Banned `Rambo` a hot commodity in Myanmar

Police in military-run Myanmar have banned DVD vendors from selling the new "Rambo" film about a Vietnam war veteran fighting the junta's soldiers, but that hasn't stopped people from trying to buy it.

"Many customers keep asking about 'Rambo 4' but I dare not to sell it. Police have warned me I could go to jail for up to seven years if I sell the latest Rambo film," said one vendor, who declined to be named.

Another seller said at least 20 customers asked him each day whether he had a copy of "Rambo."

"I don't even know what kind of movie it is. I too want to see it but even among sellers it is very difficult to get copies," he told AFP.

Starring Sylvester Stallone, the blood-splattering follow-up to the classic 1980s film trilogy sees war veteran John Rambo fighting Myanmar forces to rescue captured Christian missionaries helping ethnic Karen villagers.