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Word emerged at the end of the summer that Sylvester Stallone was once again preparing to step into the shoes of John Rambo, a follow-up to his 2008 revival in "Rambo." While it's hard to find fault with the reasoning behind bringing Rambo back again -- he does, in fact, kick a large amount of ass -- the premise of this sequel, set at the time to start shooting in the spring of 2010, left myself and many other fans confused.

"Rambo V: The Savage Hunt," as originally revealed by Stallone in early September, would pit the aging Vietnam veteran against a "feral beast... [an] amalgamation of fury and intelligence and pure, unadulterated rage," the product of a failed government experiment. So basically... "Predator," but with a mutated super-soldier in place of an alien warrior. Not exactly the most "Rambo"-esque plotline. I, for one, was not pleased. Read more...

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With the bloody awesome that ensued in "Rambo" and the hopefully bloody awesome contained in next year's "The Expendables," there is absolutely no reason that today's announcement of a fifth "Rambo" film should be anything but bloody awesome news.

According to Variety, Sylvester Stallone is officially planning a sequel to last year's "Rambo," which he will once again direct and star in for Nu Image/Millennium Films. Production is expected to start in the spring of 2010.

Variety describes the plot of the untitled "Rambo" sequel as revolving around "Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border." Read more...

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