Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
- Director
- Writers
- David Morrell(characters)
- Sylvester Stallone
- Sheldon Lettich
- Stars
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
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Spyros Fokas
- Masoudas Masoud
- (as Spiros Focas)
Sasson Gabay
- Mousaas Mousa
- (as Sasson Gabai)
Alon Aboutboul
- Nissemas Nissem
- (as Alon Abutbul)
Yosef Shiloach
- Khalidas Khalid
- (as Yosef Shiloah)
Mati Seri
- Gun Dealeras Gun Dealer
- (as Seri Mati)
- Director
- Writers
- David Morrell(characters)
- Sylvester Stallone
- Sheldon Lettich
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Weary of the horrors of war, the expert in guerrilla tactics, John Rambo, has settled in exotic Thailand since the suicide rescue mission in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985). However, John will return to action, when his grizzled mentor, Colonel Sam Trautman, gets trapped behind the enemy lines in Soviet-infested Afghanistan, after a botched attempt to aid the remaining rebel pockets. Now, there's no turning back--and as each minute counts--John must act fast before it's too late. Once more, the government will deny John's existence if the men of the ruthless Soviet Colonel, Zaysen, capture him. But, John shows no mercy, and, this time, he fights for his friend. Can Rambo save the only man who ever stood by him? —Nick Riganas
- Taglines
- God would have mercy John Rambo won't!
- Genres
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaSylvester Stallone asked for a Gulfstream jet (cost: $12 million) as part of his pay for the film. He got one.
- GoofsIn First Blood (1982), Rambo has tons of scars on his back. In this movie, in the scene right before Rambo goes into the warehouse for the stick fight, there is a shot of his back and you can see that the scars are gone.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits open with a message that says, "This Film is dedicated to the Gallant People of Afghanistan".
- Alternate versionsReleased shortly after the Hungerford massacre in the UK, the BBFC removed just over 1 minute of violence from the cinema version and a total of 3 minutes of both violence and weapon scenes from the 1989 video version. Among the cuts made to the film were heavy edits to the opening stick fight, butts and kicks during fight scenes, electrical torture scenes, and heavy reductions to closeups of knives and bullet wounds. The uncut version has turned up many times on pay TV (Sky and Bravo).
- ConnectionsEdited into The Marine (2006)
- SoundtracksHE AIN'T HEAVY... HE'S MY BROTHER
Written by Bob Russell & Bobby Scott
Harrison Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Jenny Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Performed by Bill Medley
Produced by Giorgio Moroder
Courtesy of Voss Records
Top review
This movie is great
Rambo III is one of my favorite movies of all time. After Rambo rescues the American POWs in Vietnam he moves to Thailand and works in a Buddhist monastary. He keeps in shape by stick fighting and doing construction work around the monastary. Sam Trautman and Eric's father from "That '70's Show." Ask Rambo for his help because Trautman is on a mission to deliver Stinger Missiles to the rebels fighting the Soviets. Trautman later gets caught by the Soviets, and Eric's father tells Rambo at the monastary about Trautman getting captured. To make a long story short Rambo gets his equipment ready, (detonators and of course BLUE LIGHTS)and heads off to Afghanistan. It takes awhile for the Afghan Tribes to accept Rambo (they think he's a lost tourist.) The fighting and gun fights are so far-fetched that you gotta love it. The climax of the film is awesome. Rambo and Truatman get conered by the Soviets, and Rambo says his famous one liner "F_ck Them!" and starts shoot'n gernades at the soviet army. With the help of the Afghan Tribesmen, Rambo jumps into a burning Soviet tank and squares off against a evil soviet commander in a attack helicopter. Rambo kills the soviet commander by shooting the tanks machine gun into the helicopter's cockpit and rams the tank into the helicopter blowing it into millions of pieces! and of course Rambo survives. I give this movie 7/10
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Rambo - krigaren 3
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $63,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $53,715,611
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,034,238
- May 29, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $189,015,611
- Runtime
- 1h 42min
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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