2.5/4  Review - Rambo III (1988)
After three years, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) returns, but this time he doesn't want to fight. However, when one of his dearest friends, Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna), is captured during an ambush, Rambo decides it's time to get b... (read full)

3/4  Rambo III Quick Review
The ending was a little unbelievable and there were some ridiculous scenes. But, there were plenty, and I do mean "plenty," of awesome scenes as well.

2/4  Rambo III Quick Review
This movie exaggerats on some facts or even there is no such a fact so not a good movie to learn about the Afghanistan war.

2/4  Rambo III Quick Review
This movie exaggerats on some facts or even there is no such a fact so not a good movie to learn about the Afghanistan war.

1/5 product not received
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5/5 blu ray it is very good
  by Gasimov Shahin (Azerbaijan)
I have seen this film before. But i want to watch this film in blu ray. And result very good quality and voices.

2/5 Good Picture-Poor Audio
  by Don G. Connell (Lubbock, Texas)
The Picture was an upgrade from DVD, but the sound was terrible on all but the latest Rambo. I wanted to upgrade all of the series, but I had to turn the sound up alot to even get a decent quality. I have great equipment, all of the new sound upgrades, with large tower 3-way speakers and 100 watt subs in all 4 of the towers.

If I had the option again, I would pass.

4/5 Me Rambo, You Jane
  by Michael Cavenaugh (Bakersfield, CA USA)
I like the Rambo series of movies. Let's face it, in all of the movies the Rambo character is preposterous at best. If the fantasy fighter thing doesn't turn you away, then go with it. I think Sylvester got a bad rap along the way and did not get all of his due as an actor and his ability to entertain. Hokey yes, but still a good movie.

3/5 Uneven, Un-PC and deeply misjudged, but still fun
  by The No Evil Killer (Everywhere, Anywhere, Nowhere)
Whatever credibility Rambo once had in First Blood is totally gone in this film which is more like Cold War propaganda than anything else, which is probably why they chopped First Blood off the title and we're simply left with the Rambo bit. As a character he's a bit more talkative but still has the...(read more) same sadness in his eyes. And Stallone is absolutely HUGE. Yes, he's always been big but his figure in Rambo III is probably the biggest I've seen him. He could probably rip Arnie's head off.

Since walking off into the sunset in Part II, Rambo is now living in a monastery in Thailand and has found inner peace. But he still takes time out to batter people with sticks in cage fights to raise money for the Buddists. But the no-good Red Ruskie Soviets are causing havoc in Afghanistan and one particular Colonel is taking great pleasure in massacring whole villages.

Colonel Trautman and Robert Griggs (the ever-brilliant Kurtwood Smith) try to convince Rambo to come help them sort the Ruskies out. But Rambo is having done of it. He's done killing! He wants to raise a family.

So Trautman is left to go it alone and is captured. Griggs delivers this bad news to Rambo who makes up his mind to go on another killing spree. Which is entirely okay as long as he only kills the Ruskies right?

Once in Afghanistan, Rambo teams up the Muhujideen, learns of their many woes and agrees to fight the Ruskies with all his might. Even though he was going to do that anyway, but it's nice to have friends.

The rest of the film is no more than a succession of comic-book action scenes and shoot-em-up set pieces. It's brilliantly shot, seriously, it's some of the best cinematography I've seen in an action film. I never expected Rambo III to look so good! It's a shame that Peter MacDonald (who was actually the second unit director shunted into 1st place after Russell Mulcahy left) doesn't stage the action with any sense of fluency. Yes, it all looks big and bold, but it's kinda clumsy and cumbersome. At the time, it was the most expensive movie ever made (even at a mere $65 million) and while it may be grand, it sure ain't graceful.

Jerry Goldsmith's score is once again brilliant. But quite a lot of his original material was left out and old tracks from Part II spliced in. So as long as your prepared for sudden jump cuts in the music, you should really get a kick out of it.

When it originally came out, Rambo III was kinda disregarded as a totally unnecessary sequel but in recent years the film has gained a political subtext and can actually be viewed in quite a few subversive ways. While I understand that the makers wanted to give the film a serious point of view regarding the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, I feel that integrity that the film has in modern politics should be disregarded. This is a RAMBO movie for Christ sake. The logic is shoot now, ask questions never. America did do the right thing by helping the Afghans fight off the Ruskies. But they did they wrong thing leaving the country to crumble afterwards (just like Rambo does). The rest is history. But I don't think a review of Rambo III is the best place to discuss this.

It's a flawed sequel, but I like it better than Part II. There are some seriously misjudged moments but it's still a fun ride. Once the victim of the most amount of cuts forced by the tyrannical BBFC the violence in Rambo III pales in comparison to the shocking carnage of the fourth film.

Filmed in JDC-Scope, the Blu Ray features a fine 2.4:1 1080p transfer and good DTS HD sound. Extras are limited to a trivia track and an interesting documentary on the history of Afghanistan.