Metro Atlanta’s own Lil Nas X’s hit song appears to keep going down a never-ending road.
“Old Town Road” has blown up the Billboard charts, and now the song is the music that fuels the action-packed “Rambo V: Last Blood” trailer, which hits theaters this fall. The trailer for the fifth installment of Sylvester Stallone’s legendary “Rambo” series dropped Thursday.
In the trailer Billy Ray Cyrus’ vocals singing “Yeah, I’m going to take my horse down to Old Town Road/I’m going to ride until I can’t no more” are juxtaposed with John J. Rambo, played by Stallone, grooming himself and sharpening a knife. “All these years I’ve kept my secrets but the time has come to face my past,”Rambo said in the less than two-minute trailer.
The film’s plot follows Rambo as he travels to Mexico to save a friend’s daughter who has been kidnapped by the Mexican cartel. This will reportedly be Stallone’s last portrayal of the character.
Twitter users were almost as ecstatic about “Old Town Road” serving as the trailer music as they were about the movie itself.
This is literally the most trill trailer ever if for no other reason than @LilNasX being featured 🙌🏾 https://t.co/iHp9eFeE65
— Shy (@mzshylaine) May 30, 2019
Omg! I think I like this song even more now @ricenbakedbeans 😂 https://t.co/sn5bux6R8n
— Samantha Simunyu (@SamSimunyu) May 30, 2019
lil nas x is getting every last bag he can out of this song i love it https://t.co/ZzkPai3D5g
— Trey Smith (@SlimiHendrix) May 30, 2019
when the “gonna take my horse” from “Old Town Road” plays while a lonely, dying Rambo rides a horse on his secluded ranch in the Rambo: Last Blood trailer pic.twitter.com/wQTJ1KJkvA
— zak 🗣🍼💜💪 (@ZakKondratenko) May 30, 2019
Even the artists behind the song, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, expressed a bit of an excitement about the “Old Town Road” and “Rambo” combo.
yes i got rambo in the bacc !! 👿 pic.twitter.com/l3mEcb0eaS
— nope (@LilNasX) May 30, 2019
Man, this is so cool! Been a fan of @RamboMovie since First Blood came out! What an honor to have #OTR featured in the #Rambo Last Blood trailer! https://t.co/RqUp404rIJ
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) May 30, 2019
There were a few social media users not so hot about the song choice for the trailer.
I couldn't wait for this trailer to come out and now I don't even want to see the movie. That crap song is ruining everything!!! #Rambo https://t.co/E3BnwaJxr8
— Swanny (@weswanson) May 30, 2019
Old Town Road is an... interesting pick for a Rambo movie.
— SummerTime Lydon (@TimDLydon) May 30, 2019
“Rambo V: Last Blood” will be released in theaters on Sept. 20.