Rambo III (1988)

Rating: 5.4/10 - ‎59,882 votes
102 min  -  Action | Adventure | Thriller  -  25 May 1988 (USA)  

Storyline

John Rambo's former Vietnam superior, Colonel Samuel Trautman, has been assigned to lead a mission to help the Mujahedeen rebels who are fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist Rambo turns down Trautman's request that Rambo help out. When the mission goes belly up and Trautman is kidnapped and tortured by Russian Colonel Zaysen, Rambo launches a rescue effort and allies himself with the Mujahedeen rebels and gets their help in trying to rescue Trautman from Zaysen.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Sylvester Stallone	...	Rambo
	Richard Crenna	...	Col. Samuel Trautman
	Marc de Jonge	...	Colonel Zaysen
	Kurtwood Smith	...	Griggs
	Spiros Focás	...	Masoud (as Spiros Focas)
	Sasson Gabai	...	Mousa
	Doudi Shoua	...	Hamid
	Randy Raney	...	Kourov
	Marcus Gilbert	...	Tomask
	Alon Aboutboul	...	Nissem (as Alon Abutbul)
	Mahmoud Assadollahi	...	Rahim
	Joseph Shiloach	...	Khalid (as Yosef Shiloah)
	Harold Diamond	...	Stick Fighter
	Matti Seri	...	Gun Dealer (as Seri Mati)
	Hany Said El Deen	...	Gun Dealer

Rambo III is an American action film released on May 25, 1988. 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. 

Initial release: May 25, 1988 (USA)

Director: Peter MacDonald

Music composed by: Jerry Goldsmith

Prequel: Rambo: First Blood Part II

Sequel: Rambo