1988 Directed by Peter MacDonald
Combat 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.
Sylvester Stallone Richard Crenna Kurtwood Smith Spiros Focás Sasson Gabai Doudi Shoua Randy Raney Marcus Gilbert Alon Aboutboul Mahmoud Assadollahi Joseph Shiloach Harold Diamond Matti Seri Hany Said El Deen Shaby Ben-Aroya Marc de Jonge Marciano Shoshi Tikva Aziz Benny Bruchim Milo Rafi Tal Kastoriano Julian Patrice Sadiq Tawfik R.T. Freeman Iyad Hajjaj Paul Dion Monte
Victoria Rose Sampson Fred J. Brown Rodger Pardee Kevin O’Connell Michael Minkler Robert J. Litt Solange S. Schwalbe Linda Folk Michele Sharp Lorane Mitchell
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But 5 stars for the scene where Rambo cauterizes a wound by filling it with gunpowder and lighting it on fire.
"We already had our Vietnam! Now you're gonna have yours."
one of the most inadvertently and retroactively fascinating movies ever made (bonus points when you learn the production was booted out of Israel for security reasons). it's also wall-to-wall analog ass-kicking to the point where it breaks into pure surreality.
Okay, bitte nicht mit Logik kommen, diese existiert hier überhaupt nicht. John Rambo tritt in Afghanistan gegen eine ganze sowjetische Kompanie an, er kann Minen mit einem Messer entschärfen usw. David Hain hat vor kurzem in seinem brillanten Video-Essay (auf dem YouTube Kanal Tinseltown) über Rambo III argumentiert, weshalb dieser einer "der besten Filme aller Zeiten" sei. Der Kritiker ist dabei unter anderem auch auf die Schwächen, unlogischen Szenen, Anschlussfehler etc. eingegangen, die an dem Umstand in seinen Augen jedoch nichts ändern würden. Mit einem Großteil stimme ich da überein. Denn wie schon bei Teil 2 sollte man nicht versuchen, mit politischer Korrektheit oder moralischen Grundsatzfragen in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Film zu argumentieren. Dann wäre ein entsprechendes Urteil womöglich…
The third instalment in the Rambo film franchise, Rambo III has the raw energy & unflinching brutality of its predecessors and is a typical example of 1980s action cinema but unlike the last two chapters, it's also grated with lots of cheese which turns it campy at times but then again, it makes up for that drawback with its impressive action set pieces.
Rambo III finds the Vietnam-war veteran residing in Thailand when he's approached by his former commanding officer who asks for his assistance in delivering supplies to anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan. Tired of fighting, Rambo refuses his offer but when he's captured by the Soviet forces, Rambo goes on a solo mission to rescue him from his captors.
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a far cry away from the original and even more outrageous than Part 2 which in most respects would be considered worse but i still found its zany manliness worthwhile. also just glad to see sly & crenna finish a trilogy out together because their very cool to watch while the cheesefest blows up around them in the most abnormal ways as possible.
at this point it delivers what you expect so i don’t see it as a complete waste just turn that big brain off and you’ll be pleased with it
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Rambo III (1988)
Shouldn't this be called 'Rambo II: First Blood Part III'? It's almost as if they couldn't decide what they wanted the title of the franchise to remain as.
That aside, if you thought the last instalment was over-the-top, this one takes it one step even further (if that was even possible). This time, Rambo is living in Thailand trying to make peace with himself, until Colonel Trautman approaches and asks him for assistance with an anti-Soviet uprising in Afghanistan. It's not until Trautman is captured on duty and held hostage that John agrees to help the rebels and run the Soviet forces out.
I do like how Trautman was given a bigger…
Rambo goes to Afghanistan to free his friend Colonel Trautman and ends up fighting the Russian army.
Stallone continues his Rambo streak by looking like a Chippendale's dancer. This is all about masculinity and testosterone. Kill kill kill. No females allowed. I remember this playing on cable but the only scene I actually remember was when a guy is hanging from a rope in an underground cave and exploding. Oops, spoiler alert if you are a super fan of an anonymous Russian soldier.
The big ‘Bo is back in Rambo III and this time he travels to Afghanistan to rescue Trautman who has been captured by Russians while on a mission. To aid in this, the big ‘Bo allies with a heartwarming honorable tribe of mujahadeen freedom fighters, learns their customs and falls in love with their quaint ways. The action comes fast and furious in this one, and Richard Crenna gets a lot of screen time. I put this a little bit over First Blood part II. The pace is quicker, Jerry G’s score is even better this time around, and the tank vs. helicopter finale is a sight to behold. The main Russian baddie was probably the most lackluster part of the movie. He’s a lame retread of Steven Berkoff’s Russian from First Blood Part II.
Borderline parody/propaganda that did no more nor less than validate my abiding love for '80s action cinema.
A violent movie that delivers plenty enough action and screen kills (it was the most extreme of all action films at that point) and held record on most death scenes in a film to that point as Sly kills as many Russian invaders in Afghanistan as possible. Sadly this film gives a bad taste in my mouth now as the "heroic Afghani resistance fighters" probably turned out to be trained members of the Taliban regime afterwards. The action sequences are not that exciting either, but I liked to see Richard Crenna have a bigger role than usual. Fun only in a mindless stupid way.
Rambo III is supremely uninspired. While it is competently made, it’s not particularly impressive—especially coming off the heels of Part II. There are some neat motifs connecting across the series, but as its own, this is such a boring, dull story to put these characters into. Lip service is paid to the Russian/Afghanistan conflict being akin to Vietnam, but it’s addressed, never brought up again, and has no thematic bearing on the story.
I have not clue what I’m supposed to be invested in. The Rambo/Trautman relationship takes center stage here, but that only highlights that I don’t really care about Trautman because I don’t know anything about him. This mission he’s been captured on is “just another mission,” and…
Mais uma vez em outra continuação, a ação é sobreposta a crítica, que nesse filme é basicamente o cenário polarizador do Oriente Médio, de resto, Rambo é tratado ainda mais como esse herói imortal que salva povos precisando de ajuda. A escala é maior bem como o nível de mentira que chega a proporções até cômicas, principalmente diante de uma guerra entre “minnions” contra oprimidos unidimensionais. É ainda divertido como o anterior, mas com bem menos impacto.
Okay, bitte nicht mit Logik kommen, diese existiert hier überhaupt nicht. John Rambo tritt in Afghanistan gegen eine ganze sowjetische Kompanie an, er kann Minen mit einem Messer entschärfen usw. David Hain hat vor kurzem in seinem brillanten Video-Essay (auf dem YouTube Kanal Tinseltown) über Rambo III argumentiert, weshalb dieser einer "der besten Filme aller Zeiten" sei. Der Kritiker ist dabei unter anderem auch auf die Schwächen, unlogischen Szenen, Anschlussfehler etc. eingegangen, die an dem Umstand in seinen Augen jedoch nichts ändern würden. Mit einem Großteil stimme ich da überein. Denn wie schon bei Teil 2 sollte man nicht versuchen, mit politischer Korrektheit oder moralischen Grundsatzfragen in der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Film zu argumentieren. Dann wäre ein entsprechendes Urteil womöglich…
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