Excellent movie

Rambo III is one of my favorite movies. I've seen the first two Rambo movies many times, but until recently never the third. About a month ago I bought this movie used for 4 dollars and watched it.

From start to finish it was just a great movie. A lot of the details are somewhat historically correct also and the extras are awesome (be sure to watch them if you buy this). The Russians were invading Afghanistan and the US was aiding the Afghans (the Mujahideen). The main arab leader who in the movie said "They rape our women and kill our children" was based on a real freedom fighter named Ahmad Shah Massoud who was assassinated by al-Qaeda 2 days before September 11th 2001. After the Russians left, the Taliban took over.

If you liked Rambo First Blood or the second Rambo, you will probably really like this movie. Highly recommended

Worst of them all

Again, the first movie was fantastic, but this third one was so idiotic....well, it just is. Why would any helicopter fly at ground level against a tank? Please. That part alone destroyed the movie.

I've Wanted To Watch This Movie For Years, And It's Worth The Wait.

I watched the first two Rambo movies prior to the release of this one. Actually, this one sounded very interesting, but I did not watch it until now. One reviewer pointed out this was considered the weakest of the three; why is it the weakest is also the most enjoyable (as said reveiwer also seemed to agree).

One reviewer mentioned the boy was one reason this movie was not as successful, and gave other examples, though failing to mention Aliens (maybe because that was an exception). Actually, it helped. So did the relationship between Rambo and Trautman. I also thought the scene of Rambo riding underneath the tank to avoid the searchlight was original and creative.

The edition I saw had a documentary on a myth of an American hero. They commented that Rambo was one of four characters in print that made the cross to being heroes on the big screen: the others were Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, and James Bond (since then, you can add Harry Potter to the mix.) The one comment I'll make is that Rambo is unique in the mix, because his character did not survive the original novel.

I found this movie enjoyable. Too violent for some people, two examples of unnecessary cussing (all cussing is unnecessary, by the way), and at times it was unbelievable. It is interesting seeing this pre 9/11 movie from a post 9/11 persptective. This was a great picture.