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Rambo III (1988) -- Rambo's Vietnam commanding officer Colonel Trautman is held hostage in Afghanistan, and its up to Rambo to rescue him.

Overview

User Rating:
4.8/10   26,578 votes
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Director:
Peter MacDonald
Writers (WGA):
David Morrell (characters)
Sylvester Stallone (written by) ...
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Release Date:
25 May 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
God would have mercy John Rambo won't! more
Plot:
Rambo's Vietnam commanding officer Colonel Trautman is held hostage in Afghanistan, and its up to Rambo to rescue him. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Stallone Plans Another Rambo Sequel
 (From WENN. 10 March 2008, 8:02 AM, PDT)

Rambo Returns
 (From WENN. 25 July 2001)

User Comments:
Once again John Rambo fights the Russians. Explosive action combined with strong violence on a low intellectual level. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rambo 3 (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
Rambo: First Blood Part III (Malaysia: English title)
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Runtime:
102 min | Finland:87 min (1988) (heavily cut) (VHS version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Italy:T | Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (video release) (cut) | Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (DVD release) | Finland:K-16 (1998) (uncut) (video) | UK:18 (uncut) (2001) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 (video rating) (1988) (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (theatrical rating) (1988) (uncut) | Malaysia:18PL | Brazil:14 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Norway:18 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
With its $63m budget, this was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Almost every time the Russian gunship helicopter attacks and is filmed from the front, there are muzzle flashes coming out of the rocket pods, but no rockets are being fired. Even if rockets were being fired, there would still be no muzzle flashes. more
Quotes:
Moussa: You do not look like men Griggs sent before. You not look like you are with military.
Rambo: I'm not.
Moussa: What you are? Mercenary?
Rambo: No.
Moussa: You're not with military, not mercenary - what you are? Lost tourist?
Rambo: I'm no tourist.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Supermarket (2009) more
Soundtrack:
THE BRIDGE more

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18 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
Once again John Rambo fights the Russians. Explosive action combined with strong violence on a low intellectual level., 24 May 1999
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Author: Bernhard Wetzstein from Leverkusen

For myself, Rambo - First blood part 3 is one of the best action movies ever. In fact the story is a little bit poor, once again the typical one vs an army-story we know already from Rambo 2. Everyone, who does not think about a stupid story and the "Evil-Russians-topic" gets an explosive and very bloody action movie without long periods of boredom. In his original uncut version the movie is banned in Germany and this has good reasons. The film is absolutely nothing for kids. In my opinion the Littleton-massacre a few weeks ago was a direct consequence of films like Rambo. If you're old enough, watch it ! The final fight starts with the following dialog: "John,what're you thinking ?" Rambo:" F**k'em!"

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Rambo 3 dedicated to the taliban! chris-4829
This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan. Comrade_Ogilvy
Just a lil bit about this movie.... ironcrown
4.6........... are you kidding me????? achilles_nation15
John Rambo or John Matrix? Hyrynen
Out of the four Rambo films, which two are your favorite and why? jacobsteinbrook1
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