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Former Green Beret, U.S. Army Special Forces, and Vietnam veteran John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) agrees to take a group of missionaries, led by Michael Burnett (Paul Schulze) and Sarah Miller (Julie Benz), up the Salween River into war-torn Burma so that they can deliver aid to the Karen people who are being brutally tortured and murdered by the sadistic Major Pa Tee Tint (Maung Maung Khin) and his army. When the missionaries are subsequently attacked by Tint's men and held captive, their pastor again hires Rambo to take a group of mercenaries to the drop-off spot in an attempt to rescue them. Rambo ends up joining them in the rescue.

Rambo is the fourth movie in the Rambo series, which is based on First Blood, a 1972 novel by Canadian-American novelist David Morrell. Rambo was preceded by First Blood (1982) (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) (1985), and Rambo III (1988) (1988). The screenplay for Rambo was written by Art Monterastelli and Sylvester Stallone.

His full name is John James Rambo. One source is the Ultimate Edition DVD for Rambo III (1988) (1988). There is a feature called "Survival Mode" that gives biographies for the main characters.

Richard Crenna, who played Col. Trautman in the first three Rambo movies, died Jan. 17, 2003 of pancreatic cancer. Stallone said, "Trautman died the day my friend Richard died." But Trautman does appear in the film during a dream sequence. It is a montage of black and white clips from the previous three films, including a split second shot from the alternate ending of First Blood (1982) (1982), in which Rambo has Trautman shoot him in the stomach, killing him.

According to the website of Gil Hibben, maker of the knife seen in Rambo 3 and Rambo 4, the original plot had Rambo losing his knife and later modifying its sheath to accommodate the one he made himself. Source.

No. A fifth film was released late in 2019 called Rambo: Last Blood. The story concerns Rambo fighting against a gang of ruthless sex traffickers from Mexico who invade his family ranch in southern Arizona.

Stallone has stated that it will be the last time he plays Rambo.

Yes. The composer Brian Tyler reassured fans from the beginning that his score would be based on the late Jerry Goldsmith's cues for the first three First Blood/Rambo pictures.

Almost two years after releasing the theatrical version of Rambo, an extended version was released. Sylvester Stallone personally chose to revisit the footage and put together this Extended Cut. It is obvious that Stallone wanted the Extended Cut to focus more on the relationship between John and Sarah and giving more depth to the characters. He also removed some of the violence. Stallone put more than 7 additional minutes back into the film and did also carry out very minor changes leading up to a total number of 103 differences between both versions. The film is shown in a heavily censored version on US TV. Violence and sexual scenes had to be reduced.

Disc 1: First Blood (Ultimate Edition), Disc 2: Rambo: First Blood Part II (Ultimate Edition), Disc 3: Rambo III (Ultimate Edition), Discs 4 & 5: Rambo (Special Edition), and Disc 6: Bonus Features.The bonus features on Disc 6 are exactly the same as the ones on the fourth DVD from the Rambo Trilogy (Special Edition Collection).