RAMBO

Rambo is a 2008 action picture starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Stallone also co-wrote and directed the feature film. It is the fourth installment of the Rambo series. This feature film is devoted to the remembrance of Richard Crenna, who played Col. Sam Trautman.

Burma is under the iron-fisted rule of Than Shwe and takes severe stances against the nation's pro-democracy movement. Rebels are thrown into a mine-infested marsh and then gunned down by the Tatmadaw.

Former U.S. combatant John Rambo lives in a village near the Burmese border line. He makes a living capturing snakes and selling them in a close by village. He also transports roamers in his boat. A missionary, Michael Burnett (Paul Schulze), asks Rambo to take him and his associates up the Salween River to Burma on a humanitarian mission to give aid to Karen tribespeople. Rambo is reluctant but is won over by Sarah Miller (Julie Benz) to take them.

The boat is stopped by pirates who exact Sarah in exchange for passage, which Rambo knows will lead to her rape, torment and most likely death of all on the boat. After negotiations fail, Rambo kills them all. Although his motives save the missionaries, it deeply hurts them. Upon arrival, Michael says that they will go by road and will not need Rambo's assistance for the return trip. The mission goes well until the Tatmadaw, led by Major Tint, attack. They kill most of the villagers and two missionaries and capture the rest, including Michael and Sarah. When the missionaries fail to come back after ten days, their pastor (Ken Howard) comes to ask Rambo's support in guiding hired mercenaries to the village where the missionaries were last seen.

Rambo agrees to escort the armed forces. After seeing the destroyed village, they plan to rescue the hostages at a camp. The Tatmadaw unit finds the hostages gone and organizes a massive manhunt. Everyone except for Rambo, Sarah, and the mercenary School Boy is abducted. Just as the group is about to be killed, Rambo hijacks a truck-mounted with machine guns. Karen rebels join Rambo and the armed force to win. Confident by Sarah's words, Rambo comes back to the United States.

It was released on January 25, 2008. It was the second highest grossing movie for the weekend in the U.S. and Canada behind Meet the Spartans. It earned a 37% rating on movie review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes.