If you've been paying any attention at all to JoBlo.com, you know that RAMBO 4 is SO on. It apparently isn't over Johnny. In addition to the news and the synopsis revealed at the link above, we got our dirty little hands on a casting call for the film, which reveals a little bit more about what our ole pal Rambo will be up to this time around. Here's who you can expect to run with or run afoul of John Rambo in RAMBO 4:

Sarah Miller: 28-33, an idealistic, pure, young woman with a shy demeanor and a soulful expression. Her approach to her beliefs and manner is demure. Sarah is a member of a church in Colorado, and has come with other missionaries to deliver humanitarian aid to the persecuted Karen people of Thailand. Believing in the leadership Of Michael Burnett, Sarah is determinedly non-violent, and is initially horrified when Rambo is obliged to use ruthless means to protect them against pirates. Rambo is touched by her idealistic ways that prayer can bring change. But after she and the other missionaries are taken prisoner by sadistic Burmese soldiers, and she is brutally treated by her captors, Sarah is deeply grateful when a grim and merciless Rambo comes to her rescue. Lead;

Arthur Marsh: A hearty, prematurely aged 45-50 years old minister from Colorado, he comes to Thailand after the initial humanitarian mission ends disastrously. Like Sarah, he is an idealist and self righteous. He is meek in manner but passionate. He is way out of his element with all of the brutality and cruelty, unprepared for the violence endemic to Burma. Intent on getting back any of the surviving missionaries, he eagerly spends funds on some very un-Christian men - local mercenaries - and is determined to accompany them to the mouth of hell itself in order to get back Sarah and the others. Lead;

Dick O'Gara: 50s. A soldier. Tough and cynical, with a gritty charm to him, O'Gara is a hard-skinned former military man who has given up his patriotic duty for a desk job in a dank corner of the universe. He is charismatic in an earnest way. The pros and cons of life have given way to a simple gray fatalistic, embittered outlook on the world. A veteran professional with the "American Office of Overseas Activities," O'Gara has probably done more than his share of black bag jobs, and he's handed an unpleasant job of "unofficially" shielding the American missionaries during their illegal incursion into Burma. Amiably respectful towards Rambo, (they are both soldiers although have taken different paths) whose dossier he has clearly read a dozen times, he cajoles Rambo into helping escort the missionaries into Burma, and later talks him into riding to their rescue. He and Rambo are both soldiers but each went a different way. O'Gara later shows up to help escort Rambo and Sarah (the sole survivors) to safety. Lead;

Lewis: 29, British, a former S.A.S. commando, Lewis is the leader of a quartet of mercenaries, sent to retrieve the missionaries captured by Colonel Pa Tee Tint. A guy who wrongly thinks that Rambo responds well to teasing, Lewis wants to get in and out, and clearly wants to take the money and run. A cynical man without ideals, who regards the mission as a waste of time and firepower, Lewis is ready to bail at a moment's notice, convinced the missionaries are dead. Lead;

Schoolboy: 22. He is the youngest of the five mercenaries; six feet tall, lanky and strong enough to carry half his body weight in ammo, Schoolboy is a crack sniper who is as yet uninfected by the cynically greedy pragmatism of compatriots like Lewis. He comes to respect Rambo, and opts to follow his orders rather than accompany Lewis in fleeing the mission. Determined and tough, he dies honorably in battle against Tint's men. Lead;

Reese: The third of the five mercenaries, Reese is African-American, tough as nails, a veteran of three tours in Iraq, who is nicknamed "The Iceman." A man who has seen his share of combat, Reese quickly decides that Burma is a hell on earth, but he's determined to "hold it together" in the face of horror. He accompanies Lewis in an effort to flee Tint's compound, but winds up shot to death. Lead;

Diaz: 28, Panamanian, tan and easy-going. Diaz is the fourth member of the mercenary team, a man who loves to battle. When the others flee Tint's compound, Diaz instead ducks for cover, inclined to wait in hiding and strike, rather than flee in panic and be chopped down. A terse, taciturn warrior, Diaz tries to help Sarah escape while Rambo covers the rear, but he's instantly killed by an exploding mine. Lead;

En-joo: The fifth member of the quintet of mercenaries. En-joo is a barrel-chested former South Korean trooper, an expert in explosives who barely speaks during the mission to rescue the missionaries. Expert at assassination by garotte, En-Joo flees the compound after Lewis and Reese wrongly declare the missionaries to be dead, and winds up dying in battle when the three mercenaries are cornered and shot to pieces. Lead;

Michael Burnett: 45. Michael is the leader of the group of Colorado missionaries, who have come to Burma to bring humanitarian aid to the persecuted Karen tribes people. He's a do-gooder in an arrogant way and has almost a zealot feel to him. Another idealist who claims to have made five trips into the bush, Michael appears to know everything about "the risks," but he's emotionally overwhelmed by the horrors of the trip, and succeeds only in leading his party into the living hell of imprisonment and death in Tint's compound of sadists. Good looking and almost familiar. He and Rambo have a lot of tension as he is jealous of Rambo. Lead.

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