![]() When deciding where to set his movie, Stallone reportedly asked both the UN and Soldier of Fortune (SOF) magazine to name the world’s worst current war zones. Yet, its dubious entertainment value aside, this movie in fact has the potential to do Burma’s opposition movement considerable harm. Sylvester Stallone has claimed that his movie, Rambo 4, released internationally in February and available to Australians on DVD next month, has a serious purpose - to draw attention to the Burmese government’s long record of human rights abuses and to mobilize action against the military regime. Guest blogger: Andrew Selth, Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and author of Populism, Politics and Propaganda: Burma and the Movies
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