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| years = 1972–20191972–present

| owner = Movies 1 - 31–3<br/>[[Vivendi]]<br/>(via [[StudioCanal]])<br/>Movies 4 and 5<br/>[[Lionsgate]]

He attempts to find a diner in town, and maybe a temporary job. The overconfident town sheriff Will Teasle ([[Brian Dennehy]]) does not welcome Rambo, judging the military hero negatively because of his long hair and scruffy look. Rambo disobeys the sheriff's order to stay away from town, as he has done nothing wrong and believes such banishment to be a violation of his freedom of movement, and most of all he is hungry. Rambo returns to town soon afterwards and is promptly charged with vagrancy and subject to harassment and brutality from the deputies.

The harassmentpolice brutality triggers flashbacks of Rambo's memories of his torture at the hands of the North Vietnamese when he was a prisoner of war. Rambo fights his way out of the sheriff's department with his bare hands and makes his way into the wilderness. A manhunt ensues, with the sheriff and his deputies all badly wounded. Rambo chooses not to kill any of them, but unintentionally kills a police officer in self-defense by throwing a rock at a helicopter, causing the pilot to lose control and an officer to fall out. The State Police and National Guard are called in.

In June 2019 at Cannes, Stallone stated he would continue portraying John Rambo if the fifth film succeeds.<ref name="Cannes_JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/stallone-would-return-as-rambo-if-last-blood-is-a-hit|title= Stallone happy to return as Rambo if Last Blood is a hit|first=Mike|last=Sprague|date=June 12, 2019|publisher=[[JoBlo.com]]|access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref> Grunberg, however, said that ''Rambo: Last Blood'' "closes the circle" and concludes the film series.<ref name="Total Film">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/rambo-5-last-blood-director-adrian-grunberg-interview/|title= Exclusive: Rambo: Last Blood director discusses bringing back Sylvester Stallone's action hero: "This movie closes the circle"|author=Jack Shepherd, James Mottram|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref> In September 2019, Stallone expressed interest in a sixth ''Rambo'' film, where the character takes refuge at a [[Native American reservation]].<ref name="Rambo_JB.TV">{{cite web|title=Sylvester Stallone interview for Rambo: Last Blood!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2th50Z9nKcI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2th50Z9nKcI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|work=[[JoBlo.com]]| date=17 September 2019 |publisher=JoBlo.com official YouTube channel|access-date=18 September 2019|time=3:52}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Stallone later elaborated that the story would explore Rambo's return to the reservation where he had grown up.<ref name="Rambo_NTV">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otyZ9qS3-cY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/otyZ9qS3-cY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=ランボー ラスト・ブラット シルベスター・スタローン主演 インタビュー最後の勇者編 Rambo: Last Blood Sylvester Stallone interview movie|date=2020-06-23|work=[[Nippon TV]] Sukkiri|publisher=Shigz Channel, YouTube|access-date=June 25, 2020|time=8:30}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

| 26% (174175 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rambo_last_blood/ |title=Rating for ''Rambo: Last Blood'' |publisher= Fandango Media | website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date= SeptemberJune 2924, 20192024}}</ref>

''[[First Blood (novel)|First Blood]]'', ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III''; [[David Morrell]], author of the original ''First Blood'' novel, wrote novelizations (book adaptations) for the first two ''Rambo'' sequels. Morrell has said that he wrote the novelizations because he wanted to include characterization that is not in ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III''. Morrell did not write a novelization for the 2008 film, ''Rambo'', as he said the film's characterization matched that of the original ''First Blood'' novel.<ref> {{Citationcite neededweb|url=http://www.davidmorrell.net/faq.cfm |title=FAQ page at DavidMorell.net |website=davidmorrell.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133752/http://www.davidmorrell.net/faq.cfm|archive-date=October2008-05-09}} 2018</ref><ref> {{cite web|url = http://www.film.com/movies/story/rambosdadtalks/11597472/18284540|title = Rambo's Dad Talks|last = Maass|first = Dave|publisher = [[RealNetworks|Film.com]]|accessdate = 29 June 2023|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201193852/http://www.film.com/movies/story/rambosdadtalks/11597472/18284540|archivedate = 1 February 2008}} </ref>

The film was scheduled to be released in October 2020, with Shroff expected to star in Hindi remakes of all five films in the ''Rambo'' franchise.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dixit |first1=Ayush Mohan |title=Sylvester Stallone's Rambo remake starring Tiger Shroff to release on Gandhi Jayanti 2020 {{!}} Bollywood News |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/sylvester-stallone-s-rambo-remake-starring-tiger-shroff-to-release-on-gandhi-jayanti/420401 |access-date=31 May 2019 |work=[[Times Now]] |date=17 May 2019}}</ref> Release has been pushed back to 2025 and [[Rohit Dhawan]] is slated to direct the film.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tiger Shroff teams up with Janhvi Kapoor for Rambo remake |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/tiger-shroff-teams-up-with-janhvi-kapoor-for-rambo-remake/articleshow/103628123.cms |work=The Times of India |date=13 September 2023}}</ref>