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Rambo III

Rambo III

1988
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 42m
Rambo's Vietnam commanding officer Colonel Trautman is held hostage in Afghanistan, and its up to Rambo to rescue him. (imdb)
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Rambo III

1988
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 42m
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Rated 02 Sep 2010
14
8th
Wait, shouldn't this be called Rambo 2: First Blood Part III?
Rated 17 Dec 2007
9
4th
John Rambo allies with a faction that will (hilariously in hindsight) eventually become the Taliban on a solo mission in order to save the only person that he loves Colonel Trautman. It's just a terribly bad, brainless action flick that isn't even worth being called a shell of the original. It requires no intelligence beyond watching stuff explode and Stallone yell while firing a fully automatic weapon at hundreds of faceless enemies to a terrible soundtrack (aka. Rambo II in the desert).
Rated 11 Mar 2008
62
31st
Rambo,colonal Trautman and 2 rifles, surrounded by an army, including tanks and helicopters: Colonel Trautman: 'What do you say John?' John Rambo: 'Fuck 'em!' Buyakasha!!!
Rated 31 Mar 2010
18
10th
This is why Putin wants to destroy America. This right here.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
33
9th
A heartwarming tale of Rambo working side by side with the Taliban.
Rated 25 Mar 2020
65
48th
I was totally going to "throw shade" as you kids say but in reality the only time I shook my head was when one of Stallone's pecs somehow came through the screen and knocked me upside the head.
Rated 22 May 2020
78
66th
At the height of 80's action movies celluloid received intermittent injections of testosterone and steroids, the third Rambo film sees the final transition of Rambo into a two-dimentional superhero who can take on entire armies by himself. While many people think themselves too good for such superficial entertainment, I am more the type to hysterically cheer when Rambo, on hoseback, fighting alongside the Taliban, steals an occupied tank and crashes it into a helicopter. Times sure have changed.
Rated 01 Feb 2008
45
19th
Rambo helps to create Al Queda.
Rated 07 Dec 2009
30
13th
Let me ask you this: If this movie was made into a drinking game, where you'd have to drink every time a terrorist is killed, when would you drink?
Rated 16 Apr 2014
75
65th
Love knows no borders. The last minute and the ending credit song with all this HINDSIGHT I have makes it god damn hilarious, oh my lord.
Rated 28 Dec 2015
35
7th
"Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters." LOL
Rated 24 Oct 2019
60
18th
Outside of the darkly amusing historical notion of Yank Rambo fighting hand in hand with the "gallant" Taliban, this is an unremarkable, easy to take actioner, once you get past Stallone's marble mouth and blinkered, black-and-white worldview; highlighted by a game performance from Crenna, spinning quite a lot out of a completely disposable role, and some absurd, daffy action scenes (the tank/chopper game of chicken, and the helicopter's incapacitation by bow and arrow).
Rated 01 Jun 2022
45
22nd
One long action sequence, and I am fine with it. This review is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan. Oh, sorry, I am trying to delete that.
Rated 26 Dec 2006
8
1st
A desert, a camel and a man vs the Russian army. Stupid.
Rated 21 May 2007
38
15th
Awful, awful film nearly killed the Rambo franchise. Just like Rocky V, this chapter should be ignored.
Rated 10 Sep 2007
75
42nd
Goodbye plausibility, hello outlandish bodycounts! Rambo is now in full-on Army Of One mode and apparently nothing at all can stop him. An entertaining action film, if it's taken as being set in an alternate reality where one man really can do that much damage.
Rated 02 Oct 2008
10
0th
It doesn't get better with another sequel... again, see mini-review by doctor7, he nails it.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
0
4th
"Hey Rambo, we're the Taliban. We can't help you because blah blah blah. By the way we can totally help you." What? In this absolutely horribly written installment, Rambo goes into the desert with the Taliban to kill off the entire Russian army and rescue Richard Crenna. In an unsurprising non-twist, it's crap. The dialog here is the kind of thing that makes me lose faith in humankind. Bodycount-tastic.
Rated 18 Feb 2010
55
19th
This film came around during the tail end of the Russian-Afghanistan war in 1988-1989 and was more or less the American film equivalent of giving the finger to the Soviets. This is full of the expected jingoistic nonsense and complete over the top violence. This was the end of the Reagan era and Rambo 3 was the violent flag waving send off. The best scenes all involve the bow. The film is laughably ironic especially when Rambo is playing polo with the future Taliban.
Rated 21 Nov 2010
70
54th
Ah, sweet sweet irony. Next up will be a film with Rambo's grandfather fighting with a bunch of German's in 1929. I mean that tongue in cheeky obviously, but I really wish his guide had been called Osama just to seal the deal
Rated 21 Jun 2011
3
3rd
THEY CRASH A TANK INTO A FLYING HELICOPTER
Rated 17 Apr 2012
60
16th
At this point the only real plot hole is this: Why does the US waste money on having a military when Rambo solves all their wartime problems on his own?
Rated 28 May 2014
72
51st
Even if they did it for the sole purpose of mooning the Soviets, seeing a jingoistic slaughter-fest show respect to the Afghan people is pretty cool. It's strange to think that, not even 20 years later, the same people would be the enemy in these types of movies. Rambo 3 is no First Blood, but those are hard shoes to fill.
Rated 21 Feb 2007
10
1st
Very poor.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
40
17th
Remember when the Taliban were our friends? Basically a plotless war action slog through the middle east.
Rated 19 Apr 2007
51
25th
It's Rambo 2 all over again, only slightly worse. Still pretty entertaining.
Rated 06 May 2007
60
47th
Silly but watchable and inoffensive
Rated 23 Aug 2007
1
5th
crap
Rated 31 Aug 2007
20
4th
The text before the credits thanking the brave Mujahedin make this a brilliant satire on satellite warfare, pity the rest didn’t set out to actually do that.
Rated 09 Oct 2007
20
12th
The same joke for the third time - there is patience.
Rated 09 Oct 2007
80
40th
A fast action based movie... Cant get enough of Rambo
Rated 16 Nov 2007
0
5th
junk.
Rated 19 Jan 2008
68
41st
Slightly better than Part II, the third outing for Rambo is pretty much the same as the second, only he's in Afghanistan fighting the Soviets and rescuing good ol Richard Crenna. It has a slightly more significant plot than before, but Rambo remains dumbed down for the trip-wire-and-fire crowd. If he has more than 20 lines here, I'd be surprised. And while this one takes a good 40 minutes to really get going, it has a bit more structure, and Stallone blows up stuff real good with blue lights.
Rated 07 Feb 2008
65
20th
It is dated, but it's not nearly as bad as everyone would make you believe nor as absurd. I mean, this is Rambo.
Rated 28 Feb 2008
72
78th
Nice. Great trilogy.
Rated 14 Mar 2008
3
28th
It's not the worst movie ever, but it sure ain't good. With the exception of Rambo's awesome murder via simultaneous hanging / grenade explosion, all the action kind of blurs together into a numbing swirl you'll barely remember ten minutes after the credits roll.
Rated 17 Mar 2008
40
24th
I sure do like Trautman's character.
Rated 31 Mar 2008
35
15th
Looks like John Rambo gets more thirsty for blood as he gets older. It's entertaining, but the first movie's still the best.
Rated 02 Jun 2008
60
51st
It's Rambo, who doesn't enjoy it?
Rated 09 Jun 2008
62
52nd
I just went back and watched all four of the "Rambo" movies and this one is better than I remembered it. Sasson Gabai gives a great performance as Mousa and, although the film is far from perfect, it satisfies.
Rated 28 Jun 2008
95
96th
Another great movie in the series.
Rated 07 Jul 2008
64
10th
I expected to hate this. I didn't. So for that, I'm not banishing it to my bottom tier with the likes of some truly awful garbage ("Halloween III", anyone?). Still, this was bad, just like the rest of these Rambo movies (yes, even the first one wasn't very good). Also, I can't move what might be the most dated movie I've ever seen into the Tier 1 Pit of Hell. It's too funny to deserve that. Rambo and Osama bin Laden: BFFs 4 Life!
Rated 10 Aug 2008
50
33rd
Weird that John Rambo, gets a evergrowing obssesion with killing as he gets older. Not godawful, but this is nothing more than a brainless, dumb and slightly entertaining action thriller. Basically Rambo blowing a lot of stuff up in a desert with a camel.
Rated 01 Sep 2008
65
66th
Way better than Part II, but still a far cry from First Blood. The latter was actually a good movie, and if you go into the rest expecting anything other than solid action you'll be disappointed. Also has the best kill ever.
Rated 25 Sep 2008
60
46th
god this film is funny for the wrong reasons, and for the same reasons I like "Valley of the wolves: Iraq" so much.
Rated 26 Sep 2008
10
5th
Sjov at støtte "de gode" talibanere...
Rated 19 Jan 2009
65
23rd
Easily the worst of the Rambos. The Bush Administration should have watched this before invading Afghanistan, though.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
65
30th
Kind of entertaining.
Rated 15 Feb 2009
41
39th
watchable
Rated 21 May 2009
20
44th
There can be little argument that at some point after the release of the prior Rambo adventure, or at some point in the second half of the film itself, the hero became something of a joke (or, what amounts to the same thing, a national institution). Accordingly, one of the foremost things to notice and to admire in this current adventure -- Rambo against the Russians in Afghanistan -- is its attitude of defiance: it isn't laughing, and it isn't looking over its shoulder.
Rated 26 Jul 2009
63
35th
Defies logic.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
49
36th
Sly kills some shit.
Rated 24 Aug 2009
45
21st
My least favorite of the series. Just no real good story behind it. Rambo goes to the desert and dominates.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
30
8th
History hasn't been kind to this movie... In more than one way.
Rated 27 Jan 2010
65
30th
Probably the weakest entry in the series, but somewhat interesting in retrospect due to its dealing with the struggles between Russia and Afghanistan.
Rated 18 Dec 2010
45
11th
45.125
Rated 13 Jan 2011
0
1st
funny!
Rated 07 May 2011
70
24th
The worst of the four-movie series. But its an entertaining enough installment for fans of the series.
Rated 16 Feb 2012
18
8th
This movie only works if you agree the '81 War in Afganistan was a bad idea, something even the Russians concede at this point. Lots of explosions, not much sense.
Rated 31 May 2012
21
3rd
It doesn't seem like it would be hard to make another better Rambo movie. Just have Rambo shooting lots of bad guys and generally being a badass. But somehow this movie misses the mark. I think it tried to formulaically copy the second movie in some ways (Rambo is reluctantly convinced by army guys to go on a secret suicide mission, etc) but this one was somehow less fun. And there are lots of explosions whenever the action is going on, often for no logical reason at all.
Rated 22 Aug 2012
58
20th
The worst entry in the series.
Rated 21 Nov 2012
50
19th
Rambo hangin' with the Taliban. He also shoots down a Soviet helicopter with a bow and arrow.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
50
47th
Rambo III contains two distinct halves. The first is one that you'll have to trudge through, possibly using the visualization techniques you use to make your weekly office meeting more exciting. The second is an action-packed blast with some of the most exciting action scenes in the series. Sure, it's another missed opportunity, and I don't know if I can really recommend a movie that's awful for 1/2 of its running time, but at least there's a silver lining to the disaster that is the first half.
Rated 17 Nov 2013
5
30th
Rambo III is the weakest of the series and not a career highlight for Stallone. All American one man army Rambo joins forces with whom will in hindsight become the Taliban. And takes on the Soviet army whilst on a rescue mission to Afghanistan. Ridiculous. That said, this is still an enjoyably high death count action film. Stallone kicks ass, the set pieces are exciting, the soundtrack thumps and the violence is cranked up. Rambo III is action packed and does exactly what it says on the tin.
Rated 16 Feb 2014
32
31st
Seems quaint now to see how this, like the James Bond franchise, romanticised the Mujahideen.
Rated 04 May 2014
0
1st
Now that I KO'd Ivan Drago, let's go kill some more Russkies. USA! USA! USA!
Rated 07 Aug 2014
60
13th
The low point of the series but not it's moral low point (that would be the un-conscientious Rambo II). The tribute to the valiant mujahadeen of Afghanistan should've stayed.
Rated 12 Nov 2014
30
3rd
The irony in this is getting too bitter to enjoy but does give it some historical value.
Rated 17 Nov 2014
42
13th
* Casting, Acting : 4.5 * Script : 4 * Directing, Aura : 4.5 * Ease of Viewing : 4.5 * Naked Eye : 3.5
Rated 27 Dec 2014
45
13th
I really liked First Blood. Not this
Rated 27 May 2015
86
17th
Not as good as the second or the first, you can sorta tell they were running out of storyline for the character. Still watchable, though.
Rated 02 Aug 2015
36
29th
+1 tier due to unexpected historical significance. https://i.imgur.com/CRaBPOx.jpg (written by the independent.co.uk) This is when the US started funding the spread of Wahhabism in order to combat communism and obtain power in the region, a decision even worse than this movie.
Rated 14 Sep 2015
40
5th
The soft-soul synthpop rendition of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother is the peak of Cold War culture.
Rated 25 Mar 2016
63
10th
It's not a good movie but it does have a tank jousting a helicopter.
Rated 16 Oct 2016
59
21st
58.500
Rated 04 Feb 2017
40
26th
I'm always amazed to see Rambo fighting alongside the Taliban...
Rated 12 Aug 2017
30
12th
Great...if you're 13.
Rated 13 Nov 2017
50
26th
(Viewed in 11/14): It's marginally inferior to the second installment, although its anti-Soviet propaganda is less racist and offensive than II's anti-Vietnamese sentiment. MacDonald isn't as visually flamboyant as Cosmatos, so the action scenes don't have the same impact, even if they are just as comically over the top and cartoonish. The final battle sequence involving tank collisions is completely ridiculous, and Sly would have to wait another two decades to restore faith in the Rambo brand.
Rated 01 Apr 2018
0
0th
Leão.
Rated 09 Apr 2018
31
14th
So bad it's still kinda bad.
Rated 04 Dec 2018
32
7th
Boring as fuck. Except for the "blue light" line, there is nothing exciting about this movie. Since Part 2 John Rambo was too trigger happy, they turned him into a broken man again, just to have him become trigger happy Rambo again 10 minutes later. Therefore the entire character makes no sense. The action is incredibly boring. Play 2 hours of Metal Gear Sold 5 instead of watching this shitty movie. It's the same, but way better.
Rated 22 Nov 2019
82
68th
This is where I disagree with the mass majority. Rambo III is one of my favorites in the entire series because I found it the most personable. It had really impactive speeches, a main character that's been in all three films who is taken captive, and a guilt-ridden Rambo who feels responsible for getting his old commander into this situation. Idk why others don't really love this movie.
Rated 02 Oct 2020
56
45th
Duuude that scene where he turns down an evacuation from the suicide mission to go on an even more suicidal revenge mission, so cool. This movie is what won the cold war, the russians saw the one man army that is Rambo fighting on the side of the Taliban and got scared.
Rated 11 Mar 2021
50
13th
49 points for Stallone. I can't take this movie seriously, but there is something to this man that holds my attention to a point that I realise I like him. It's something in his eagerness and sincirity to do his best: to look like an actual trained soldier that runs as fast as he can, jumps as high as he can, and looks around as thoroughly as he can. I know this sounds like a 'Whattaboy', but yes, that's the point I guess.
Rated 16 Mar 2023
60
69th
Regarded as the worst "Rambo" movie. But I say it's a lean 98 minutes of things blowin' up real good.
Rated 29 May 2023
40
11th
Even weaker than the already average part two, the unsurprisingly Americentric "Rambo III" is essentially a collection of explosions and rapid gunfire on top of a predictable, basic storyline. The acting is mediocre, the dialogues cringy and the closeups really ridiculous, while Rambo himself has been degraded to a cartoonish video game character. The only good part is the attack on the village, which, positioned right after the game sequence, does a decent job at conveying the brutality of war.
Rated 05 Jun 2023
5
13th
the Russians just killed two million farmers in Afghanistan. just like that. just for fun -- these movies are fucking POISON
Rated 19 Jul 2023
50
19th
t's Rambo, so you know what you're going to get. I liked some of the concepts here, like the setting and the bond that Rambo forms with the locals. Also the part where he takes part in the game played while riding horses was pretty cool. There's plenty of stupidity here, though, and the action feels so mindless that it's easy to not even pay much mind to it. The last fight with Rambo driving a tank, shooting the MG and the main gun at the same time vs. a gunship was so idiotic, though.

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