Gory action is Sylvester Stallone's calling card

Action star Sylvester Stallone, 73, says he tries to show how brutal war is in his movies

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He may be 73, but Sylvester Stallone still handily beats up the bad guys in Rambo: Last Blood - his fifth outing as the angst-ridden Vietnam War veteran, whom he first played in the film, First Blood (1982).

The longevity of the franchise is inextricably linked to Stallone's own - as a film-maker and an action man.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 19, 2019, with the headline Gory action is Sylvester Stallone's calling card. Subscribe