Rambo: The Force of Freedom
| Rambo: The Force of Freedom | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action-adventure |
| Based on | First Blood by David Morrell |
| Written by | head writer/story editor Michael Chain asst. story editor Jack Bornoff |
| Directed by | John Kimball Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of |
Neil Ross Michael Ansara James Avery Peter Cullen Ed Gilbert Robert Ito Mona Marshall Alan Oppenheimer Lennie Weinrib Frank Welker |
| Narrated by | Don LaFontaine (Opening Narration) |
| Opening theme | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Ending theme | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Composer(s) |
Haim Saban Shuki Levy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producer(s) | Walt Kubiak |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Ruby-Spears Enterprises Carolco Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | First-run syndication |
| Original release | September 15 – December 26, 1986 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Rambo: First Blood Part II |
| Followed by | Rambo III |
Rambo: The Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. This series was adapted for television by story editor/head writer Michael Chain and the series even spawned a toy line. The cartoon ran for 65 episodes, and was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. The series debuted on April 14, 1986 as a five-part miniseries, and was renewed in September as a daily cartoon. Rambo was cancelled in December of the same year.
In the cartoon, John Rambo is part of a team called "The Force of Freedom" that goes on missions around the world battling a paramilitary terrorist organization named S.A.V.A.G.E. (short for Specialist-Administrators of Vengeance, Anarchy and Global Extortion).
Fictional countries and back-stories are featured, some of them echoing historical or current events. In order to meet Federal Communications Commission decency standards and make the series viewable for children, the violence level was significantly reduced compared to the films.
S.A.V.A.G.E. stands for Specialist-Administrators of Vengeance, Anarchy and Global Extortion. They always have goals for world domination until they end up fighting the Force of Freedom. In addition to a substantial number of soldiers, among the members of S.A.V.A.G.E. are:
There were also some one-shot characters who were members of S.A.V.A.G.E. that appeared in one episode. The following are listed in order of appearance:
Jerry Goldsmith's scores for First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II were licensed for use in the series and tracked throughout (mostly from Rambo: First Blood Part II), with his music for the film's trailer for Rambo: First Blood Part II, used as the opening and closing themes. It was supplemented by original music composed by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, who received an "additional music by" credit.
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