The fifth installment of the “Rambo” franchise, “Rambo: Last Blood,” will hit theaters on Sept. 20 — 37 years after the series launched with “First Blood.”
The story centers on Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo crossing into Mexico and taking on a violent cartel when the daughter of one of his friends is kidnapped. “Rambo: Last Blood” also stars Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal. Adrian Goldberg is directing from a screenplay by Stallone and Matthew Cirulnick. Stallone, who was 36 when the first film premiered, will be 73 at “Last Blood’s” release.
Sylvester Stallone gives his final performance as John Rambo in the fifth installment of the franchise. The final title in the series has been in the works since 2008.
Adrian Grunberg directed the action pic from a script by Stallone and Matt Cirulnick. Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal co-star.
The story follows Rambo — who has been working on a ranch — as he crosses the U.S.-Mexico border to find a friend’s kidnapped daughter. Soon he finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most violent cartels.
The first film was based on David Morrell’s 1972 novel “First Blood,” about a troubled Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier who is expert in weaponry, hand-to-hand combat and guerrilla warfare. In the first film, Rambo has been wandering the country for nearly a decade before winding up in a small town in Washington and tangling with local law enforcement — leading to the destruction of most the town before he surrenders.
