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Rambo III
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Rambo III is a 1988 American action, thriller, and war film directed by Peter MacDonald. The screenplay was written by Sheldon Lettich and Sylvester Stallone, who also stars in the cast alongside Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge, and Sasson Gabai. Produced by Carolco Pictures, the film features music by Jerry Goldsmith and was distributed by Netflix. It is based on a work by David Morrell.
The narrative is set in Afghanistan and Thailand, with filming taking place in Thailand and Arizona. The film’s main subjects include the Cold War and terrorism. It has a runtime of 97 or 102 minutes, depending on the source, and was released in 1988. The production had a budget of 63,000,000 and generated revenue of 189,015,611.
Rambo III received a 5.8 rating on IMDb and a 6.201 average on TMDb. The film was nominated for several Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Supporting Actor, and it won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor.
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6.2Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo
- Richard Crenna as Trautman
- Marc de Jonge as Coronel Zaysen
- Kurtwood Smith as Griggs
- Spiros Focás as Masoud
- Sasson Gabai as Mousa
Themes
- submachine gun
- competition
- machinegun
- liberation
- soviet union
- soviet military
- thailand
- freedom fighter
- afghanistan
- war on freedom
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Encyclopedic overview
Rambo III is a 1988 American war action film starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. Directed by Peter MacDonald, the script was co-written by Stallone and Sheldon Lettich. It is a sequel to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and the third installment in the Rambo film series. Richard Crenna reprises his role as Colonel Sam Trautman.
The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet–Afghan War. In the film, Rambo sets out on a dangerous journey to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in order to rescue his former commander and his longtime best friend, Col. Trautman, from the hands of Alexei Zeysen, an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet Army colonel who is bent on killing both Trautman and Rambo, and helps a local band of Afghan rebels fight against Soviet forces threatening to destroy their village.
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