Sylvester Stallone returns in his iconic role with 'Rambo V'

Los Angeles: Actor-director Sylvester Stallone will play John Rambo for the fifth time.

Executives at German movie company Splendid Films have confirmed that Stallone has started work on a fifth "Rambo" movie," reports femalefirst.co.uk.

A press release suggests that the action star is writing the screenplay and will star as one-man army Rambo.

The statement read: "With 'Rambo V', Sylvester Stallone returns in his iconic role. This time he goes up against a Mexican cartel. Stallone... describes the new 'Rambo' as his version of 'No Country for Old Men'."

Stallone's first Rambo film "First Blood" was released in 1982. The last one hit cinemas in 2008.