Posted on 05/27/2007 9:58:58 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Gruesome 'Rambo' Trailer Slays on Internet
http://video.aol.com/video-search/id/4151401962
When a movie series has been dormant for nearly 20 years, what's the best way to resurrect it? For 'Rambo,' it's with cartoonish violence and tons of viral buzz.
The trailer for 'John Rambo,' the newest installation in Sylvester Stallone 's Vietnam Vet-turned-vigilante series, was posted online earlier this week, and has generated movie Internet buzz akin to the "Snakes on a Plane" phenomenon. On Youtube, the two clips have garnered more than a million views.
Gore, Guts and Tons of Buzz Click Here to Watch the 'John Rambo' Trailer (Warning: Extremely Graphic Content) 'Rambo' Isn't the Only Thing Making Headlines for Stallone:
http://video.aol.com/video-search/id/4151401962
The footage in the trailer is more "Grindhouse" than "Platoon," showing Stallone as John Rambo ripping out a man's throat, gunning a man in a truck to pulp, decapitating another and disemboweling a foe in the gruesome 3 1/2 minute clip.
The Hollywood Reporter hints that Stallone and 'John Rambo' could hit a ratings snag unless they tone down the violence a bit, as the Motion Picture Association of America could slap the film with the dreaded NC-17 rating.
"If they end up cutting back on the violence, what will the reaction be? There could be an interesting backlash," author Eric Lichtenfeld told the Hollywood Reporter.
Action's Elder Statesmen It's not just you who's getting older, so are your celluloid heroes.
Another hurdle "John Rambo" may face is the same fate that "Snakes on a Plane" suffered -- lots of pre-release Internet buzz without the box office results to back it up. And with the release date for "Rambo" set for May 25 of 2008, there could be too much time for fans to tire out of the gory hype.
Besides "Rambo," Stallone has had other things on his mind lately. He recently plead guilty to illegally importing muscle-building human growth hormones into Australia, and was slapped with a fine for the offense.
A friend sent me a clip of that last week. Very brutal.
Stallone is a left-wing has been. I must admit, however, to enjoying “Rocky Balboa” aka Rocky VI.
I thought Rambo was going after OBL.
Rocky Balboa and Apocalypto were films of the year for me last year. Balboa was the perfect ending to the Rocky films.
I thought it was white nazi’s who were harassing native americans...now we get Burma?!?! WTF?
Hmmm...
Might not suck.
I’ll wait for the DVD.
I seem to recall hearing that too. Looks like they had a change of plans.
It’s a movie.
According to the IMDB, it will not be released until next year (May 25th, 2008).
Rocky Balboa was the movie that Rocky V should have been. I was going in thinking that it would be a joke, but found it to be very well written. Kudos to Sly for a job well done.
I see a combined sequel as a win-win possibility...
Snakes on Rambo!
Samuel Jackson: I said we got some MF snakes on MF Rambo! Do you understand what I’m saying you MF!
Sylvester Stallone: Yo Adrienne, I think this one is a Python.
Samuel Jackson: I said we got some MF snakes on MF Rambo! I did not say we have some MF snakes on MF Rocky! Do you got that you MF!
Sylvester Stallone: Sorry about that. You know I think I made too many sequels. How about we get a Polaroid together, me and you. Alright?
Samuel Jackson: You dumb MF!
How irrelevent to the REAL evil in today's world...
Sly didn’t have control for Rocky V. He got it for this one because others thought it would be a loser.
Well alrighty then - let ‘er rip!
Yeah nevermind that whole Al Qaeda/War On Terror thing.
Think Stallone is aware he has to outdo Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer?
I don’t think that they will ever make a movie about one particular person going after OBL. The guy had better change his name and go into hiding because Al-Qaeda will try to get him just to prove a point. Don’t forget that OBL is a member of the ROP and not just some wild-eyed murderer.
/jasper
No. He’s after HGH.
This looks lame. Hollywood is clearly out of ideas. I guess that is what happens when you get hooked on drugs.
Hey did Sly go to Canada during Vietnam, or was that just a bogus rumor?
Also I agree with everyone else. He should go to say Pakistan or Iran to fight radical Islam. Now that would be interesting. Not Burma.... I think I am going to pass on this one all together..
They will play up the buzz on the graphic violence then cut the over the top stuff out at the least minute to get an R rating. Then they will put it back in for the Unrated Directors Cut DVD.
refreshing compared to the pussified Spiderman 3
Don't. I hope I'm not going to express an unpopular view point but I appreciate violence, blood and gore in movies! I always have! Ever since I was a kid and marvelled over the special effects that masters like Tom Savini contributed to films.
Let's be honest. Movies are escapism and sometimes guys like me just really want to see the blood and guts! Not everything needs to be rendered "Safe For Children." If John Rambo wants to rip out some throats, splattering the stage with karo syrup and red food coloring while providing me with 95 minutes of mindless entertainment, then let's not pussy out on the bloodshed!
Jeez! Isn't that why we watch movies in the first place?!?!
Yep. That's pretty much why I wait for the DVD to come out. Well, that and a hundred other reasons.
Or Sandy Berger. Who is more untouchable?
Heard Shrek 3 and Pirates 3 sucked also.
They should of gone for the jugular of irony.
Send him back to the Afgan/Pakistan border to take out the taliban.
The same ungrateful bastards he saved from the russians in Rambo 3.
All of those franchises are flogging a dead horse already.
seriously, if you want to go watch Spiderman cry like a little girl for 2 hours, go see Spiderman 3. They even had Sandman crying and played him for sympathy! Harry Osbourne becoming good?
By the end I wanted Venom to kick Spidey’s ass and good.
That is a good point, and a great idea. The trailer is surprisingly (nothing's shocking anymore) graphic. It was probably meant for a leak to guage interest.
I would prefer to watch this instead of Spidey, Shrek, and Pirates combined.
But there should be an appropriate precautions for the viewers especially for the younger ages.
If WOT is fought that way... it will scare the heck out of the muzzies... sarc
I concur...
I have more expectations with Transformers... i just hope that S.Spielberg won't make another War of the World's-like lousy stuff again.
I found Shrek 3 entertaining, and a pretty decent family movie. But then again, my kids are 6, 8 and 10, and they seemed to really enjoy it.
If I was going on a date with my wife or hanging out with my friends, this would not have been the movie to pick.
But if you have little kids, they’ll enjoy it.
Naah, more like “Stop ! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Part II: Revenge Of The Ex-Lax.”
He's a typical liberal hypocrite, do as he says, not as he does, when he uses guns that he wants banned to make millions of dollars for himself.
Sounds like a Islamic snuff film. The article neglected to mention who he’s fighting. Ruskies again? White supremacists? Cambodians on Nixon’s Christmas Eve orders?
Did he become the Mudman?
Spiderman III was great. It was basically a Christian movie, about redemption, forgiveness and the hold that evil has when it takes us over, and how our lower nature feeds that evil’s hold on us.
Ed
The VC were really out of their element in jungle combat. Their conventional tactics made them sitting ducks for tricky, American guerillas like Rambo.
Beautiful!
“Also I agree with everyone else. He should go to say Pakistan or Iran to fight radical Islam. Now that would be interesting. Not Burma.... I think I am going to pass on this one all together..”
Why doesn’t he do the picture using the 42 Iraqis held hostage by Al Queada? He could be a spec-ops person taking out Al Queada throughout the ME then his team is called in to rescue the 42.
Transformers looks awesome. Sheer popcorn flick.
I hope Spielberg had very little to do with it, especially after War of the Worlds.
They are combining the popcorn adventure action flick mythology of the Rambo trilogy with the gritty reality violence war film style of Saving Private Ryan. That's all.
lame.
everyone knows when you rip a guys throat out you pull down, twist then pull out. not just pull out.
You mean he’s not going after right-wing Christian Fundamentalists who have completely taken over a public school?
Hollywood has disappointed me.
ping
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