Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdrian Grünberg
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onJohn Rambo
by David Morrell
Produced by
  • Avi Lerner
  • Kevin King Templeton
  • Yariv Lerner
  • Les Weldon
Starring
CinematographyBrendan Galvin
Edited by
  • Todd E. Miller
  • Carsten Kurpanek
Music byBrian Tyler
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
Running time
  • 89 minutes
    (US, UK, Canada)[2]
  • 101 minutes
    (International)[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$50 million[4]
Box office$95.1 million[5]

Rambo: Last Blood[a] is a 2019 American vigilante action film directed by Adrian Grünberg. The screenplay was co-written by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone, from a story by Dan Gordon and Stallone, and is based on the character John Rambo created by the author David Morrell for his novel First Blood. A sequel to Rambo (2008), it is the fifth installment in the Rambo franchise and stars Stallone as Rambo, alongside Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquín Cosío, and Óscar Jaenada. In the film, Rambo travels to Mexico to save his adopted niece, who has been kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and forced into prostitution.

Plans for a fifth film were announced on and off again since 2008, with different iterations developed and canceled. The film was finally announced in May 2018, with Grünberg attached to direct. Principal photography began in October 2018 in Bulgaria and Spain and ended in December 2018, with additional photography in May 2019. Brian Tyler returned to score the film.

Rambo: Last Blood was theatrically released on September 20, 2019, to negative reviews from critics with criticisms aimed at its screenwriting, graphic violence, and accusations of racist and xenophobic attitudes towards Mexico, but the action sequences and Stallone's performance received praise.[9][10] The film grossed $91.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million and print and advertisement costs of $30 million.

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  2. ^ "Rambo: Last Blood". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
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  5. ^ "Rambo: Last Blood (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  6. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 24, 2019). "Sylvester Stallone Celebrated At Cannes: Promises 'Serious Vengeance' In 'Rambo V', Rebooting 'Cobra' & Plans For New 'Rocky'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Gibbons, Fiachra; Pratviel, Nicolas (May 24, 2019). "Stallone jokes about elocution school at sneak peek of 'Rambo V'". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  8. ^ Parker, Ryan (May 30, 2019). "John Rambo Faces His Past in First Trailer For 'Last Blood'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Graeme McMillan (September 19, 2019). "'Rambo: Last Blood' - What the Critics Are Saying". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. ^ Trepany, Charles (September 21, 2019). "Is 'Rambo: Last Blood' any good? Critics call it a 'MAGA fantasy,' 'orgy of death'". USA Today. Retrieved September 21, 2019.


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