Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Theatrical Release: 05/25/1988(USA)
Release Date: 05/27/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, War Violence
Distributor/Studio: Lionsgate
The third entry in the ultra-macho
Rambo action movie series finds muscle-bound warrior
John Rambo (co-writer and star
Sylvester Stallone) refusing a request from his former Vietnam superior, Green Beret
Colonel Trautman (
Richard Crenna).
Trautman is to lead a mission to aid the mujahedeen rebels fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist
Rambo turns his friend down. When the mission goes awry and
Trautman is subsequently captured and tortured within a prison fortress,
Rambo launches a rescue effort of his own, armed with his trademark bow and exploding arrows. Along the way, he allies himself with the freedom fighters and runs afoul of the villainous Russian commander
Zaysen (
Marc de Jonge). At the time of its release,
Rambo III -- released in the same month in 1988 that Russian troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan -- was the most expensive film ever made, at 63 million dollars.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
;)
