Over the course of his career, Sylvester Stallone has become a… tough action star established. His career got off to a bumpy start and he wasn’t the producers’ first choice for the Rambo series either. With the exception of the two Rocky films, Stallone was known for flops, but Rambo cemented his career. The first three films are showing today One-man army action on TV.
That’s what the first three parts of the action series Rambo are about
When Vietnam veteran John Rambo looks for a comrade in a provincial town, the police mistake him for a tramp and arrest him. At the station he is met by Police Chief Teasle tortured and humiliated, awakening Rambo’s instincts. The veteran flees into the mountains and is prepared to defend himself with any means necessary.
In the second part, Rambo is visited by an ex-commander who gives him the order to in the jungle of Vietnam to search for prisoners of war. On his mission he receives support from agent Co-Bao. But they haven’t reached their goal by finding the camp, they have to alive from the jungle come out.
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Sylvester Stallone in Rambo
In the third part, Rambo moves in in search of peace Buddhist monastery back. But when his former superior is captured in Afghanistan by a sadistic Russian officer, Rambo leaves the monastery. Together with Afghan rebels He storms the Soviet rock fortress.
Sylvester Stallone fired Rambo 3 director
Stallone has been involved in the creative processes since the first part and the original Script changed by his ideas. He also had a clear idea for part three, which director Russell Mulcahy didn’t implement. Stallone wanted brutal-looking Russian opponents as opponents, but Mulcahy cast two dozen blonde, blue-eyed pretty boys . Stallone quickly replaced the director with Peter MacDonald. Even with the brutal-looking enemies, the third part only reached third place in the community ranking.
When is the Rambo series on TV?
Tonight, on February 24th the Rambo marathon starts at 10:00 p.m. on ZDFneo. Rambo II follows at 11:25 p.m. and the third part runs on February 25th at 12:50 a.m.
If you’re awake for a long time, you can also start the series with the third part, because afterwards there will be Rambo at 2:20 a.m repeated and then Rambo II follows again at 3:45 a.m. If you would like to stream the films, you can also buy or rent the first two action hits on Amazon.
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