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Rambo: Last Blood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adrian Grunberg
Screenplay by	Matt Cirulnick Sylvester Stallone
Story by	Dan Gordon Sylvester Stallone
Produced by	Avi Lerner Kevin King Templeton Yariv Lerner Les Weldon
Starring	Sylvester Stallone Paz Vega Sergio Peris-Mencheta Adriana Barraza Yvette Monreal Genie Kim Joaquín Cosío Oscar Jaenada
Cinematography	Brendan Galvin
Edited by	Todd E. Miller Carsten Kurpanek
Music by	Brian Tyler
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	< $50 million

Rambo: Last Blood (also known as Rambo V and Rambo V: Last Blood) is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Adrian Grunberg and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, who also reprises his role as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. A sequel to Rambo (2008) and the fifth installment in the Rambo franchise, it co-stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar Jaenada. The story follows Rambo as he travels to Mexico to save his niece, who has been kidnapped by the Mexican cartel.

Plans for a fifth film were announced on and off again since 2008, with different iterations developed and cancelled. It was finally officially announced in May 2018, and production began that October in Bulgaria, lasting through December.

Plot

Eleven years after the events in Burma, John Rambo inherits his late father's horse ranch in Bowie, Arizona, which he manages with his old friend, Maria Beltran, and her granddaughter, Gabrielle.

Gabrielle reveals to Rambo that a friend of hers, Jezel, has found her biological father, Miguel, in Mexico. Against Rambo and Maria's wishes, Gabrielle secretly drives to Mexico to ask why Miguel had abandoned Gabrielle and her mother. Jezel leads Gabrielle to Miguel's apartment, where he reveals to her that he never cared for Gabrielle or her mother.

Heartbroken, Gabrielle goes to a local club where she is drugged and kidnapped by enforcers of a Mexican cartel. Meanwhile, Maria informs Rambo of Gabrielle's secret trip to Mexico and sudden disappearance. Reluctantly, Rambo travels to Mexico and interrogates both Miguel and Jezel about Gabrielle's whereabouts. Jezel reluctantly leads Rambo to the club where Gabrielle was last seen and confronts El Flako, the man who last spoke with Gabrielle.

A mysterious woman, Carmen, tails Rambo as El Flako leads him to Gabrielle's location. Rambo is immediately confronted and beaten by the cartel, led by Hugo and Victor Martinez, who then take his driver's license, revealing the ranch's location, and a photo of Gabrielle, whom Victor recognizes. The cartel vow to mistreat Gabrielle further due to Rambo's actions.

Carmen takes Rambo back to her home where she cares for him until he heals. Carmen reveals herself to be an independent journalist and has been investigating the Martinez brothers, who had kidnapped and murdered her sister. Rambo later raids one of the brothels, killing several men until he finds a drugged Gabrielle. On the way back home, Rambo thanks Gabrielle for giving him hope for ten years before she dies from the forced overdose.

Enraged, Rambo sends Maria away and rigs the ranch with traps for a confrontation, later returning to Mexico to ask Carmen's help in finding Victor. Carmen refuses initially, believing it will solve nothing but is convinced after Rambo appeals to her grief and frustrations.

Rambo raids Victor's home, killing several guards and decapitating Victor. In retaliation, Hugo leads a group of hitmen to Rambo's ranch, where each falls victim to the rigged traps. Saving Hugo for last, Rambo mutilates and pulls his heart out. In the aftermath, a weakened Rambo sits on the porch of his father's house, vowing to continue fighting and to keep the memories of his loved ones alive. During the credits, the injured Rambo gets up, saddles up his horse and rides off into the sunset.

Cast

• Sylvester Stallone as John J. Rambo
• Paz Vega as Carmen Delgado
• Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Hugo Martinez
• Adriana Barraza as Maria Beltran
• Yvette Monreal as Gabrielle
• Genie Kim aka Yenah Han
• Joaquín Cosío
• Óscar Jaenada as Victor Martinez
• Marco de la O as Miguel
• Fenessa Pineda as Jezel
• Díana Bermudez as Juanita
• Sheila Shah as Alejandra

Production

Development

In February 2008, Sylvester Stallone revealed that making a fifth film would depend on the success of the fourth film, stating he was "gearing one up" and that it would "be quite different". In March 2008, Stallone revealed he was "half-way through" writing Rambo V, stating that it would not be another war movie, with Bulgaria being considered to double as Rambo's home in Arizona. In February 2009, Stallone revealed that he was proceeding with the fifth film but stated, "the conflict is whether to do it in America or a foreign country".

In August 2009, Millennium Films green-lit the film with Stallone writing, directing and starring. At that time, the plot focused on Rambo battling human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.–Mexico border. In September 2009, Stallone revealed that the film would be titled Rambo V: The Savage Hunt. The film would have been loosely based on Hunter by James Byron Huggins and would have focused on Rambo leading an elite special forces kill team to hunt and kill a genetically engineered creature. Nu Image/Millennium Films released a poster and synopsis for The Savage Hunt. In November 2009, it was reported that the plot had reverted to Rambo crossing the Mexican border to rescue a girl who had been kidnapped.

Screenplay

In May 2010, Stallone revealed he was "done" with the character, stating, "I think Rambo’s pretty well done. I don’t think there’ll be any more. I’m about 99% sure, I was going to do it... but I feel that with Rocky Balboa, that character came complete circle. He went home. But for Rambo to go on another adventure might be, I think, misinterpreted as a mercenary gesture and not necessary. I don’t want that to happen." At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Millennium Films and Nu Image advertised Rambo V with posters and handouts. Following an interview with Stallone for Ain't It Cool News, in which the director expressed his desire to end the franchise, Harry Knowles reported that, "He then told me that the folks behind those posters essentially said that if Sly didn't do it - someone else would. And Sly seems fine with that."

In 2011, Sean Hood was hired to write a new script titled Rambo: Last Stand that Hood described as "more in line with the small-town thriller of First Blood. In 2012, Hood revealed that Rambo V had been put on hold in order for Stallone to finish The Expendables 2. Hood also revealed his uncertainty whether the film would be similar to Unforgiven or a passing-of-the-torch. In August 2013, it was announced that Entertainment One and Nu Image would develop and produce a Rambo TV series with Stallone. In June 2014, German film company Splendid Films confirmed that Stallone had started writing the script for Rambo V, with Stallone describing it as his version of No Country for Old Men. In September 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled Rambo: Last Blood, with Stallone directing.

In 2015, Stallone and Rambo creator David Morrell re-developed the story for Rambo V. Stallone wanted a "soulful journey" for the character that Morrell described as a "really emotional, powerful story". Stallone pitched the idea to the producers, but they wanted to proceed with the human trafficking story instead, abandoning Stallone and Morrell's idea. In October 2015, Stallone pondered on the possibility of a prequel, stating, "It's intriguing to find the whys and wherefores of how people have become what they are. The traumas, the loss and the tragedy of being in Vietnam would certainly be a great challenge for a young actor, and it would be ironic that Rambo directs younger Rambo having played it for twenty years plus". In 2016, Sylvester Stallone revealed that Rambo V was no longer in production.

Pre-production

In May 2018, Rambo: Last Blood was re-announced and was scheduled to begin filming in September, with the plot focusing on Rambo taking on a Mexican drug cartel. As per mediation resolved on August 21, 2019 through Leslie Mackey of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and agreed upon by Avi Lerner of Balboa Productions, Dan Gordon was awarded a primary "story by" credit for the film. Stallone was confirmed to be co-writing the script with Matt Cirulnick, but seemed unlikely to direct. That same month, Stallone confirmed that the film is scheduled for a fall 2019 release. In August 2018, Adrian Grunberg was announced as the director. In September 2018, Adriana Barraza was added to the cast as Maria. In October 2018, Paz Vega, Yvette Monreal, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Oscar Jaenada, and Joaquín Cosío were cast in the film. In May 2019, Louis Mandylor, Sheila Shah, Dimitri Vegas, and Genie Kim (aka Yenah Han) were revealed to have been cast without prior announcement.

Filming

Principal photography began on October 2, 2018 in Bulgaria. It was previously scheduled to begin on September 1, 2018, and before that on October 27, 2014, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Barraza filmed her scenes in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Principal photography was completed on December 4, 2018. Additional photography took place at the end of May 2019.

Music

Brian Tyler returned to score the film. A remixed version of "Old Town Road" was used for the trailer.

Release

Marketing

In May 2018, Millennium Films brought the project to Cannes to generate interest and sales. Stallone verified that he would share images and videos from the film's set on his Instagram as the film approaches its release. In February 2019, Stallone revealed images on his Instagram of Rambo's adopted family, combat history, and the character Gabrielle's intentions to travel to Mexico to find her father. In March 2019, Stallone revealed via his Instagram an image of Rambo covered in blood and aiming his signature bow.

In May 2019, it was revealed that Stallone will present exclusive images at Cannes to coincide with a special "first-look" screening of the film at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on May 24, 2019. The first trailer was revealed at Cannes on May 24, 2019. The teaser trailer was released on May 30, 2019 and drew comparisons to Logan and Unforgiven. On August 1, 2019, Stallone revealed the theatrical release poster on his Instagram. On August 20, 2019, Stallone released the second trailer on his Instagram. On September 4, 2019, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced it would host a marathon of all five Rambo films to commemorate the release of Rambo: Last Blood.

Theatrical

Rambo: Last Blood was released theatrically in the United States on September 20, 2019. Dadi purchased the Chinese distribution rights and agreed to an eight-figure co-financing deal. On July 30, 2019, the MPAA assigned the film an R-rating.

Reception

Box office

In the United States and Canada, Rambo: Last Blood was released alongside Ad Astra and Downton Abbey, and is projected to gross $23–25 million from 3,500 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $1.3 million from Thursday night previews.

Critical response

The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes assigned the film an approval rating of 31%, with an average rating of 4.16/10, based on reviews from 61 critics. The website's critical consensus reads: "Like the sequels that preceded it, Rambo: Last Blood is content to indulge in bloody violence at the expense of its main character's once-poignant story." Metacritic said the film received "generally unfavorable reviews," with an overall weighted average of 29 out of 100 based on 24 critics. Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film an average 3.5 out of 5 stars and a 55% "definite recommend."

The portrayal of the Rambo character was put under scrutiny. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times was complimentary of the story's "surprisingly brooding examination" of the character: "Sure, Rambo is convincing when he ends up telling bad people, 'I'm gonna hurt you real bad,' but there is also a kind of fragility that makes us worry about people putting the hurt on him." Rating the film 4.5 out of 10 with IGN, Witney Seibold lamented how the film transformed the character from a traumatized war veteran to a "tragedy-free, unstoppable all-American badass killing machine and pop culture's central symbol for unchallenged American military might." Katie Walsh of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 1 out of 4 stars and wrote, "Rambo lumbers to the finish line in the flaccid fifth installment, which is a Frankenstein's monster of badly photocopied references to the previous movies, limply strung together with the laziest of screenplays."

The script by Stallone and Matt Cirulnick also attained mostly unfavorable reactions. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter said it "feels utterly tossed-off and generic, more resembling the pilot for a Rambo television series than a proper sendoff," but credited Stallone with "keep a franchise afloat". Eric Kohn of IndieWire, who gave the film a grade of D+, said Stallone as a co-writer "does a decent job at generating empathy for Rambo through furtive gestures, but Last Blood goes overboard to prove that he's tried to be a better man." In a negative review with Variety, Peter Debruge said the screenwriters "adopt the racist view of Mexicans as murderers, drug dealers and rapists, devoid of cultural context or exceptions". Walsh called the script "barely a script at all" and the writing "lazy"; she added that story writers Stallone and Dan Gordon "trade on charged imagery rather than, you know, actually writing characters that fully express the spectrum of human morality." Rating the film 1.5 out of 5 with Bloody Disgusting, William Bibbiani said the script "has been reduced to its lowest common denominators, establishing characters quickly and then shoving them into a simplistic plot (that is to say, simplistic even by Rambo standards)." Both Kohn and Bibbiani called the plot of Last Blood derivative of Taken.

Many reported being appalled by the brutality of the action scenes, and compared its amount of gore with that of a slasher film. Debruge called it "horrible, gut-wrenching carnage to witness, and yet, it's been calibrated to elicit whoops and cheers from fans, who've faithfully followed along as Rambo evolved." Vince Mancini of Uproxx, despite giving the film a lukewarm review, wrote that "t's so genuinely horrific I'm convinced there are real-life cartel videos celebrating the torture of rivals that are less gory. I was either howling with nervous laughter or covering my face the entire time." Don Kaye in Den of Geek! said he "didn't find disturbing per se, but rather jarring in the way it takes on an almost comic book tone after the more elegiac effect the movie was striving for earlier." Conversely, Johnny Oleksinski of the New York Post said Last Blood "features what's easily the most violent movie scene of the year. It's awesome," and gave it 2 out of 4 stars. Critics saw the climax of Last Blood as similar to that of Home Alone.

The depiction of a crime infested Mexico, and the stereotypical representation of most Hispanics and Latinos as criminals, prompted critics to accuse the film of racism and xenophobia, as well as pandering to supporters of the Trump presidency. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, who gave it 1 out of 5 stars, called Last Blood a "massively enlarged prostate of a film can only make you wince with its badly acted geronto-ultraviolence, its Trumpian fantasies of Mexican rapists and hilariously insecure US border, and its crass enthusiasm for rape-revenge attacks". Seibold said, "I understand that Rambo films have rarely been bastions of cultural togetherness, but in 2019, these broad stereotypes are offensive and dated and downright irresponsible." Kohn said, "In 2019's hypersensitive cultural environment, the depiction of murderous Mexican crime bosses and their cowering sex slaves encountering a literal white savior doesn't go down so easy."

Future

During Cannes 2019, Stallone said he would continue portraying Rambo if the fifth film succeeds. Grunberg, however, said that Last Blood "closes the circle", hoping it would conclude the franchise. In September 2019, Stallone confirmed that he has plans for a prequel to the series; although he would not reprise the title role, he would like to explore who Rambo was before the war:

I always thought of Rambo when he was 16 or 17 – I hope they can do the prequel – he was the best person you could find. He was the captain of the team; he was the most popular kid in school; super athlete. He was like Jim Thorpe, and the war is what changed him. If you saw him before, he was like the perfect guy.

Stallone has also spoken with JoBlo.com about his Indian reservation idea for the sixth Rambo film.

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External links

• Official website
• Lionsgate publicity official website
• Rambo: Last Blood at IMDb
• Template:Amg movie

v t e David Morrell's Rambo
Films	First Blood (1982) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Rambo III (1988) Rambo (2008) Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
Novels	First Blood (1972)
Characters	John Rambo Sam Trautman
Television	The Force of Freedom (1986)
Video games	Rambo (1985) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1986) Rambo (1987) Rambo III (1989) Rambo (2008) Rambo: The Video Game (2014)
Related	Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) Smite (2014) Second Blood (2016) Paladins: Champions of the Realm (2018) Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)
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