May 21, 2007

Rambo Would Totally Beat Mason Dixon

Fresh off the success of Rocky Balboa, sometime next year Sylvester Stallone will star in Rambo IV -- er -- John Rambo. (Hey, it even follows the same naming convention!)

In the film, John Rambo has chosen to live a simple existence in Bangkok, where he extracts scrap metal from old PT boats. But then, a fictional SportsCenter tournament shows Rambo defeating Rocky Balboa in the finals of a match to determine the greatest heavyweight of all time. Rambo receives a challenge from -- er, wait. I seem to have gotten some movies confused here.

In the film, Rambo does search for scrap metal in Bangkok, where he -- oh, whatever, you just want to see some over-the-top violence and blood-and-guts, don't you? Here's the promo footage Ain't It Cool News snagged:

It's probably a good thing Rocky isn't fighting Rambo, because as you can see at the 2:06 mark, Rambo can take someone's head off with a single sucker punch. Must be all the human growth hormone.

3 Minutes & 29 Seconds... This is it! AICN scored the motherfucking premiere footage of JOHN RAMBO! This ain't PG13, NO-WAY! [Ain't It Ridiculous Headlines]
'Rocky' fined on hormone charge [AP/CNN.com]

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