''Rambo III'' is a 1988 American

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starring

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veteran

John Rambo John James Rambo is a fictional character in the Rambo (franchise), ''Rambo'' franchise. He first appeared in the 1972 novel ''First Blood (novel), First Blood'' by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film serie ...

. 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 is the third installment in the ''Rambo'' series. Richard Crenna reprises his role as Colonel Sam Trautman. The film depicts fictional events during the

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. In the film, Rambo sets out on a dangerous journey to the

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, later known as the Republic of Afghanistan, was the Afghan state between History of Afghanistan (1978–1992), 1978 and 1992. It was bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, by Iran to the west, by the ...

in order to rescue his former commander and his longtime best friend, Col. Trautman, from the hands of an extremely powerful and ruthless

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colonel who is bent on killing both Trautman and Rambo, while helping a local band of Afghan rebels fight against Soviet forces threatening to destroy their village. ''Rambo III'' was released worldwide on May 25, 1988. At the time of its release, ''Rambo III'' was the most expensive film ever made with a production budget between $58 and $63 million. The film was not well received by critics and grossed less than its predecessor, ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', earning $189 million worldwide. It was nominated for five categories at the 9th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning Worst Actor. A sequel, '' Rambo,'' was released in 2008 with Stallone reprising his role and also directing the film.

Plot

After leaving the military behind, former U.S. Army Green Beret

has settled in a Thai Buddhist monastery, helping with construction work and competing in krabi–krabong matches in

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, donating his winnings. His old friend and ally Colonel Sam Trautman visits and explains that he is putting together a mercenary team for a CIA-sponsored mission to supply the

Mujahideen ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' (), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' (), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in ''jihad'' (), interpreted in a jurisprudence of Islam as the fight on behalf of God, religion or the commun ...

and other tribes as they fight the

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. Despite being shown photos of civilians suffering at the hands of the Soviets, Rambo refuses to join, as he is tired of fighting. Trautman proceeds anyway but is ambushed at the border by Soviet forces, who kill his team and capture him. Trautman is sent to a large mountain base to be interrogated by Soviet Colonel Zaysen and his henchman Sergeant Kourov. Embassy official Robert Griggs informs Rambo of Trautman's capture but refuses to approve a rescue mission for fear of drawing the U.S. into the war. Aware that Trautman will die otherwise, Rambo receives permission to undertake a solo rescue on the condition that he will be disavowed in the event of capture or death. Rambo flies to

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, where he convinces arms dealer Mousa Ghani to bring him to

Khost Khōst () is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram Agency, Kurram i ...

, the town closest to the Soviet base where Trautman is held captive. The Mujahideen in the village, led by chieftain Masoud, hesitate to help Rambo free Trautman. Meanwhile, a Soviet informant in Ghani's employ alerts the Soviets, who send two

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s to destroy the village. Though Rambo destroys one with a DShK heavy machine gun, the rebels refuse to aid him any further. Aided only by Mousa and a young boy named Hamid, Rambo attacks the base and inflicts significant damage before being forced to retreat. Rambo and Hamid are wounded during the battle, and Rambo sends him and Mousa away before resuming his infiltration. Evading base security, Rambo reaches and frees Trautman before he can be tortured with a

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. He and Trautman rescue several other prisoners and hijack a helicopter to escape the base, but it is damaged during takeoff and crashes, forcing the escapees to flee on foot. An attack helicopter pursues Rambo and Trautman to a nearby cave, where Rambo destroys it with an explosive arrow. A furious Zaysen sends

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commandos under Kourov to kill them, but they are routed and killed. An injured Kourov fights Rambo in

hand-to-hand combat Hand-to-hand combat is a physical confrontation between two or more persons at short range (grappling distance or within the physical reach of a handheld weapon) that does not involve the use of ranged weapons.Hunsicker, A., ''Advanced Skills in ...

, but is overcome and killed as well. Rambo and Trautman make their way to the Pakistani border but are intercepted by Zaysen and his

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. Suddenly, Masoud's Mujahideen forces, including Mousa and Hamid, arrive to rescue them in a massive

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charge. In the midst of the battle, Rambo hijacks a tank and fights Zaysen's Mi-24 Hind-D, culminating in a head-on charge as both unleash their vehicles' weaponry on each other; Rambo survives by destroying the Hind-D with his tank main gun before it can ram him, killing Zaysen. After the battle, Rambo and Trautman bid farewell to the Mujahideen and leave Afghanistan.

Cast

Production

Development and writing

later said his original premise of the film "was more in keeping with the theme of '' Tears of the Sun'', but set in Afghanistan." Harry Kleiner was hired to write a draft, but his script was rejected by Stallone. Several weeks into filming, many of the film's crew were fired including the

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. Stallone said:

The canvas of this movie is so large you have to constantly think 10 scenes ahead. You can't wing it. They didn't go into the
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not knowing what their strategy would be. Well, this movie is kind of like a cinematic warfare. We have a huge cast and crew (more than 250 people) and tough locations to deal with. Everyone and everything has to coordinate.

Pre-production

In a 2008 online Q&A, Stallone stated that a disagreement over casting led to him firing original director

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as the director:

He went to Israel two weeks before me with the task of casting two dozen vicious looking Russian troops. These men were to make your blood run cold. When I arrived on the set, what I saw was two dozen blond, blue-eyed pretty boys that resembled rejects from a surfing contest. Needless to say Rambo is not afraid of a little competition but being attacked by third rate male models could be an enemy that could overwhelm him. I explained my disappointment to Russell and he totally disagreed, so I asked him and his chiffon army to move on.

Mulcahy was replaced by Peter MacDonald, a veteran second unit director. It was MacDonald's first film as director but he was very experienced and had directed the second unit action sequences in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II''. MacDonald later said, "I tried very hard to change the Rambo character a bit and make him a vulnerable and humorous person, I failed totally." "I knew instinctively what was a good and bad shot," he added. "Stallone knew his character because it was his third outing as Rambo. I wasn't shooting

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and at times it was hard to take it seriously." MacDonald shot the stick fighting sequence in

himself using a handheld camera. The character Masoud, played by Greek actor Spiros Focás, was named after Mujahideen commander

Ahmad Shah Massoud Ahmad Shāh Massoud (2 September 19539 September 2001) was an Afghan militant leader and politician. He was a guerrilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet occupation during the Soviet–Afghan War from 1979 to 1989. In the 19 ...

who fought the Soviets and later the

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. Costumes were procured by buying articles of clothing from Afghan refugees.

Filming

The film was shot in Israel, Thailand, and

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. According to MacDonald:

There were so many restrictions in Israel, where you could and couldn't shoot. The producers and Stallone decided they would go back to Arizona where they had looked long before I was on the film. There was a group there called the re-enactors. We had around two hundred and fifty of these guys who re-enact the
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. They were called on to do fight sequences, which they loved.

The scenes at the Thai temple at the beginning of the film were filmed at Wat Phra Phutthabat Tak Pha in Lamphun province.

Equipment

The

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helicopters seen in the film are modified

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transport helicopters with fabricated bolt-on wings similar to the real Hind-Ds which were mainly used in the former

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. The other helicopter depicted is a slightly reshaped Aerospatiale Gazelle.

Dedication

The film ends with the on-screen caption, "This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan." At some point after the

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, an

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began that the dedication had actually read "... to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan" when the film was released in theaters, but then changed to "the gallant people of Afghanistan" after the 2001 attacks, since the Mujahideen were now associated to some extent with the

. This urban legend has been repeated by some scholars. However, this is untrue, and some reviews of the film upon its release even mentioned the "gallant people of Afghanistan" dedication.

Music

An extensive film score was written by

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, who scored the previous films in the franchise, conducting the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; however, much of it was not used. Instead, much of the music Goldsmith penned for the previous installment was recycled. The original album, released by Scotti Bros., contained only a portion of the new music as well as three songs, only one of which was used in the film (

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's version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", played over the end credits). # It Is Our Destiny – Bill Medley (4:30) # Preparations (4:58) # Afghanistan (2:35) # The Game (2:23) # Another Time (3:54) # He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother – Bill Medley (4:30) # Aftermath (2:42) # Questions (3:34) # The Bridge -

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featuring Joe Pizullo (3:59) # Final Battle (4:47) A more complete 75-minute version of the score was later released by Intrada. # Another Time (3:58) # Preparations (06:21) # The Money (0:52) # I'm Used To It (1:00) # Peshawar (1:12) # Afghanistan (2:38) # Questions (3:37) # Then I'll Die (3:34) # The Game (2:25) # Flaming Village (4:07) # The Aftermath (2:44) # Night Entry (3:58) # Under And Over (2:55) # Night Fight (6:50) # First Aid (2:46) # The Long Climb (3:25) # Going Down (1:52) # The Cave (3:31) # The Boot (1:53) # You Did It, John (1:08) # The Showdown (1:26) # Final Battle (4:50) # I'll Stay (9:00)

Release

Marketing

The trailer to the film had a negative response with reports of US audiences booing it.

Cut version

Potentially owing to the proximity of its release to the Hungerford massacre, one minute and five seconds of footage was removed from the film before it could be granted an 18 certificate by the

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; the amount of deletions was then nearly tripled for its initial video release. Almost all of this footage was restored to the film upon video submission in 2000, aside from a compulsory cut for animal cruelty.

Home media

''Rambo III'' was released on

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on November 23, 2004, and a

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release followed on May 23, 2008. ''Rambo III'' was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 13, 2018.

Reception

Box office

''Rambo III'' opened in the United States on May 25, 1988, at 2,562 theaters in its opening weekend (the four-day

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weekend), ranking #2 behind '' Crocodile Dundee II''. Overall, the film grossed $53.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $135.3 million overseas, giving ''Rambo III'' a box office total of $189 million. The film was considered to have under-performed in comparison to the previous film in the series, which grossed nearly three times as much domestically. Some critics noted that the timing of the movie, with its unabashedly anti-Soviet tone, ran afoul of the opening of

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to the West under

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, which had already changed the image of the Soviet Union to a substantial degree by the time the film was finished.

Critical response

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, the film holds an approval rating of 41% based on 37 reviews, and with an average rating of 4.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Rambo III'' finds its justice-dispensing hero far from the thoughtful drama that marked the franchise's beginning -- and just as far from quality action thriller entertainment."

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gives the film a weighted average score of 36 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. On '' At the Movies'', prominent critics

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and

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agreed that ''Rambo III'' delivers all the mechanical elements that audiences expect from a big budget action movie but lacks the heart seen in similar films such as the ''

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'' series and even its immediate predecessor, ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''. Siskel gave it a "thumbs up", while Ebert said he was undecided; however, at the end of the show Ebert's vote was logged as a "thumbs down". Janet Maslin, reviewing the film in ''

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'', described ''Rambo III'' as a modernization of the

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film and said that "modern special-effects technology, a huge budget and Mr. Stallone's own derring-do have conspired to let the film pack a wallop that no traditional western or war film could match." She criticized the political themes as one-dimensional, but applauded the film's sense of fun and willingness to engage in self-deprecating humor, though she noted that there are also many unintentionally humorous lines. In

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, the Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW), a government film rating office whose ratings influence financial support to filmmakers, earned criticism after it awarded a "worthwhile" rating (in German: ''wertvoll'') to ''Rambo III''.

Accolades

Other media

Sequel

A sequel titled ''Rambo'', was released in 2008.

Novelization

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, author of ''

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'' and the novelization of ''Rambo: First Blood Prt II'', wrote the film's novelization, also titled ''Rambo III''.

Comic books

A comic book adaptation of the film was published by Blackthorne Publishing. Blackthorne also published a 3D version of its ''Rambo III'' comic.

Video games

Various companies released video games based on the film, including Ocean Software and

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. In 1990, Sega released its own game based on the film for the

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and Genesis/Mega Drive.

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later adapted some of the battle scenes in the film for the 2008 arcade game '' Rambo''. In 2014, the film was incorporated into '' Rambo: The Video Game'', based on the first three ''Rambo'' films.

In popular culture

* In the film ''

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'',

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's character looks at a poster of ''Rambo III'' featuring Stallone. He compares his biceps to Stallone's, but waves it off with a smile while shaking his head and walks away. * In the film '' Hot Shots! Part Deux'', an American parody film of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Rambo III'' with the colonel role reprised by Richard Crenna

References

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