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Rambo
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2008 film directed by Sylvester Stallone
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Rambo is a 2008 action and thriller film directed and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also stars in the lead role as John Rambo. The cast includes Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, and Graham McTavish. Produced by Avi Lerner, the movie was developed by Starz Entertainment and Millennium Media, with additional involvement from Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, and Nu Image Entertainment. Brian Tyler composed the score, and Glen MacPherson served as director of photography.
The narrative is set in Myanmar, Thailand, and Arizona, with filming taking place in California, Mexico, Thailand, and Arizona. The film’s main subject is terrorism, and it is categorized as an action, splatter, independent, and drama film. It was released in the United States and Germany, with English and Vietnamese as its original languages. The runtime is listed as 90 or 92 minutes depending on the source.
Financially, the film had a budget of 50,000,000 and generated revenue of 113,200,000. It received a rating of 7.0 on IMDb based on 256,908 votes, while TMDb reports a vote average of 6.695 from 4,255 votes. The film is part of the Rambo series and was distributed via video on demand by Starz Entertainment and Netflix.
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Film · TMDB
6.7In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
- Julie Benz as Sarah
- Matthew Marsden as School Boy
- Graham McTavish as Lewis
- Reynaldo Gallegos as Diaz
- Tim Kang as En-Joo
Themes
- snake
- fight
- missionary
- boat
- river
- pastor
- border
- mercenary
- thailand
- burma
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sylvester Stallone
- Written by
- Art Monterastelli Sylvester Stallone
- Based on
- John Rambo , by David Morrell
- Produced by
- Avi Lerner Kevin King Templeton John Thompson
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Julie Benz Paul Schulze Matthew Marsden Graham McTavish Rey Gallegos Tim Kang Jake La Botz Maung Maung Khin Ken Howard
- Cinematography
- Glen MacPherson
- Edited by
- Sean Albertson
- Music by
- Brian Tyler
- Production companies
- Millennium Films Nu Image Equity Pictures
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate Films and, The Weinstein Company , (United States) Warner Bros. Pictures , (Germany) Millennium Films (Overseas)
- Release dates
- January 25, 2008 ( 2008-01-25 ) (United States) February 14, 2008 ( 2008-02-14 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Countries
- United States Germany
- Languages
- English , Burmese , Thai
- Budget
- $47.5–50 million
- Box office
- $113.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Rambo is a 2008 American war action film co-written and directed by Sylvester Stallone. A sequel to Rambo III (1988), it is the fourth installment in the Rambo film series based on the character created by author David Morrell. Stallone stars as John Rambo, who leads a group of mercenaries into Burma to rescue Christian missionaries, who've been kidnapped by a local infantry unit. The film co-stars Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Rey Gallegos, Tim Kang, Jake La Botz, Maung Maung Khin, and Ken Howard. Rambo is dedicated to the memory of Richard Crenna, who had played Colonel Sam Trautman in the previous films and died in 2003.
The rights to the Rambo franchise were sold to Miramax Films in 1997 after Carolco Pictures went bankrupt. Miramax intended to produce a fourth film but Stallone was unmotivated to reprise the role. The rights were then sold to Nu Image and Millennium Films in 2005, who green-lit the film before the release of Rocky Balboa (2006). Filming began in Thailand, Mexico, and the United States in January 2007, and ended that May.
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