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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, War Violence Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 10/21/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, War Adventure See Also: Rambo III [Special Edition], Rambo III [Ultimate Edition], Rambo III [Blu-ray]

The third entry in the ultra-macho Rambo action movie series finds muscle-bound warrior John Rambo (co-writer and star Sylvester Stallone) refusing a request from his former Vietnam superior, Green Beret Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna). Trautman is to lead a mission to aid the mujahedeen rebels fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist Rambo turns his friend down. When the mission goes awry and Trautman is subsequently captured and tortured within a prison fortress, Rambo launches a rescue effort of his own, armed with his trademark bow and exploding arrows. Along the way, he allies himself with the freedom fighters and runs afoul of the villainous Russian commander Zaysen (Marc de Jonge). At the time of its release, Rambo III -- released in the same month in 1988 that Russian troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan -- was the most expensive film ever made, at 63 million dollars. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Sylvester Stallone - John Rambo
Richard Crenna - Col. Trautman
Marc de Jonge - Colonel Zaysen
Kurtwood Smith - Griggs
Spiros Focas - Masoud

Peter MacDonald directs the third entry in the Rambo series, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish subtitles are available. Supplemental materials include a director's commentary track, a trivia game, a "making of" featurette, a theatrical trailer, production notes, and cast and crew biographies. No matter what one thinks of the film, this is a very good DVD. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide