Sylvester Stallone Brings Science Fiction to Rambo V: The Savage Hunt

Sylvester Stallone recently dropped some new information about his upcoming fifth installment of the John Rambo series Rambo V: A Savage Hunt to AICN, the first item being the new title. He also said that the film will indeed take place in the United States, but that it will be structured differently from the sequels we've seen in the past.

According to Stallone himself, Rambo V: A Savage Hunt will take place in the Pacific Northwest, in the general area where First Blood took place. Rambo will come in contact with a secret U.S. Military instillation that is conducting SAVAGERY experiments on soliders. Their plan is to create brilliant, instinctual killer soldiers that have no qualms about killing other men in combat. In Sly's conversation with AICN, he brought up the ancient Immortals, a group of children that were raised to kill since birth.

The story has the experiments working out for the military, until one of the killers becomes unstoppable and sets off on a rampage. John Rambo is brought in as part of a Black Ops Squad to capture and kill this "worse than Rambo" soldier. AICN also has an image of the 1-Sheet that Sly will be bringing to the Toronto Film Festival, which you can check out below:

Rambo V: The Savage Hunt

Rambo: Last Stand is in development and stars Julie Benz, Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke. The film is directed by Sylvester Stallone.


Sources: AICN

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  1. Mintsauce

    I heard in the first draft - Rambo and said Beast fall in Love - Run off and settle down in the woods - Sly wasnt happy with this draft - They re-wrote it so that Sly dosent fall in Love with the Beast & simply kills it in the 3rd act.

    2 years agoby @mintsauceFlag

  2. batman11555666

    it looks like he is going to fight a werewolf

    2 years agoby @batman11555666Flag

  3. Messenger

    I very rarely say this but lame, plain lame.

    2 years agoby @messengerFlag

  4. pablouk

    Should have stopped with First Blood, In the original story Rambo is shot dead by Trautman.

    2 years agoby @pabloukFlag

  5. Mutant

    Sly isn't that bright, the only two franchises he's good at and he wants to ruin one of them. I expect a less than interesting film, Sly needs to retire from acting and focus on something else.

    2 years agoby @zenderFlag

  6. silent_reactor99_sx

    Rambo is a bad mothaf*cker, hands down. As long as he's killin living things, i don't give a damn what the movie's about.

    2 years agoby @silent-reactor99-sxFlag

  7. Ps2fatboy

    why oh why would he do this the last rambo was great it was raw edgy blood and guts action ,rambo doing sci/fi i dont buy it if stallone wants to do sci/fi do it with some other character who doesnt have cinema history already ..i grew up watching the rambo movies loved all of them then again he might suprise us ..has in the past ...

    2 years agoby @ps2fatboyFlag

  8. DasBoot

    wow....

    2 years agoby @dasbootFlag

  9. GK

    What the F*ck...

    2 years agoby @indianajonesFlag

  10. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Everyone stop with the cover! It was lamely photoshopped. The savage Hunt as we all know is for this super soldier. And since they're in early pre-production the only thing the could find was a pic of a wolf or dog on google to make the title sound cooler. And I think you all know that, and are just giving it a hard time. And ya'll need to stop.

    2 years agoby @narratorFlag

  11. gandoff2169

    Hounestly, the movie idea does sound good. But the issues I have is A- its a Rambo film. So it shouldn't have some sci-fi story. B- its a Rambo film. Ok, Ok, Ok. You got me. only one issue. but it is a huge thing right? Make a new character, and say have Vin Disel as the main good guy, and Sly as their general who train Vin and the new ultimate bad guy... now that sounds good. Sly, please leave Rambo alone unless your going to take him into a area of realism, and not sci-fi.

    2 years agoby @gandoff2169Flag

  12. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    WOAH OMFG has everyone seen the new movie news striking the other sites

    Resident Evil Reboot in the works
    Children Of The Corn Remake
    Suspiria Remake
    Akira Live Action is back on track (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO)

    Pixar to make the ANT-MAN MOVIE

    and well to stay on topic, here are some more Rambo plot details, the official Synopsis word by word out of Stallone's mouth.

    AND OFFICIAL DETAILS ON RAMBO 6

    Official "Rambo 5" synopsis: John Rambo could track anyone - or anything - on earth. Now the military desperately needs him for a mission that his ultrasensitive instincts tell him he should refuse. A beast is loose somewhere north of the Artic Circle. It has already decimated a secret research facility and annihilated a squad of elite military guards. And the raging creature is headed south toward civilization, ready to wreak bloody devastation.

    It's a job that Rambo and his 22-year-old hunting partner, Beau Brady, can't turn down, but they and a team of highly-skilled special forces kill team discover that the prey is a terror beyond their wildest imagination - a half-human abomination created by a renegade agency through a series of outlawed genetic experiments. It has man's cunning, a predator's savageness, and a prehistoric power that has transcended the ages. And even if Rambo and Beau survive its unrelenting hunger for human blood, they'll still have to confront the grim reality that it may have grown immortal.

    Also within the article Stallone confirms a Rambo 6, slated it will be the finale, in the saga and be based upon James Byron Higgins 'Hunter' Novel

    2 years agoby @chronicFlag

  13. brunchking

    Saw it already, it was called Wolverine.

    2 years agoby @brunchkingFlag

  14. CelluloidDreams

    ROFL!!!.. So it's "Rambo Meets Predator"...!??! LOL!! I guess the rent is due!!

    The economic crisis is out of control.. but then I guess, This is how peope stay in business in Hollywood......by making sh*t!!

    The rent is "ALWAYS" due!!

    2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

  15. ash10sworld

    this film will kill the entire franchise...

    2 years agoby @ash10sworldFlag

  16. The First Avenger: JohnnyBlaze

    science fiction huh? yeah cuz it sure Worked for the Indy francise! Bwhahahhahahah!!!!
    shoulda left it at the awsomme last movie....

    2 years agoby @johnnyblazetb82Flag

  17. orochimaru

    Sly, Sly, Sly...what are we going to do with you? The plot looks like a mix of "Universal Soldier" & "The Condemned".

    2 years agoby @orochimaruFlag

  18. Leng T'che

    Caca Fuerte!!!

    2 years agoby @leng-tcheFlag

  19. batman11555666

    the cover looks like he si going to fight werewolf

    2 years agoby @batman11555666Flag

  20. Drewski37

    hell if hes going this route...make it a predator movie instead..makes sense..and will most likely be alot cooler....

    2 years agoby @drewski37Flag

  21. Vanboy

    I agree Predators. Our hero is being transformed. Stallone is f**king it up. He should have just let Rambo stay at home, as was shown in the last one. It was a perfect finish to the franchise. Damn shame it's going in this direction.

    Meant Smallville "thread".

    2 years agoby @vanboyFlag

  22. Vanboy

    Actually Vampire, this is exactly what I commented recently about this story, that I posted on the Smallville threat,

    "In case anyone wants to know, Here's the news about the next Rambo movie. I don't care for the Sci-Fi aspect of it. Sounds too fantastical for me."

    "Rambo 5 sounds like it'll be more of a direct sequel to "First Blood" (1982) than any of the over-the-top sequels were. According to Aint it Cool News, the film will see the muscly Vet return to the misty greens of America's Northwest - the same terrain portly Brian Dennehy hunted him down in in the original film.

    The tentative title (it'll change - the last "Rambo" went through about five different titles before Sly, and Lionsgate, decided on a keeper) for the new film is "Rambo V : The Savage Hunt". In it, "....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", says the site. "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."

    "The film, which Stallone's convinced (or intending to be) will be the last "Rambo" film, is in the early stages of development says the site."

    Looks like Rambo is taking the "Crystal Skull" route. Too bad. Another series changing genres despite it's fans wishes. What's Stallone thinking? Maybe that Jintropin finally got to his brain.

    2 years agoby @vanboyFlag

  23. scrubby

    C'mon man, retire already!!

    2 years agoby @scrubbyFlag

  24. HorrorHound

    I hope the story line is a little better than Rambo , I liked it and give it 2 thumbs up but it could had been a little better written.The action in it was awesome thats what hooked me.

    2 years agoby @donnieFlag

  25. Bawnian-Dexeus

    well, this could be fun

    2 years agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag

  26. Vamp

    The idea seems a bit... Odd... For the "First Blood" series, but I agree with Raoul_Duke. You can never get too much of John Rambo, and if the movie is anywhere near as good as "Rambo" was, as I said in the initial thread announcing this movie, then I'm definitely game for it.

    The poster looks pretty interesting... A little lame-ish, but it works for being this early in the production process. I do really like the title... It's just badass enough for the "First Blood" series. Lol.

    2 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  27. dadarkknight

    Lol this is like so Metal Gear 5 type stuff. I wonder was these soldiers part of the VR training regimen like Raiden. It sounds sorta weird, but hey as long as it is good lol

    2 years agoby @dadarkknightFlag

  28. S.N.A.R.F

    WoW Rambo the butcher should be the new title Destroying my childhood with some bullsh*t RAmbo meets its already been done and sucked Idea!~

    2 years agoby @s-n-a-r-fFlag

  29. RudeRudeRudy

    Will he meet Les Enfants Terribles (Solid and Liquid Snakes) ?
    It would make a great crossover.

    Let me guess, John Rambo is a part of the Project ! His blood has been used in the past to create the super soldiers, am I right ?

    2 years agoby @ruderuderudyFlag

  30. Mushy

    I don't buy that Rambo is going science fiction. Him working with a Black Ops squad? These films are about him being alone. That is who his character is.

    I don't know where this franchise will go but I love that he is back in the US.

    2 years agoby @mushyFlag

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