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Long beforeRambo 4finally polish off the big screen in 2008 , Sylvester Stallone decline a cockeyed , Die Hard - root on concept that would n’t have fit the franchise . Rambo IIIwas briefly the most expensive picture show ever produced when it arrived in 1988 , but its large budget combined with a lower than expected haul see the franchise go dormant for two decade . Stallone himself was unhappy with the third movie too , and while he considered a few conception in the years that followed for another sequel , there were none he was very excited about .
One concept would have found Rambo pass to his hometown in Arizona to reconnect with his brother , who would have been the town sheriff . Unfortunately , both Rambo ’s sibling and other occupier want nothing to do with him take after the events ofFirst Blood- which Kirk Douglas quit -until a crowd of convict get in during a hurricane to seek revenge on his brother . Other pitches included Rambo figure out with Greenpeace against environmental terrorists or another idea where his wife and kid are abduct by Neo - Nazis and he had to rescue them .
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The rights to theRamboseries also fell into the hand of Miramax for a time , lean by the now notorious Weinstein chum . They were eager to getRambo 4off the terra firma , but it appears their fundamental misunderstanding of the character - whom they trust to just be a violent soldier of fortune - was one reasonableness this did n’t follow to pass . According to source David Morrell atThe Flashback Files , he was asked to meet with Bob Weinstein , who pitched him various construct like Rambo fighting in Iraq and bring out a treasure . Stallone himself revealed another sales pitch from Miramax whereRambo - who had his darkest kill in the fourth movie- had to rescue hostage from Presidential retreat Camp David .
Recalling this decardedRambo 4idea , Stallone state toIGNof the pitch that " He goes,“We’ve get this great thought where Camp David ’s attacked . " I go , " I ’m out . “It just ca n’t be . " To the actor ’s nous , a core part of Rambo involved nature , and he feel Camp David was a terrible setting for a sequel . presumptively , this would have seen Rambo having to rescue the President too , which may have angle into the patriotic side of the character , but likely would have been cheesy in execution .
Stallone ’s ready rejection of theRambo 4Camp David conception seems to have stalled the film , though Stallone ’s wane career at the fourth dimension probably did n’t help either . It was only whenStallone - who rejected aUHFcameo- begin read about the real - life story conflict in Burma that he found a setting he feel satisfied with , result in 2008’sRambo . Given thatRambois considered one of the proficient of the series , this was a sassy call .
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