Rambo III movie review - Aussieboyreviews

WILL THE TENSION OF RAMBO III EXCITE YOU MORE THAN BORE YOU?

This Rambo instalment is slow and pretty forgettable, but isn’t anywhere near boring. Rambo III stars Sylvester Stallone, features decent action, and is underrated in entertainment value.

Storyline

When his old friend Colonel Trautman is held hostage and tortured, Rambo goes on a one-man mission to Afghanistan to rescue him.

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Movie details

Director: Peter MacDonald
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge, Kurtwood Smith, Spyros Fokas, Sasson Gabay, Doudi Shoua
Writer: Sylvester Stallone, Sheldon Lettich
Release Date (Australia): 23 June 1988
Runtime: 102 minutes/1h 42m
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English, Russian

CONTENT GUIDE (WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)

Themes (M)

The film contains thematic elements such as torture, peril and battle sequences.

Violence (MA15+)

The film contains depictions of injury detail, in addition to battle sequences that feature shootings that are accompanied by blood sprays.

Coarse Language (M)

The film contains a single use of the word “f**k”, in addition to infrequent uses of “bastard”, “bitch”, “ass” and “s**t”.

mpaa rating

R (for an unknown reasoning)

Aussie boy's thoughts

Love it or hate it, it’s Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo returning to the screen for more gun-heavy action and solid story at the side. Although it’s casually quite forgettable and reasonably pointless, Rambo III doesn’t feel like anything more than a battle movie.

It’s not like First Blood where there’s heavy themes tackling the lack of respect or care for a former soldier, and it’s slightly more similar but mostly unrelated to Part II. There’s just a satisfactory plot, still with a fine choice of actors, but it’s difficult to recall anything about this movie other than its explosive action and war.

However, Rambo III is underrated in the sense that it’s usually pretty entertaining. Apart from the action and entertainment value, there’s also a pretty good portrayal of the muscly protagonists and obviously, the antagonists.

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