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'Iron Man 2': A brief history of War Machine
1 December 2009 10:40 AM, PST
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The new poster for Iron Man 2 (launched on Yahoo Movies) prominently features War Machine, Iron Man's partner-in-Armor. This has me incredibly excited. I love War Machine. Because of an accident of timing, I've always thought of War Machine as the original armored hero. Iron Man is just a pale, more colorful imitation.
Let me explain. I grew up during a bizarro-world phase of comic book history when practically every major iconic character was being killed or otherwise eliminated to make way for a newer model, usually with some kind of chic mecha-costume add-on that would look great on an action figure.
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- Darren Franich
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Opinion In A Haystack: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 2
18 November 2009 1:59 AM, PST
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Interview: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 2 of 2
This is the second half of my talk with Eric Lichtenfeld, author of Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie. Please don’t forget to check out the first half of this interview or my original review of his book.
Bob Rose: Do you enjoy action film satires such as True Lies, Shoot ’Em Up, or Hot Fuzz?
Eric Lichtenfeld: I like True Lies a lot.
Br: It’s definitely a satire, at least to some degree.
El: Yes, a loving one. It’s one of those films that works both ways. I think Robocop is an even better example than True Lies, but both of them illustrate this well: it’s a satire that works as a movie even if you don’t get the satire. You don’t watch them and think that there is something you’re missing.
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Celebrate The Birthday Of The Ak-47 Inventor With These Fire-Powered Movie Moments
10 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST
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Today marks a joyful anniversary for action movie fans and a rather unpleasant one for gun control advocates. Exactly 90 years ago, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the man who invented the Ak-47 assault rifle, was born in a small Siberian village. If we can, though, let us put aside the Ak's bloody legacy on the battlefield and focus on all the badassery the weapon has unleashed on the big screen.
Whether they're battling Russians, trading in black market goods or bang-bang-banging their way through the city streets, movie characters have embraced the trusty Ak or later variants like the Akm or Sks. And we, in turn, have embraced those bullet-spewing beauties. Here are some of our cinematic favs (click the image above to check out our Ak-47 flipbook gallery)...
"Rambo III": The tagline says it all: "God would have mercy. John Rambo won't!" Over the years this ex-Green Beret has rained down fury with M60 machine guns,
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- Eric Ditzian
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Mirror/Mirror — “I’ll Give You a War You Won’t Believe”
13 September 2009 9:05 AM, PDT
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One week ago, news broke regarding the next entry in Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo franchise.
Rambo V: The Savage Hunt will divert the franchise into science fiction territory akin to Predator.
The official plot synopsis according to Aint it Cool News was loud and clear:
A beast is loose somewhere north of the Arctic Circle…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 [sic] discover that the prey is beyond their wildest imagination, a half-human abomination created by a renegade agency through a series of outlawed genetic experiments…they’ll still have to confront the grim reality that it may have grown immortal.
As far as I know, the only franchises to really change its genre
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- John Cooper
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Stallone Says Rambo 5 Will Feature "Your Worst Nightmare"
7 September 2009 6:32 AM, PDT
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It was only announced in August that Sylvester Stallone would be returning to star in and direct the fifth installment in the Rambo franchise, so when Stallone recently revealed the plot had changed from rescuing a girl from human traffickers to preventing the creation of super-soldiers, the Internet buzzed with rumors and speculation about what this means for the future of the franchise.
So many comparisons to the plot of the 1992 action movie starring Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme, Universal Soldier, were made that apparently even Stallone could feel the backlash because he picked up the phone to try to set the record straight. In a recent voice message, Stallone said:
It's not a Universal Soldier, it's not me fighting some super-soldier, it's actually a feral beast. It's a thing, it's this amalgamation of fury and intelligence and pure unadulterated rage. It's before men became human. This is when they were still inhuman.
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- BrentJS Sprecher
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It's Official! Sylvester Stallone to Return as John Rambo for Fifth Film!
30 August 2009 10:46 PM, PDT
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John Rambo is getting ready for his fifth mission!
Sylvester Stallone is going to star and direct in the fifth installment of "Rambo" from Nu Image/Millennium Films.
The fourth film of the franchise released in 2008 grossed $42 million domestically and $113 million overseas.
The Rambo character first appeared in the 1982 film "First Blood," then in 1985 in "First Blood II," in 1988 in "Rambo III," and in 2008 in "Rambo."
The plot of the fifth film has Rambo fighting human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Shooting for "Rambo 5" is set to begin in the spring.
Currently, Nu Image/Millenium and Stallone are busy working on post-production for the upcoming film "Expendables." Stallone wrote and directed and starred in the project. Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Mickey Rourke also co-star with cameos from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. "Expendables" is set for release April
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- Manny
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Nu Image Gives Sylvester Stallone's Rambo 5 the Greenlight
30 August 2009 10:22 PM, PDT
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Wow. To be honest, I never thought this would happen. Variety reports that Nu Image/Millennium Films has greenlit a fifth Rambo movie following the fourth Rambo movie from 2008. The upcoming project's storyline revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the Us-Mexico border. Production will start in the spring after Sylvester Stallone wraps up The Expendables. Stallone will also be back to direct and may also write the sequel. The first Rambo, titled First Blood, hit in 1982, and was followed by First Blood II in 1985, and Rambo III in 1988.
This isn't the first time we've heard about this sequel - Stallone has talked about another one since the most recent Rambo hit. We even ran a report a year ago saying "Rambo 5 Will Be Happening" with the sequel already appearing on Nu Image's slate. At
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- Alex Billington
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Fifth Rambo Gets the Green Light
30 August 2009 9:02 PM, PDT
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After the success of Rambo it seemed inevitable that we’d see Sylvester Stallone suit up for another entry in the popular action franchise. Well, it’s now official, with Nu Image/Millennium Films officially green lighting Rambo five.
The untitled film’s storyline revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the U.S.-Mexico border. Along with starring, Stallone will also direct.
Nu Image/Millennium is also producing Stallone’s ensemble action flick The Expendables, which is currently in post-production. The film opens next April and along with Stallone stars Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Brittany Murphy, David Zayas, Amin Joseph and Mickey Rourke.
Rambo first appeared in the 1982 film First Blood, followed in 1985 by First Blood II and in 1988 by Rambo III. The most recent installment,
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- James Cook
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