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Rambo III

Play trailer 1:58 Poster for Rambo III R Released May 25, 1988 1h 41m Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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41% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Former Special Forces agent John Rambo blasts through Soviet-occupied Afghanistan in search of his captive mentor.
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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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Keith Uhlich UGO Engages the plight of the Mujahideen with a humanizing, doc-like approach (fascinating to witness, all these years later, when the ally/enemy tables have turned so drastically). Jun 14, 2008 Full Review Kim Newman Empire Magazine Strays slightly from the formula and therefore loses some of its mindless fun credentials. Rated: 2/5 Jan 14, 2008 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Always at ground zero in the chaos is Rambo -- gloriously, inhumanly impervious to fear and danger -- whose character is inhabited by Stallone with messianic intensity. Jan 14, 2008 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies It’s lighter, the action is energetic, and the cheese adds to the experience. Rated: 4/5 Aug 24, 2022 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Rambo III is not a movie. It is a trading company… such a monotonous rumble was putting me to sleep. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 27, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins If critics were to rate a film based on how sensational the main antagonist's death is, along with the main henchman, then this film would rank quite high indeed. Rated: 7/10 Sep 7, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pedro Henrique C Rambo III It is similar to the first and second films. The story is generic and the script is poorly written. The action scenes only have explosions and soldiers screaming at the shots they receive. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Audience Member Great movie, Stallone will go down as one of the greatest actors of all time. It's fascinating the way they saw these conflicts back then, but the action scenes were written beautifully. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/24 Full Review Blu B It's got pretty much all the problems II had but even more so. The pacing is terrible. This has a complete oversaturation of action problem. The second half is literally nothing but nonstop action that feels pointless, over the top, and drags. If you cut 60-70% of the second half honestly not much would be lost. The music is boring, generic, and forgettable overall. Everything else is subpar. Stallone is so wooden and basically a god in this rather than a real character. The villian is super forgettable. everyone else is just alright but Stallone is easily the worst acting wise and isn't good at all. There is some amazing practical effects in this and MASSIVE battles and destruction. But it just feels over the top and repetitive. There's some nice shots every now and than though and the direction is pretty basic. Even in the first half if there is a aaction scene it goes on way too long and is always over the top. The first half is slightly better because it is slower and there is SOME semblance of a story. But it just devolves so quickly. This is honestly a poster child for what happens when you are a 80's action fillm that doesn't have any self awareness and takes itself too serious as well. Skip This. Worst of the original trilogy. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review Charles C Featuring some of the best action sequences ever in an 80s movie, an enjoyable character still in rambo, a pretty good story (for a rambo film), and an explosive last hour of the film with very entertaining action, but a very boring first 45 minutes, with stale dialogue, brings Rambo III down a little bit from the others, but nostalgia still makes the an enjoyable action movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/06/24 Full Review Audience Member Honeslty don’t remember much of this film but love all the Rambo films Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review Tomy J Writing in for this movie took a nose dive compared to the first 2. More of a properganda movie and mindless action over telling a great action story movie. Worst movie in the Series by far, an easy skip unless your a full on Rambo/First Blood Fan Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Former Special Forces agent John Rambo blasts through Soviet-occupied Afghanistan in search of his captive mentor.
Director
Peter MacDonald
Producer
Buzz Feitshans
Screenwriter
David Morrell, Sylvester Stallone, Sheldon Lettich
Distributor
TriStar Pictures, Artisan Entertainment
Production Co
Carolco Pictures Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 25, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$53.7M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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