First it was a rescue mission with Mexican drug cartels as the bad guys, then it was fighting a beastly super-soldier in the pacific northwest—Sylvester Stallone's story for 'Rambo 5' has seen two storylines reported and then refuted/changed.

The latter of the two ideas, revealed by Stallone himself in early September, was to be called 'Rambo V: The Savage Hunt', and would have incorporated some science fiction elements as the legendary former Green Beret finds himself leading a Black Ops squad in a mission against engineered half-human super soldiers, one of whom has escaped. This idea was based on James Byron Huggins' "Hunter" novel that Stallone acquired ten years ago.

But now, it seems that Rambo battling the man/beast idea is being abandoned altogether, but may take shape with another protagonist as the hero.

"I'm letting you know that 'Rambo' has changed course and the story about hunting the man/beast will be done using another character in the lead," Stallone told StalloneZone.com. "RAMBO himself will be heading over the border to a violent city where many young women have vanished."

Which sounds much closer to the first idea that revolved around human traffickers and Rambo rescuing an American girl kidnapped near the border.

No reason yet as to why Stallone changed his mind again, though we cannot help but wonder if the actor/writer/director became uncomfortable with the sci-fi elements present in the second story, and concluded that fans might not like that approach in a Rambo film.