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Rambo III

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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

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  • Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    watching Rambo III and thinking about this for no particular reason

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  • Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    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

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  • 🎃 Out Of Context International Dubs 🎃 @outofcontxtdubs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2025

    Movie: Rambo III Language: Russian Country: Russia Version: MP Mega

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  • yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.teamBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    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

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  • Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    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

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  • Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    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)...

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  • All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.comBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    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

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  • Rodney Ascher @rodneyascher.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    Tonite’s movie (chosen by a 15 yr old Aaron Sorkin superfan): the prequel to Rambo III

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    “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”

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  • Evil Scary Lucy Promise @julesprom.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 16, 2023

    [Rambo III end credits] This film is dedicated to our limp big dick estrogenized penis transsexual warriors

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  • Spock Here @entspockhere.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    // 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.

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  • Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    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.

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  • All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.comBluesky · Jun 1, 2025

    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

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  • Kwertzy Industries @kwertzy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2024

    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.

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  • orinoco boo @nocontroller.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2024

    Watching the classic St. Paddy’s day movie Rambo III

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  • Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2023

    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?...

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  • maurmaur8part2.bsky.social @maurmaur8part2.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    A Rambo III poster? You know what they say about never mention a better(?) movie in the middle of your crappy one... #Riffotronic

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  • Exploding Helicopter @chopperfireball.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2026

    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.

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  • Nathan 🎃 @never-say-die.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2025

    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.

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  • CATBUS 3:16 @catbus316.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    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

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  • Lane Law @lanelaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2025

    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

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  • Light Gun Fanatics @lightgunfanatics.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    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.)

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  • Andy Foster (Heresy Miniatures) @heresyminiatures.comBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    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"

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  • Brian W. Collins @brianwcollins.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    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).

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  • TBG @thatboysgood.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    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

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  • wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.socialBluesky · May 30, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    One of the sequels should be about that kid. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    Did I just see Rambo riding a horse and carrying a flaming molotov cocktail? #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    Ah yes, the 80s, when a man could outrun an explosion! #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    I'll join in you guys for the last 40 minutes of this. #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3

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  • Stewart Moncure @rsmon77.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    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

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  • hfrights.bsky.social @hfrights.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Hey now, the Rambo III soundtrack/score is pretty good. Funny that the movie hadn't even been made yet, though! #FrightClub #TCM2

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  • Kronecker Delta @kroneckerdelta.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    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.

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  • DTV Connoisseur @dtvconnoisseur.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2026

    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.

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  • MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    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

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  • Cat Vincent (he/him, Useless Eater) @catvincent.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    It's good, but it's no RAMBO III... "This film is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan."

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  • Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    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

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  • Pedro Soares @peachflavor3d.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    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.

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    Fasten your seat belts, y'all! #NowWatching #TubiThursday #RamboIII #Rambo3

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  • Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    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.

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  • Multiple Rovert Theory @mongoebooks.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    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.

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  • Olyphantastic @olyphantastic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    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.

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  • USEDUNIVERSE @useduniverse.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2025

    It's like this administration never seen Red Dawn or Rambo III or any anti-russian movie from the late 80s to mid 90s.

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  • Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2024

    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.

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  • Kevin C 🎬 @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 25, 2026

    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

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  • Rehan Mirza @rnmirza.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    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

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  • Jim Tatro @jimtatro.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    After watching it, Rambo III is no longer my least favorite in the series. It felt like a standard revenge movie to me.

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  • Spock Here @entspockhere.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    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.

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  • Paul [REDACTED] D. Cᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ 300K+ Yᴇᴀʀs Oꜰ Iɴʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ™ @paulwdawkins.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    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.

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  • Brian Edits @bubsc.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    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.

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  • Cinéma Français @LumiereEnSousTitronsMastodon · Mar 10, 2026

    🕊️ 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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  • Kevin Wardrop @kevinwardrop.nitemayr.comBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    Rambo III Was a movie Celebrating the CIA Arming and Training the Mujahedin who would end up (in part) forming the Military might of the Taliban. Funny Stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvdF...

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    Rambo III (1988) Director: Peter MacDonald Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurtwood Smith, Richard Crenna, Marcus Gilbert, Yosef Shiloach Watch Review wp / wd

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  • Nick, uh, BOO, I guess @gotenonnimbus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    Rambo's tragic childhood is important to the Glistening Muscles & Guns movie, need to know why his parents named him Jonathan Ramboni Rambo III

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  • Derek Halliday 🇨🇦 @dthalliday.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    It's fine. I can get it later if I see it cheap...if I think it's worth it. I really like FIRST BLOOD, which is much more of a FILM than a movie, but I enjoyed the maximalist cinema of the two sequels, though I think that I liked RAMBO III more, because it felt like a prototype for METAL GEAR SOLID

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