Rambo III | 1988 | Final | US One Sheet
Rambo III is a 1988 film directed by Peter MacDonald. The original director Russell Mulcahy was replaced after two weeks of filming MacDonald due to creative differences. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was in turn followed by Rambo in 2008, making it the last film in the series to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003. In Rambo III, the character Masoud, played by Spiros Focás, is a reference to Ahmad Shah Masoud. He was the real life leader of the Afghani resistance against the Russian occupation. After the Russian occupation ended he became the Defence Minister of Afghanistan and later a leader of the resistance ag...
