History Trivia / RamboIV

* [[ChannelHop Company Hop]]: The demise of Creator/CarolcoPictures led to this and ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' being produced by Millennium and handled by Creator/Lionsgate

* [[ChannelHop Company Hop]]: The demise of Creator/CarolcoPictures led to this and ''Film/RamboLastBlood'' being produced by Millennium and handled by Creator/{{Liongate}}.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was starting to look like this post-2010 when Myanmar finally took tentative steps towards political freedom... but then the government was accused by numerous humanitarian organizations of [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38362275 committing similar war crimes and ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people]] in late 2016. And now, with the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat and its increasingly bloody aftermath, the situation in the country has come full circle. Sadly, this is an example of a film premise that everyone ''wishes'' would become dated and obsolete, including those who [[Creator/SylvesterStallone filmed and produced it.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was starting to look like this post-2010 when Myanmar finally took tentative steps towards political freedom... but then the government was accused by numerous humanitarian organizations of [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38362275 committing similar war crimes and ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people]] in late 2016. And now, with the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat and its increasingly bloody aftermath]], the situation in the country has come full circle. Sadly, this is an example of a film premise that everyone ''wishes'' would become dated and obsolete, including those who [[Creator/SylvesterStallone filmed and produced it.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was starting to look like this post-2010 when Myanmar finally took tentative steps towards political freedom... but then the government was accused by numerous humanitarian organizations of [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38362275 committing similar war crimes and ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people]] in late 2016. And now, with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Myanmar_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat and its increasingly bloody aftermath]], the situation in the country has come full circle. Sadly, this is an example of a film premise that everyone ''wishes'' would become dated and obsolete, including those who [[Creator/SylvesterStallone filmed and produced it.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film was starting to look like this post-2010 when Myanmar finally took tentative steps towards political freedom... but then the government was accused by numerous humanitarian organizations of [[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38362275 committing similar war crimes and ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people]] in late 2016. Sadly, this is an example of a film premise that everyone ''wishes'' would become dated and obsolete, including those who [[Creator/SylvesterStallone filmed and produced it.]]

* WorkingTitle: ''Rambo: To Hell and Back''.

** One of the original plot ideas involved Rambo returning to Afghanistan and [[TheWarOnTerror taking on the Taliban]] this time around.

** Creator/JamesBrolin was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after Richard Crenna died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script. Creator/SylvesterStallone considers [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim the character to have died on the same day as Crenna]], who appears in an archival flashback. A scene was written, but not filmed which Rambo visits Trautman's grave.

** Creator/JamesBrolin was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after Richard Crenna died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script. Creator/SylvesterStallone considers [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim the character to have died on the same day as Crenna]], who appears in an archival flashback.

** Creator/JamesBrolin was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after Richard Crenna died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script. Creator/SylvesterStallone considers the character to have died on the same day as Crenna, who appears in an archival flashback.

** James Brolin was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after Richard Crenna died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script. Creator/SylvesterStallone considers the character to have died on the same day as Crenna, who appears in an archival flashback.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Maung Maung Khin, who played the bloodthirsty Burmese Major Pa Tee Tint in ''Rambo 4'', was actually worried that his family would be murdered if he took the part. Also, in contrast to the sadistic Burmese military officer that he played, in real-life he's a former Karen Rebel.

--> "I'm happy to report that overall I'm pleased. The level of violence might not be for everyone, but it has a serious intent. This is the first time that the tone of my novel ''First Blood'' has been used in any of the movies. It's spot-on in terms of how I imagined the character - angry, burned-out, and filled with self-disgust because Rambo hates what he is and yet knows it's the only thing he does well. ... I think some elements could have been done better, [but] I think this film deserves a solid three stars".

** At different points in script development, Creator/LucBesson, Creator/RichardDonner and Creator/JamesMangold were considered to direct.

* RecycledPremise: The film is pretty much a BloodierAndGorier version of ''Film/RamboIII''. Though instead of Rambo trying to rescue Col. Trautman, he's now trying to rescue Sarah and a group of missionaries, and the Karen rebels are pretty much similar to the Mujahideen from the third movie. The BigBad in both movies are similar too, as both Zaysen and Tint love slaughtering men, women, and children and burning down villages.

* ApprovalOfGod: When asked what his take on the film was, First Blood writer David Morrell said:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: James Brolin was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after Richard Crenna died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script. Creator/SylvesterStallone considers the character to have died on the same day as Crenna, who appears in an archival flashback.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/{{Dexter}} Rita Bennett]] is a missionary.
** [[Film/TheHobbit Dwalin]] is a British mercenary.

* HeyItsThatGuy: I didn't know [[Series/TwentyFour Ryan Chappelle]] was a missionary.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Maung Maung Khin, who played the bloodthirsty Burmese Major Pa Tee Tint in ''Rambo 4'', was actually worried that his family would be murdered if he took the part.