Lord, I was born a Rambo man

Easing back into the swim of things with a mention of today's main sequel release: Rambo, an indirect sequel to Rambo. Stallone seems to have become his own man as an auteur: after some success in 2006 with Rocky Balboa, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, he hat-tricks the new Rambo as well.

The series began the adventures of John Rambo with First Blood in 1982, with Rambo properly the name of the sequel. I've long found the series to be one of the most confusingly named groups available. In order, it goes
First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo III (1988)
Rambo (2008)

So we can see that Rambo III should actually be Rambo II: First Blood Part III, or First Blood III: Rambo II. Now consider that First Blood has also been shown as Rambo (on US TV - is this canon?), and we can add that Rambo is a sequel to both Rambo and Rambo. This makes today's release Rambo: First Blood Part IV: Rambo III.

Sadly, that's not on the list of alternate and working titles: Rambo IV, Rambo IV: End of Peace, Rambo IV: Holy War, Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye, Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra, Rambo: To Hell and Back, Rambo IV: Quantum of Solace, John Rambo.

Disclosure: I have never bothered to see a Rambo film.