Christian It's easy to be distracted. It's easy to forget that, while you are entertained by the heroism of the hero, the badness of the bad, and the military action, at the same time you are being taught a lesson. Watching Rambo III, your heart learns: enemies are evil and therefore it is OK to mutilate and kill them in whichever way. They are not human, they are devils. Let me illustrate my point I went to the premiere night in 1988 in the medium-sized Bavarian town I lived in at the time. I will never forget the moment when Rambo shot an arrow at one of his mean adversaries - oh boy, had he been established by the story as a particularly mean monster! - and the arrow went right through his head and - whack! - nailed him to a tree: half of the audience bursted out in shouts of sheer triumph and hate and revenge fulfilled. It was frightening. I witnessed the creation of a mob.

stormhawk2018 Rambo III, like its progenitors, is nothing more than a Yankee product to spread the sentiment of love for the country and to foment hatred towards all those who oppose in their way to achieve their imperialist goals and at the same time to recruit more young people For the ranks of his army. While in the previous feature films the message is smoother, the thing gets worse with each movie.Frankly, I am a fervent follower of First Blood, a film that dealt with the suffering of the Vietnam veterans returning to the country for which they had offered their lives and how they returned to their homes treated as thugs and murderers, All wrapped in a plot of action without limits, really funny and exciting. That message has a more human touch, it reaches the heart more; For a moment you are able to empathize with those men who only did their work, only obeyed orders and were the most affected after the end of the war, being socially rejected in their country.As of Rambo II the thing already begins to lose, but is that the third delivery is really insufferable. And as the quality of the film diminishes, the bellicose and pro-Yankee propaganda increases. Now the message is not that you understand the suffering of the soldiers, but that you join with them to destroy all the devilish, cruel and ruthless enemies of the USA (the Russians, the Vietnamese and any heartless communists who don't kiss the feet).The film can not be more predictable, the moments of action are unnecessarily long and with little emotion, the Russians are VERY bad guys, while the Afghans are VERY good guys (I would have been grateful if Peter MacDonald would have known what was going to happen in 2001, maybe not The dialogue seems to have been written by a five-year-old boy and in general the plot is so simple and propagandistic that it ends up tiring and boring to the neuron hidden in the most hidden corner of the brain.I put a 4 because First Blood continues and will continue to be one of the best action films of his time and I would not like to stain such an honorable title with a 1, although frankly, this film deserves it.

Comeuppance Reviews At this point in his life, John Rambo (Stallone, of course) just wants to be left alone. He lives and works at a monastery in Thailand, and he'd rather practice Buddhism than war. Though he does do some stickfighting on the side so he can win some extra cash from the locals. When his old buddy from 'Nam, Col. Trautman (Crenna) finds him and wants him to fight in Afghanistan against the evil Russian baddies, Rambo initially declines the offer. But when the head evil Russian, Col. Zaysen (de Jonge), kidnaps and tortures Trautman, Rambo snaps in to action. He goes from Buddhist monk to one-man wrecking crew at the drop of a hat, annihilating everything in his path as he helps the Afghanis - who, we must remember, were the good guys during this particular conflict. Will Rambo live to blow things up another day? John Rambo returns - again - for this third and not-quite-final installment. In 1988, the world was still in the grip of Rambo Fever, which necessitated this second sequel, and later the cartoon series, Rambo and the Forces of Freedom, and finally the toy line based on the cartoon. And speaking of one-dimensional animated characters, here Stallone looks like a human cartoon. Much like how the original Rocky (1976) was a sensitive, downbeat drama for the most part which then got distorted into something unrecognizable by the time of the countless sequels, here it's easy to forget the original First Blood (1982) and its sensitive, troubled John Rambo character. Now he's a 'roided up superhero who can essentially leap tall buildings in a single bound and if he breathes on a helicopter it blows up.Now, if you overlook the history of the Rambo series (hey, shouldn't this movie be called "First Blood III"? No movies in the series before this were called "Rambo"...but we digress) there is plenty of stupid fun to be had. There is action and adventure aplenty, and first-time director (though he'd been in the film industry for many years prior) Peter MacDonald pours it on with aplomb. Near-constant blow-ups, machine-gun shooting, knife-throws, horse chases, neck snaps, and tank and helicopter battles ensue. As exploding helicopter enthusiasts know, this has one of the best of all time. The explosions are classic 1988 explosions, and with a very big budget behind it, everything looks top-notch and they clearly didn't skimp.Of course, there is also the Prerequisite Torture - this time of Trautman - and we also get the classic "yelling while shooting a machine gun", the exploding guard tower, and the evil Russkies, among many other clichés, but they're the FUN clichés we all love and enjoy. You wouldn't even think this movie would be necessary after Rocky single-handedly conquered Russia in Rocky IV (1985), but here Stallone goes again, basically winning the Cold War single-handedly - well, with Reagan of course. Clearly the Italian film industry was paying attention, as there are countless...er...TRIBUTES to this particular Rambo outing, too many to name here. But as much as we enjoyed Rom Kristoff, Brent Huff, and Reb Brown, among others, following in his footsteps, there is without a doubt only one John Rambo.Sure, Stallone doesn't clearly delineate his words, and his excessive slurring causes you to need to put the subtitles on, but not to worry. Most of the second half of the movie is without dialogue, and is essentially 45 minutes of crud blowing up. Its nearest rival in that department is our beloved Commander (1988) - and, truth be told, Commander is probably more enjoyable and a better movie all around, and it was all done on a far lower budget. But who needs words when Stallone's mullet and almost 100-percent-of-the-running-time shirtlessness do the talking? Seeing as how he co-wrote the movie, and was juicing to a ridiculous degree, we felt it was pretty 'vein' of him. But it's all part of the fun, we suppose. Because it was the wonderful 80's, things were just bigger back then - bigger hair, bigger cell phones, bigger houses, etc. In the ever-escalating world of Rambo sequels, it means bigger knives, bigger machine guns, and far more lethal bows-and-arrows.Of course it's stupid, but it's ENJOYABLY stupid. You root for Rambo to blow the bad guys to smithereens, and you have a good time doing it. As we've mentioned before, characters like Rambo - and, by extension, movies like this - stand as a bulwark against our wussy, overly-PC society. If we stop watching them, we'll all slide even further down the PC slope into oblivion. For that reason alone, Rambo III is worth seeing, if not owning.

CinemaClown The third instalment in the Rambo film franchise, Rambo III has the raw energy & unflinching brutality of its predecessors and is a typical example of 1980s action cinema but unlike the last two chapters, it's also grated with lots of cheese which turns it campy at times but then again, it makes up for that drawback with its impressive action set pieces.Rambo III finds the Vietnam-war veteran residing in Thailand when he's approached by his former commanding officer who asks for his assistance in delivering supplies to anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan. Tired of fighting, Rambo refuses the offer but when he's captured by the Soviet forces, Rambo goes on a solo mission to rescue him from his captors.Directed by Peter MacDonald & co-written by Sylvester Stallone, Rambo III lies very much on the same scale as First Blood Part II for it puts Rambo against the same enemy, only in a different setting. Once again, it's the action elements that keeps the momentum going even if those sequences can be predicted from afar, plus the character of Rambo remains inert to vulnerability.The film ups the ante on body counts & explosions, a welcome aspect, but its violence isn't affecting on an emotional scale. The desert locations & set pieces provide a little authentic feel to its setting, its 101 minutes of runtime is felt at times, and as far as performances go, Stallone dons the Rambo suit as per expectations but it's also good to see Richard Crenna getting more screen time than before.On an overall scale, Rambo III is another fine entry in the Rambo saga that further solidifies the legacy of its titular character, features a few cool moments of action over the course of its runtime but just like the last one, it's no match to First Blood. Surfacing at the time when Cold War themed action was becoming a thing of the past, Rambo III somehow manages to be an enjoyable ride, thanks to Stallone's screen persona & good dose of warfare.