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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Film
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Rambo III
Directed by Peter MacDonald
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. From TMDB
111 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 13 | 3 | 77 |
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| TMDB reviews * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Rambo III is a 1988 action adventure thriller film, directed by Peter MacDonald, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Marc de Jonge.
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- posts span Apr 27, 2020 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 111 · most liked firstwatching Rambo III and thinking about this for no particular reason
neutral · AI labelView post →we were watching Rambo III because we recently watched the earlier ones and man my pop cultural perception of what Rambo is did not at all align with what the first Rambo movie (1982) actually is, which is John Rambo Home Alones A Bunch Of Cops In The Woods
neutral · AI labelView post →incredibly funny to me that the "this movie is dedicated to the brave mujahideen fighters of afghanistan" bit is an instance of the mandela effect. Rambo III says nothing of the kind, the original end card dedicates it to the gallant people of afghanistan
neutral · AI labelView post →The inconsistency in the Rambo movie series naming style is honestly a joy to behold. • First Blood • Rambo: First Blood Part II • Rambo III • Rambo • Rambo: Last Blood • John Rambo
neutral · AI labelView post →To celebrate our 1️⃣7️⃣th birthday, we’ve teamed up with @cultmovie.cards to celebrate 12 of our favourite fiery film moments. 🚁💥📽️ Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you some bespoke movie cards featuring exploding helicopters. So, we're kicking things off with a classic from RAMBO III (1988)...
neutral · AI labelView post →The initial budget for Total Recall was $30m but ended up ballooning to $65m, making it the second most expensive film ever at the time, after Rambo III. It took $261m at the box office so was a big hit and received a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects Academy Award. 46/47
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve always wondered what percentage of people think the “This film is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan” screenshot is actually from Rambo III vs what percentage of people know it’s a joke
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonite’s movie (chosen by a 15 yr old Aaron Sorkin superfan): the prequel to Rambo III
neutral · AI labelView post →“So what’s this Rambo III sequel called?” “Rambo” “Okay and what will the final film be?” “Rambo: Last Blood” “Okay. Any thoughts about someday maybe a prequel set before First Blood, with a new actor?” “Funny you should ask. We do have something in the works, called John Rambo”
neutral · AI labelView post →[Rambo III end credits] This film is dedicated to our limp big dick estrogenized penis transsexual warriors
neutral · AI labelView post →[Watch Parties] January is Rambo month on #FridayThrillerClub. I was a bit late posting here about [_The Long Kiss Goodnight_](https://piefed.social/c/action_movies/p/1587576/watch-party-the-long-kiss-goodnight-1996-friday-19th-december-7-30pm-us-et) on [#FridayThrillerClub](https://fedv.link/ohai.social/tags/fridaythrillerclub) watch party, so let me post in advance for January 2026: it's all five _Rambo_ movies. - January 2: _First Blood_ (1982) - January 9: _Rambo: First Blood Part…
neutral · AI labelView post →So the chronological order will be: * John Rambo * First Blood * Rambo: First Blood Part II * Rambo III * Rambo * Rambo: Last Blood Perfection. I just hope they do a sequel to Last Blood too.
neutral · AI labelView post →// Randomly watching Rambo III for the first time and it blows my mind how poorly this movie aged with its heroic portrayal of the Mujahideen and it's talk of beating foreign invaders (US invaded in 2001). This movie is fine on its own merits, but inadvertently satirical about US foreign policy.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know if anyone, even 80s/90s guys from the military, could explain the plot of any Rambo movie with the possible exception of Rambo III. If you ask millennials who say they saw it half the time it turns out what they really remember was playing Operation Wolf or Weird Al parodying it in UHF.
neutral · AI labelView post →The initial budget for Total Recall was $30m but ended up ballooning to $65m, making it the second most expensive film ever at the time, after Rambo III. It took $261m at the box office so was a big hit and received a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects Academy Award. 46/47
neutral · AI labelView post →this is literally from the ending of Rambo III. I know you're salty, because Russia lost there, but it's a joke about something from a movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the classic St. Paddy’s day movie Rambo III
neutral · AI labelView post →Siskel and Ebert review Rambo III, and Roger tries to decide whether if a movie does what it sets out to do and nothing else if that’s worth a thumbs up or a thumbs down. (Gene then provides the answer.) youtu.be/8xJdNjFGUVs?...
neutral · AI labelView post →A Rambo III poster? You know what they say about never mention a better(?) movie in the middle of your crappy one... #Riffotronic
neutral · AI labelView post →And we kicked it all off with this classic moment from RAMBO III (1988). This scene is reprised in the montage that ends Rambo: Last Blood making that an exploding helicopter film too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep, The jump from a 1940s Hollywood propaganda film to Rambo III is a lot shorter when you remember stuff like any of the John Wayne movies, the Guns of Navarrone/Force 10 from Navarrone, and Kelly’s Hero’s all precede it, with each one taking a slight step down the path to hyper violent absurdity.
neutral · AI labelView post →I do my best to warn you all of the monotony of “Rocky v. Drago: The Ultimate Director’s Cut” to @ccinemapodcast.bsky.social & @readbtweenreels.bsky.social. Otherwise, it’s the fun propaganda that got us to Stallone calling his shot with the “Rambo III” freedom fighters. #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite Movie(s) Right This Second. Rambo III (1988) Long week. I could use a dumb ass movie with shit blowing up. What’s yours? #filmsky #scriptsky #cinema
positive · AI labelView post →I had to look it up and Wikipedia says this: "The film ends with the on-screen caption 'This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.'" It's been a long time since I've seen Rambo III.
neutral · AI labelView post →Squeezing in a #RandomGameSaturday while I can, here’s Rambo III for the Sega Master System, a light gun game based on the 1988 film of the same name, which is entirely different from the many other games based on the same movie that released for Genesis, Arcade, and many home PC platforms (cont.)
neutral · AI labelView post →My money's on "no, we won't be getting a searing psychological drama, he'll be a Rambo III unstoppable killing machine from the get go killing over 1500 people during the movie"
neutral · AI labelView post →RAMBO II was the first movie to open on over 2,000 screens. COBRA and RAMBO III were the 2nd and 4th. Joining Stallone in this early crew: BEVERLY HILLS COP II and CROCODILE DUNDEE II (on the same day as Rambo 3).
neutral · AI labelView post →Man nothing pisses 48.5% of Americans like a minority being acknowledged as the first to win an Oscar. I personally love hearing people who list Rambo III in their favorite movies yell about boycotting a film with subtitles cuz WOKE HOLLYWOOD
neutral · AI labelView post →Once again I need to write this down because the titles in this film franchise give me the jitters... 1. First Blood 2. Rambo: First Blood pt II 3. Rambo III 4. Rambo 5. Rambo: Last Blood 6. John Rambo
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the sequels should be about that kid. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Did I just see Rambo riding a horse and carrying a flaming molotov cocktail? #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Why would you turn your backs on the 2 ex Green Berets and just leave all that ordnance behind for them to pick up and shoot you in the back with? #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
negative · AI labelView post →Ah yes, the 80s, when a man could outrun an explosion! #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →You know, somebody really should have had John team up with some elite Russian ex-commando who got screwed over by his government. Woulda made a good team. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Hrmmm... another Russian Capt in a helicopter. Think we know the classic character flaw with these guys from the last movie. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →All them muscles better be good for something other than looking pretty in the soft glow of explosions from a firefight. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll join in you guys for the last 40 minutes of this. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, not only did I read it, I may still have the one he did for RAMBO III! I may or may not have bought those movie novelizations as a kid! #FlicksForAll
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey now, the Rambo III soundtrack/score is pretty good. Funny that the movie hadn't even been made yet, though! #FrightClub #TCM2
positive · AI labelView post →Holy fuck. I might have to put Rambo III as [REQUIRED] too just on the fact that's it's 'US Action Movie But Muslims are the good guys' Like that is unreal to think of now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some great write-ups in this post! Plus a write-up by yours truly on Rambo III where I use a meandering metaphor to compare the film to bumping into an old friend.
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for breakfast and a movie before work! Today's randomly selected movie is... The next movie in my Rambo watch. Which is... Rambo III, 1988
neutral · AI labelView post →It's good, but it's no RAMBO III... "This film is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan."
positive · AI labelView post →Over The Top was a bomb, managing only $16 million against a $25 million budget - with $12 million to Stallone, in a moment when he was riding high (between Cobra and Rambo III). If it is known for much, it is the soundtrack, which was designed a concept album ahead of the film. #HATM #OverTheTop
neutral · AI labelView post →I still think First Blood it the best movie in the series. As a kid Rambo III was my favorite since it has all the action but the first movie really hits differently once you grow up. Also enjoyed the 4th movie for the dumb gore fest. The fifth movie, well, let's not talk about that one.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think the producers (or even Stallone) really understood the appeal of Rambo was that he was a warrior fighting the very people/system that created him to be used and discarded for their wars. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Fasten your seat belts, y'all! #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, somehow. Case in point: during the events of First Blood, Rambo doesn't kill anyone. Rambo III, at debut, featured the largest onscreen body count of any film, ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Rambo III "This Film is Dedicated to the Brave Mujahideen Fighters of Afghanistan" urban legend had to originate with a Something Awful photoshop, right? I never really thought about whether it started as a joke or a prank to actually trick people.
neutral · AI labelView post →But they do consider it the third best Exploding Helicopter film after Rambo III and Blue Thunder (only 2 exploding ones, but several mores get shot down). We need Michael Bay to do one.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's like this administration never seen Red Dawn or Rambo III or any anti-russian movie from the late 80s to mid 90s.
neutral · AI labelView post →People normally save their scorn for the sequels (dedicating Rambo III to the “brave fighters of the Mujaheddin” is too funny), but it’s the end of the first movie that offers salvation to both Rambo and America by reintegrating him with society.
neutral · AI labelView post →John Rambo teamed up with Afghan Mujahideen rebels to fight Soviet forces in the 1988 action film Rambo III.
neutral · AI labelView post →I like that the premise of this movie is that at the end of Rambo 2 John walked off the covert CIA base in Thailand and hiked all the way to a Buddhist monastery in Bangkok to chill for a few years. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3
neutral · AI labelView post →Films 2026 86. Rambo III (1988) Rambo rescues POW again But this time 1st rescue attempt results in no rescue 2nd attempt starts with a helicopter (like II) but that then crashes. Fun sequel. Rambo is given more quips, some funny, some pained. Enjoyable film with Stallone at his peak 8/10 #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →After watching it, Rambo III is no longer my least favorite in the series. It felt like a standard revenge movie to me.
neutral · AI labelView post →I never saw the sequels until this week, so I only knew for the UHF gag. Like wow, Rambo III was a very silly movie. lol, re: Weird.
negative · AI labelView post →I swear to G*d, Avatar 3 is going to have a "This film is dedicated to the brave freedom fighters of Pandora" title card at the end, a la Rambo III. Also: does this film actually end? I Been watching it for- I believe- about six hours now, and am beginning to become concerned that I died during.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thematically First Blood was a 1970's anti-war, anti-authority, revenge film. The bad guys were the government. Rambo and Rambo III flipped all that. Not arguing Friday the 13th isn't the biggest course change, just that Rambo is up there.
neutral · AI labelView post →🕊️ In memoriam – Marc de Jonge 16 February 1949 — 10 March 1996 🎬 French actor Marc Louis Maxime de Jonge was known for his work in over 50 films, including his memorable role as the Soviet Colonel Zaysen in Rambo III. Born in Nancy (Meurthe‑et‑Moselle), he died in Paris at 47 after a tragic accident. His presence on screen left a lasting impact on French and international cinema. #InMemoriam #MarcDeJonge #FrenchCinema #RamboIII #FilmLegacy 🎬
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