Stallone Hopes Audiences Turn Away from Rambo
Written by: Big Ross, CC2K Staff Writer

Sylvester Stallone was on The Today Show promoting his upcoming film Rambo, and he dished some interesting elements from the film.
Stallone described Rambo III as a "vanity project" that left him dissatisfied, and with the success of Rocky Balboa, he wanted to do a similar thing with his other iconic character.
As for the setting of Myanmar (Burma), Stallone said he wanted to do a movie about something that was "actually happening". He commented on the conflict in the country:
No one knows about Burma. Burma is a horrendous situation … It’s the longest-running civil war in the world — 60 years against these peasants — and it’s horrifying. It isn’t just a civil war. This is torture, beheadings, cannibalism, buried-alive children — it’s the most horrific situation on the planet.
And as for the character of John Rambo Stallone said:
It’s the same thing that happens with a lot of policemen or military people that thought they were going to change the world. They realize their entire life has been a waste, that war is natural, peace is an accident. They feel bitter, estranged. He’s in isolation. He’s in a purgatory, almost a hermit. He’s atheistic, he’s cold, he’s completely out of touch — spiritually, physically.”
As for the violence in the film, Stallone says it was intentional.
It should be tough to watch. If you don’t turn a couple of times during the film, I really failed.