Rambo: Last Blood[a] is a 2019 American action film directed by Adrian Grünberg.

The
screenplay was co-written by Matthew Cirulnick and Sylvester Stallone, from a story by Dan
Gordon and Stallone, and is based on the character John Rambo created by author David
Morrell for his novel First Blood. A sequel to Rambo (2008), it is the fifth installment in the
Rambo franchise and stars Stallone as Rambo, alongside Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta,
Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar
Jaenada. In the film, Rambo travels to Mexico to save his adopted niece, who has been
kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and forced into prostitution.

Plans for a fifth film were announced on and off again since 2008, with different iterations
developed and cancelled. The film was finally announced in May 2018, with Grünberg
attached to direct. Principal photography began in October 2018 in Bulgaria and Spain and
ended in December 2018, with additional photography in May 2019. Brian Tyler returned to
score the film.

Rambo: Last Blood was theatrically released on September 20, 2019, to negative reviews,
with criticisms aimed at the script, graphic violence, and accusations of racist and xenophobic
attitudes toward Mexico, though Stallone received some praise for his return in the lead role.[9]
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The film grossed $91.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million and
print and advertisement costs of $30 million.[5]

Eleven years after the events in Burma, Vietnam War veteran John Rambo lives in Bowie,
Arizona at his deceased father's horse ranch, which he manages with his old friend, Maria
Beltran, and her granddaughter, Gabriela. Gabriela tells Rambo that a friend of hers, Gizelle,
has found Gabriela's biological father, Manuel, in Mexico. Both Rambo and Maria tell her not
to go to Mexico, but Gabriela secretly drives there to ask why Manuel abandoned her and her
mother years ago. Gizelle leads Gabriela to Manuel's apartment, where he coldly tells her that
he never cared for Gabriela or her mother.

Gizelle takes a heartbroken Gabriela to a nearby club, where Gabriela is drugged and
kidnapped by the enforcers of a Mexican cartel. Meanwhile, Maria informs Rambo of
Gabriela's disappearance in Mexico. Rambo rushes to Mexico and interrogates both Manuel
and Gizelle about Gabriela's whereabouts. After being threatened by Rambo, Gizelle
reluctantly leads Rambo to the club where Gabriela was last seen, and Rambo confronts El
Flaco, the man who last spoke with Gabriela. A mysterious woman, Carmen Delgado, tails
Rambo as El Flaco leads him to Gabriela's location. Rambo is immediately confronted, beaten
and marked by the cartel, led by the brothers Hugo and Victor Martinez. They take his driver's
license with the location of Rambo's ranch and a photo of Gabriela, whom Victor recognizes.
The cartel vow to mistreat Gabriela further due to Rambo's actions.

Carmen takes Rambo back to her home where she cares for him until he fully recovers after
four days. Meanwhile, Gabriela is consistently dosed with heroin and sold to be raped
repeatedly. Carmen says she is an independent journalist who has been investigating the
Martinez brothers, who kidnapped and murdered her sister. Rambo later raids one of the
brothels, killing several men until he finds a drugged Gabriela. While driving back home in
his pickup, Rambo thanks Gabriela for giving him hope for ten years but she dies from the
forced overdose. An enraged Rambo sends Maria away and rigs the ranch with traps for a
confrontation, and later returns to Mexico to ask for Carmen's help in finding Victor. Carmen
initially refuses and tells Rambo that it will solve nothing, but is convinced after he appeals to
her grief and frustration.
Rambo raids Victor's home, killing several guards and decapitating Victor. In retaliation,
Hugo leads a group of hitmen to Rambo's ranch, where each falls victim to the rigged traps.
Saving Hugo for last, Rambo tears him open and rips out his heart. In the aftermath, a
weakened Rambo sits on the porch of his father's house, vowing to continue fighting and keep
the memories of his loved ones alive. During the credits, flashbacks to scenes from all five
movies in the franchise are shown, with Rambo saddling up his horse and riding off into the
sunset.