that way, Rambo is a lot like the average Joe American. Except he's not a total wuss like a lot of guys these days.”
In the next slated movie Rambo, having been forced to leave the big city for a quiet, rural life because of overwhelming workplace stress (I am not making that up), finds adversity because the small town’s local racist group doesn’t like the fact that a 1/100th part Navajo has moved into their town.
Now I know what you are thinking. This will definitely be the last Rambo. I mean come on. He is 58 years old!
"It's a franchise," said Avi Lerner, chairman of studio Nu Image/Millennium Films, "If No. 4 works, then you have a No. 5."
You idiot. They are going to keep making these movies even after Stallone is dead. They had him sign an agreement to make his body into an animatronics Rambo.
In a statement, Stallone said: "I've signed the deal and I have the old headband, machine gun and bow and arrow ready to go. I am looking forward to showing movie fans the real action hero again." The aging star couldn’t be reached for further comments because it was his afternoon naptime.
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