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| Sylvester Stallone: Rambo (US/DE 2007). Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo. |
Rambo (FI release title) / Rambo (SE) / John Rambo (the title in the opening credits). US /DE © 2007 Equity Pictures / Medienfonds GmbH. Released in 2008. D: Sylvester Stallone. Based on the character created by David Morrell. DP: Glen MacPherson – shot on 35 mm Super 35 DeLuxe – digital intermediate master format – theatrical format 35 mm 1:2,35. LOC: Thailand. Starring: Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo), Julie Benz (Sarah). 91 min. Released in Finland by Future Film, Finnish / Swedish subtitles by Saliven Gustavson. Viewed at Tennispalatsi 7, 7 March 2008.
"Live for nothing or die for something. What's your call?". I kept thinking about the parody trailer Gandhi II: "he's back", "he's a one man wrecking crew". Rambo tries to prevent Christian missionaries going to Burma to save their brothers in faith, but in the end he has to run to the rescue and kill a whole terror army. Yes, Stallone is 62 years old and looks like it, but he can still pull a bloody action picture. There was applause at the end of the picture, and laughter at some of the violence. On his homepage David Morrell tells he got the name Rambo from an apple brand. Rambo / Ramberg is also one of the oldest Swedish-Finnish families which immigrated in the US in the 17th century, the founding father from Hisingen i Göteborg, the mother from Vaasa on the West Coast of Finland (Pohjanmaa).
