Stallone and Crew Saw Myanmar Aftermath

Oct 1, 4:21 PM (ET)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sylvester Stallone says he and his "Rambo" sequel movie
crew recently witnessed the human toll of unspeakable atrocities while
filming along the Myanmar 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 Myanmar, formerly known as 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 Myanmar 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, Myanmar'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 Myanmar 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 Myanmar.
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
wants the Motion Picture Association of America will give the film an "r"
rating.

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