Rambo III

Year:

1988

Duration:

102 min | Finland:87 min (1988) (heavily cut) (VHS version)

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller | War

IMDB rate:

5.7

Director:

Peter MacDonald

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-05-25

Filming Locations: Bangkok, Thailand

Earnings

Budget: $63,000,000

Opening Weekend: $16,745,418 (USA) (30 May 1988)

Gross: $53,715,611 (USA) (18 September 1988)

Cast

Actor

Character

Randy Raney

Rambo III

Sylvester Stallone

Rambo

Richard Crenna

Col. Samuel Trautman

Marc de Jonge

Colonel Zaysen

Kurtwood Smith

Griggs

Spiros Focás

Masoud

Sasson Gabai

Mousa

Doudi Shoua

Hamid

Marcus Gilbert

Tomask

Alon Aboutboul

Nissem

Mahmoud Assadollahi

Rahim

Joseph Shiloach

Khalid

Harold Diamond

Stick Fighter

Matti Seri

Gun Dealer

Hany Said El Deen

Gun Dealer

Shaby Ben-Aroya

Uri

Marciano Shoshi

Afghan Girl

Sadiq Tawfiq

Helicopter Person

Julian Patrice

Helicopter Person

Tal Kastoriano

Helicopter Person

Benny Bruchim

Helicopter Person

Tikva Aziz

Helicopter Person

Milo Rafi

Helicopter Person

R.T. Freeman

Afghan Warrior (uncredited)

Iyad Hajjaj

Arabic Shop Assistant (uncredited)

Paul Dion Monte

Russian Gunner (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

John Rambo's horse also appeared in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Indiana Jones' horse.

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The Soviet Spetsnaz troops are wearing the same "Hollywood knock-off" camouflage pattern outfits as seen on the Soviet paratroopers in Red Dawn (1984)(an approximation of the Soviet KLMK pattern, supposedly based on poor black and white photos of the genuine uniforms in use)

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The knife in this film is the first in the series to not be designed by Arkansas knifesmith Jimmy Lile. The blade was designed by fantasy knife designer Gil Hibben and is two inches longer than the one in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and three inches longer than the knife in First Blood (1982). The knife is also the first in the series to not be of a survival knife design.

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Goofs

The Spetnaz soldier picks up a blue light attached to a bomb. The level of lighting in the area does not change, even when he moves the blue light, revealing that the lighting is coming from a different source.

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In the shot of the helicopter exploding, seen through the sight of the heavy machine gun, it can be seen for a fraction of a second that the chopper is actually a relatively crude model suspended from a wire.

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Even though it was the third film in the series, the title is technically wrong since there was no "Rambo II".

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Quotes

Zaysen: "Drop your weapons! Now! You have no chance of escape! Come forward! I wish to take you back alive! This is your last warning! The choice is yours!"

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Colonel Trautman: How's the wound?

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Mousa: [as Rambo prepares to play Afghan game 'buzkashi'] God must love crazy people.

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Faq

Q

What is 'Rambo III' about?

A

When Vietnam veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), a Green Beret with two Medals of Honor and currently living in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, turns down the request of his former commanding officer Colonel Sam Trautman (Richard Crenna) to accompany him on a mission into Afghanistan and Trautman is subsequently captured by the Russians, Rambo launches a one-man rescue mission.

Q

Is 'Rambo III' based on a book?

A

Rambo III is the third movie in the Rambo series, which was based on First Blood, a 1972 novel by Canadian-American novelist David Morrell. It was preceded by First Blood (1982) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and followed by Rambo (2008). In the novel, Rambo died at the end of the shoot-out in Hope, Washington (seen in First Blood), so all sequels are based only on characters created by David Morrell. The screenplay for Rambo III was written by Sylvester Stallone and American screenwriter Sheldon Lettich. Morrell novelized the movie in 1988. Rambo 5 is in development, but no release date has been set.

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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