Rambo III
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Rambo III as a loud, hollow action spectacle that abandoned whatever psychological grounding the original film had. The political content struck most as cartoonishly one-dimensional, though a few noted the film's self-aware humor and sheer technical scale gave it a certain pulpy momentum.
“modern special-effects technology, a huge budget and Mr. Stallone's own derring-do have conspired to let the film pack a wallop that no traditional western or war film could match.”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Peter MacDonaldDirector
Sylvester StalloneJohn Rambo
Richard CrennaTrautman
Marc de JongeCoronel Zaysen
Kurtwood SmithGriggs
Spiros FocásMasoud
Sasson GabaiMousa
Marcus GilbertTomask
Alon AboutboulNissem
Yosef ShiloachKhalid
Jerry GoldsmithComposerSylvester StalloneWriter
Sheldon LettichWriterRambo III
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Rambo III as a loud, hollow action spectacle that abandoned whatever psychological grounding the original film had. The political content struck most as cartoonishly one-dimensional, though a few noted the film's self-aware humor and sheer technical scale gave it a certain pulpy momentum.
“modern special-effects technology, a huge budget and Mr. Stallone's own derring-do have conspired to let the film pack a wallop that no traditional western or war film could match.”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Cast & Crew
Peter MacDonaldDirectorSylvester StalloneJohn RamboRichard CrennaTrautmanMarc de JongeCoronel ZaysenKurtwood SmithGriggsSpiros FocásMasoudSasson GabaiMousaMarcus GilbertTomaskAlon AboutboulNissemYosef ShiloachKhalidJerry GoldsmithComposerSylvester StalloneWriterSheldon LettichWriter