Rambo V:Savage Hunt - Plot Details

My TMT colleague Pete may not want anymore Rambo but personally I can't wait to see Sly don the bandanna once more to portray his second most iconic creation.

Earlier this week supposed plot details leaked that would see Rambo taking on drug lords and slave traders, which all sounded a bit like "Taken" to me, however AICN has posted the real plot details after Harry Knowles got them from the man himself.

Hey folks, Harry here... I'm fascinated by the conversation I had spontaneously just had with Sylvester Stallone. Apparently there are a lot of rumors out there about the next RAMBO, some of which have been floated by the Trades - but the reality is quite a bit different. It does involve Rambo back in the United States. But from what Sly told me, it is structured quite a bit different.

You see, it is set in the Pacific Northwest. Back in the general area where we first were introduced to John. It seems that somewhere in that Area there is a U.S. Military installation that is doing experiments on elite soldiers as part of some sort of program where they're attempting to tap into that SAVAGERY that we have deeply embedded into us. The plan is create brilliantly instinctual killer soldiers that have no qualms about taking life. Sly brought up the ancient Immortals, which were cartoonishly glimpsed in 300. In reality, they were children trained from the time they were infants to kill.

Well as happens with Government Experiments to create the perfect killer - it goes exceptionally well... and then exceptionally badly. And Rambo is brought in with a Black Ops squad ("Like in PREDATOR") to hunt, capture or kill this worse than Rambo killer.

I am really digging the sound of this, it's VERY 80's but that is part of the charm, I like the fact it has the chance to be more stealthy and structured like First Blood as opposed to the all out gun blazing war of Rambo. Not keen on him having a team again but hopefully they'll get killed quickly leaving the battle scarred old analog warrior taking on the digital age super killers so to speak.....or should that be 3D killers now?

Update on Sat, September 5, 2009 by Rob Hunter

Harry has a big update voicemail from Sly on the plot details. Seems it wont be super soldiers but a primal man, a savage of sorts, man boiled down to primative hunt and kill survival instincts, that Rambo is sent after.

Even better if you ask me, it's like Rambo in a Predator style movie in which he will face what he would become if he lost his humanity after all the violence he has been through.