Stallone Laments Burma Tragedies

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Sylvester Stallone says he and his "Rambo" sequel movie crew recently witnessed the human toll of unspeakable atrocities while filming along the Burma border.

"I witnessed the aftermath — survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land-mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off," Stallone told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday. "We hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific."

The 61-year-old actor-director returned to the U.S. eight days ago from shooting "John Rambo," the fourth movie in the action series, on the Salween River separating Thailand and Burma.

Stallone said he was in Thailand for six months, most of it along or on the river.

"This is a hellhole beyond your wildest dreams," Stallone said. "All the trails are mined. The only way into Burma is up the river."

This was before the crackdown last week against the largest pro-democracy protests in Burma in two decades. After the government increased fuel prices in August, public anger turned to mass protest against 45 years of military dictatorship. Last week, soldiers responded by opening fire with automatic weapons on unarmed demonstrators.

For decades, Burma's army has waged a brutal war against ethnic groups in which soldiers have razed villages, raped women and killed innocent civilians.

The "Rambo" script, written long before the present Burma uprising, features boatman John Rambo — the Vietnam War-era Green Beret who specializes in violent rescues and revenge — taking a group of mercenaries up the Salween River in search of missing Christian aid workers in Burma. The character "realizes man is just a few paces away from savagery when pushed."

"I called Soldier of Fortune magazine and they said Burma was the foremost area of human abuse on the planet," Stallone said.

Shots were fired over the film crew's head, he said. "We were told we could get seriously hurt if we went on."

"I was being accused, once again, of using the Third World as a 'Rambo' victim. The Burmese are beautiful people. It's the military I am portraying as cruel," he said.

Stallone is now editing "John Rambo," which will be released in January. He hopes the Motion Picture Association of America will give the film an "R" rating.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1667388,00.html

[isleta521 5]

"I witnessed the aftermath — survivors with legs cut off and all kinds of land-mine injuries, maggot-infested wounds and ears cut off," Stallone told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday. "We hear about Vietnam and Cambodia and this was more horrific."

Vietnam? Cambodia? hearsay? How would he know the comparison? He never served.

[almaty 19]

i have to agree... i do not liek people who never served in nam ...stating facts cause they made a movie about it...

but i also agree, the burma situation is sad and terrible

[isleta521 5]

i have to agree... i do not liek people who never served in nam ...stating facts cause they made a movie about it...

but i also agree, the burma situation is sad and terrible

True, at least he is bringing this tragedy up front.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

i have to agree... i do not liek people who never served in nam ...stating facts cause they made a movie about it...

but i also agree, the burma situation is sad and terrible

Me and Rush rushed up a hillside looking for hamburgers. I had to carry him on my back on the way down.

[almaty 19]

i have to agree... i do not liek people who never served in nam ...stating facts cause they made a movie about it...

but i also agree, the burma situation is sad and terrible

Me and Rush rushed up a hillside looking for hamburgers. I had to carry him on my back on the way down.

lol..rush sounds like he was a casualty ..way too many double cheese whoppers for him

[Jasman0717 9]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

Balboa finds his long lost twin - an insane Vietnam vet...trains him to box and he wins the heavy weight championship.

[almaty 19]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

Balboa finds his long lost twin - an insane Vietnam vet...trains him to box and he wins the heavy weight championship.

in Nam

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

sounds like a type of ice cream

[Jasman0717 9]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

Balboa finds his long lost twin - an insane Vietnam vet...trains him to box and he wins the heavy weight championship.

Sounds like a combo hit to me

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Another Rambo movie what next, Rocky Rambo

sounds like a type of ice cream

Get a copyright. Quick. Ben & Jerry are right on this one.

[Sister Fracas 5]

My heart goes out to those Buddhist monks...

And makes me even more sad that I don't have confidence that anyone in the rest of the world will help....afterall, it's just Myanmar.

[almaty 19]

My heart goes out to those Buddhist monks...

And makes me even more sad that I don't have confidence that anyone in the rest of the world will help....afterall, it's just Myanmar.

no one cares..they have no oil..or nukes...

[Emancipation 2]

And makes me even more sad that I don't have confidence that anyone in the rest of the world will help....afterall, it's just Myanmar.

It always amazes me how apparently we give certain people groups more "value" than others and rush to help some and leave others in the dust.. it's so true the attitude seems to be "it's just Burma".. just like we said "it's just Sudan"..

*sigh.. the world ain't right..