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Rambo 4 (IV) by Sylvester Stallone is filming in Chang Mai (Northern Thailand) right now, it is suffering a few setbacks (as is normal for movie production) and will continue filming for a little while yet.
One of the advantages of working in the industry is that you know other people working on other movies, in this case I have several friends working on Rambo 4 - John Rambo.
John Rambo 4 by Sylvester Stallone - An early edit of the script
I was able to get a copy of the script to read, and yes as the photo shows it is written by Sylvester Stallone as in the previous Rambo and Rocky films and in this case I also believe he is producing and directing it himself....
UPDATE: John Rambo 4 Trailer is released go watch it!
Now, even though I have not signed any confidentiality agreements or made any promises to the Rambo production team (I have not met them), I will not be giving away the story or the script too much as I do not want legal trouble (in case anyone is paranoid enough to pursue or threaten).
With that out of the way I can say that the script involves John Rambo going into Burma to rescue trapped Christian missionaries (aid workers).
Opening Scene In John Rambo IV - No Surprises Here
I can also say that the ending was rather different to what I was expecting but it ties everything up nicely.
The story itself is in typical 1980's action movie style with reluctant hero, who happens to be incredibly deadly with a range of weapons and typical story line progression with no big surprises - just action mixed with a little suspense.
Being a Sylvester Stallone movie I am sure it will be a hit, if it was the same story acted by someone else I doubt they could pull it off realistically as a lot of John Rambo emotions are shown with his eyes and little talking.
Rambo 4 has river boats, enemy soldiers, explosions, tanks, action it is all there. Even a nice .50 caliber machine gun scene...
But now both you and I will have to wait until the movie is released to see how much the script changed since the early version I read and then see what the editing room did to the John Rambo 4 script.
PS. The reason I was keen to lay my hands on the John Rambo 4 script and read it was to see if there is a potential part for me, I was planning on flying up to Chang Mai for a week to hang out and meet people but there is nothing in the Rambo 4 script that I could play at all. And I have just been signed to Som Tam (read next post)
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