Many saw it as the filmmakers 'killing Rocky' referring to one of Stallone's best known and most popular roles as boxer Rocky Balboa in the Rocky film franchise. This actually was the original ending to the film, but was changed after extremely negative reactions by viewers from test screenings. During a flashback to his old days of killing, Rambo is seen being shot with an Colt MA1 by Colonel Samuel Trautman Richard Crenna in what appears to be a sequence from the original film First Blood. After over a decade, Stallone would return as Rambo in in perhaps the final film in the franchise, Rambo: Last Blood.Ī Tokarev TT pistol is dropped by one of Burmese pirates and visible on the deck of the boat before Rambo kills him. The sequel also marked the only Rambo film to be both written and directed by Stallone. When the missionaries are captured by Burmese Junta soldiers, Rambo joins a group of mercenaries on a rescue mission. Sylvester Stallone returns as John Rambo, the former Green Beret and Vietnam War veteran who is seen working as a boat captain in Thailand and takes a job transporting missionaries on a medical aid mission. Rambo is the fourth installment in the John Rambo film saga that marks the return of the character that hadn't been seen on film since 's Rambo III.
