John Rambo , the 4th in this iconic series of Sylvester Stallone classics. .

Under the very professional banner of SFX, headed by Alex Gunn , is definitely one to watch. When it comes to action movies they don't come better.

John Schoonraad and his team of prosthetic make up artists, Darren Robinson , Tristan Schoonraad , & Per Kapper had some very challenging and interesting work to do on this movie, including many photo realistic dummies close to camera, decapited heads, arms & legs, extreme throat prosthetics &, all in the space of ten weeks while filming was already taking place. There were in excess of seven full body casts and sculpts plus some six heads, hands, arms legs, & bellies. These were of local hill tribe people, with most of the communication being done through Thai interpreters. Their ages, ranging from six years to seventy.

There were over sixteen positions proposed & of these, Mr. Stallone chose
seven. It was a pleasure to work with him, and such a professional film crew. We could not have met the targets, had it not been for the Thai prosthetic team headed by Vasit Suchitta , affectionately known as Mr Moo , who's tireless support was an inspiration to us all. Thai people never shout or get angry.

I'm putting this film down as one that I will never forget. The standard of work was very high, & a special thanks goes to Darren Robinson for his tireless devotion to his work, always meeting almost impossible dead-lines. Thankyou to my son, Tristan for his inspired sculpting on some of the dummies. Sly seemed to like his the best, & to Per Kapper for holding the fort so well when left to fend for himself on set and for knowing where every-thing was in the work shop.

We are also proud to say that our work takes up a good chunk of the teaser trailer out now. You can follow the link from this site.

In fact a great big thanks to all the crew, who were the tightest I have ever had the pleasure to work with and to the people of the Kingdom of Thailand who made this film very special.

And in closing, working with Sylvester Stallone was cool. This man knows about prosthetics, he knows what they can do, and  what they can't, very impressive..