Rambo III
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Released on May 25 1988, the film Rambo III sees Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) going to Afghanistan to rescue Colonel Trautman, who was captured while trying to supply weapons, because of the particular atrocities of the local occupying Russian army.
With the help of the Mujahideen, Rambo is able to rescue Trautman and eliminate the homicidal Russian commander in that region. There is also a David Morrell novel of the second movie, but unlike the first book this was written after rather than before the movie.
A rather bizarre fact today is that the Mujahideen (portraied as the good guys) in this movie eventually became the terrorist regime known as the Taliban. And in the war in Afghanistan the bad guys portraied in this movie became the good guys in aiding the allied forces in overthrowing the Taliban regime.
Box Office
US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 53,715,611
- + Other International Takings: $135,300,000
= Gross Worldwide Takings: $189,015,611
