We still have no idea when Sylvester Stallone will bring his John Rambo back to theaters in Rambo: Last Stand, but it seems the actor-writer-director has a definitive plan in place for this sequel, dropping the bombshell that he plans to kill off his iconic character.
First, he offered a few details about the plot of Rambo 5: “I’m dying to do another Rambo. He’s in Arizona on the border. It will involve him going into Mexico. I don’t think Rambo likes Mexicans.”
When asked if this would be the final Rambo, with the iconic character dying off at the end, Sylvester Stallone had one word: “Yeah.”
The actor then went onto discuss why he desperately wants to return to the character one last time: “Rocky is me after coffee. Rambo has reverted into kind of like an id: primitive, reactive and instinctual, almost like an animal. I love this character because he hasn’t quite been fleshed out.
He’s like an errant knight, looking to die in a glorious fashion. He has no desire to go into old age or have a family. In the book, Rambo gets killed. I thought it was not the proper message. There had been close to 200,000 suicides by returning Vietnam vets. I said, “Why don’t we take him right to the edge without annihilating him?” Quentin Tarantino said, “You’re a coward, you should have killed him!” I said, “Quentin, you’re a lunatic. I want to do some sequels, brother.”
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