Taglines: Everyone has one more fight in them.
After the blood-soaked ballet of bullets in Rambo (2008), the last survivor of an elite unit of Green Berets, John Rambo, finds himself unable to keep the terrors of this world at bay, still trying to keep the lid on his simmering emotions. Secluded in his deceased father’s horse ranch in Arizona, John–along with his teen niece, Gabrielle, and her grandmother, Maria–leads a serene life, until an urgent invitation drags the gullible seventeen-year-old girl to the squalid slums of Mexico, in search of a ghost.
Now, even though he tried so hard to renounce his former violent self, once more, John is on the warpath, many painful decades after the bitter guerrilla warfare in First Blood (1982). Nearly all his life, John has been fighting a seemingly interminable war, seeking a place he could call home. But, what’s the good of pursuing a beautiful dream when everyone you love has gone?
Now, even though he tried so hard to renounce his former violent self, once more, John is on the warpath, many painful decades after the bitter guerrilla warfare in First Blood (1982). Nearly all his life, John has been fighting a seemingly interminable war, seeking a place he could call home. But, what’s the good of pursuing a beautiful dream when everyone you love has gone?
Rambo: Last Blood is a 2019 American action film directed by Adrian Grünberg. The screenplay, co-written by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone (from a story by Dan Gordon and Stallone), is based on the character John Rambo created by author David Morrell for his novel First Blood. The story follows the titular Vietnam War veteran (reprised by Stallone) as he travels to Mexico to save his adopted daughter, who has been kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and forced into prostitution. A sequel to Rambo (2008), it is the fifth installment in the Rambo franchise and co-stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar Jaenada.
Plans for a fifth film were announced on and off again since 2008, with different iterations developed and cancelled. The film was finally announced in May 2018, with Grunberg attached to direct. Principal photography began in October 2018 in Bulgaria and Spain and ended in December 2018, with additional photography in May 2019. Brian Tyler returned to score the film. Rambo: Last Blood was theatrically released in the United States on September 20, 2019, to negative reviews, with criticisms aimed at the script, graphic violence, and accusations of racist and xenophobic attitudes toward Mexico. The film grossed $91 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million.
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
Directed by: Adrian Grunberg
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Óscar Jaenada, Louis Mandylor, Joaquín Cosio, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Sheila Shah, Díana Bermudez, Atanas Srebrev
Screenplay by: Matthew Cirulnick
Production Design by: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Cinematography by: Brendan Galvin
Film Editing by: Carsten Kurpanek, Todd E. Miller
Costume Design by: Cristina Sopeña
Set Decoration by: Valentina Mladenova, Nieves Monterde
Art Direction by: Kes Bonnet, Eduardo Hidalgo hijo, David Temprano
Music by: Brian Tyler
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, grisly images, drug use and language.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: September 20, 2019
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