Rambo III
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| Directed by | Peter MacDonald |
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| Based on | Characters by David Morrell |
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| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | John Stanier |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $58–63 million |
| Box office | $189 million |
Rambo III is a 1988 American action adventure film directed by Peter MacDonald. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was in turn followed by Rambo in 2008, making it the last film in the series to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003. In the film, John Rambo sets out in a dangerous journey at Afghanistan in order to rescue his former military commander and his longtime best friend Col. Trautman from the hands of an extremely powerful and ruthless Soviet military general who's bent on killing both Trautman and Rambo and to conquer Afghanistan for the Soviet armies.
Sixty-five seconds of the film were cut in the UK version for theatrical release. Some later video releases almost tripled the cuts.Rambo III was released worldwide on May 25, 1988, and grossed $189 million against production budget of between $58 and $63 million.
Colonel Sam Trautman visits his old friend and ally John Rambo in Thailand. He explains that he is putting together a mercenary team for a CIA-sponsored mission to supply anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan. Despite being shown photos of civilians suffering at the hands of the Soviet military, Rambo refuses to join, as he is tired of fighting. Trautman proceeds anyway and is ambushed by enemy forces near the border, resulting in all of his men being killed. Trautman is captured and sent to a large mountain base to be interrogated by Soviet Colonel Zaysen and his henchman Sergeant Kourov.
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