Rambo III Page #2

Synopsis: John Rambo's former Vietnam superior, Colonel Samuel Trautman, has been assigned to lead a mission to help the Mujahedeen rebels who are fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist Rambo turns down Trautman's request that Rambo help out. When the mission goes belly up and Trautman is kidnapped and tortured by Russian Colonel Zaysen, Rambo launches a rescue effort and allies himself with the Mujahedeen rebels and gets their help in trying to rescue Trautman from Zaysen.
Director(s): Peter MacDonald
Production: Live Home Video
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
1988
102 min
2,937 Views


Please explain.

You talk peace and

disarmament to the world,

and here you are, wiping

out a race of people.

We are wiping out no one.

I think you're too intelligent

to believe such a propaganda!

Now again:
where are the missiles?

I don't know anything

about any missiles!

Of course you do!

But you do not seem to realize

I'm providing a way out for us both.

You expect sympathy?

You started this damn war,

now you have to deal with it!

And we will. It is just a matter of time

before we achieve a complete victory.

You know there won't be a victory.

Everyday, your war machines lose

ground to a bunch of poorly armed,

poorly equiped freedom-fighters!

The fact is that you

underestimated your competition.

If you studied your History,

you'd know this people

never gave up to anyone.

They'd rather die than be

slaves to an invading army.

You can't defeat a people like that.

We tried. We already had our Vietnam!

Now you're gonna have yours!

So, you wish to test me. Good.

This is Afghanistan.

Alexander the Great tried

to conquer this country,

then Ghenghis Khan, then

the British, now Russia.

But Afghan people fight

hard, they never be defeated.

Ancient enemy make prayer about

these people. Do you wish to hear?

Very good. It says:

"May God deliver us from

the venom of the cobra,

teeth of the tiger, and the

vengeance of the Afghans."

Understand what this means?

That you guys don't take any sh*t.

Yes, something like this.

We go now!

In the north, there are many

caves, we'll travel through them.

It'll be safer. We go!

This cave leads to the

"Valley of the Five Lions".

The Afghan King was asked to send

He sent only five.

His greatest five, and they won.

He said, it's better to send

five lions than 500 sheep.

- What do you think of this?

- I think the King was lucky.

- How much longer till the village?

- About two hours.

Where in my sector are the

missiles being delivered?

I don't know.

You liar.

Where?

Where?

OK, I'll tell ya.

I knew you were lying.

Now, where are the missiles located?

Close.

How close?

In your ass!

You've tried my patience long enough.

I tried to be civilian.

The name John Rambo...

...do you know it?

No?

He says that there's a

plan for a rescue attempt

with the help of some of the rebels.

He also says he knows

where this man is going.

We will welcome him.

It's the last village in the

valley. About 200 man here.

There's a lot of lot of kids in.

Yes, and they are good fighters, too.

I'll tell the leaders you want to talk.

They've never seen men look like you.

Here are Mujahedin horsemen.

There are 10.000 horsemen

more waiting at the border.

They are waiting to get

weapons, when they'll get it,

they'll come back here to fight.

Let's go to the hospital.

He is the only doctor for 500 km.

The first medicine they

get in two months.

More gifts from the Soviets. They

look like toys, but they're mines.

We teach the childrens not to

touch, some of them too late.

Who's that?

His name is Juri. He's Russian.

A deserter?

He calls himself a defector.

There are many like him.

He is the one who can help the most,

he knows the inside of the fort.

I think we should go now.

Mines start here: one meter like

this, then two meters like this,

and like this.

There are four towers, four guards,

here, here, here and here.

Where do they keep the prisoners?

Here.

If we get in there,

is there another way out?

Underground, where

there's all dirty water.

But I do not know word for this place.

He means sewer. Where is it?

Here. Outside, you go there.

Guards patrolls there.

I do not think you go this way.

I wish we go to the minefields.

They'll never expect it.

This can not be done.

There are many Spetnaz commandos.

We have all of this,

we've lost many men.

We'll lose more men if we go there.

I don't need many men.

What is it you want to do?

I need two men to lead

me to the minefield,

and two to help to escape.

If this is done, Soviets

will come here like before,

and more people will die.

I can't wait.

You must wait for help the way we wait.

- Then I'll go alone.

- And you will die!

Then I'll die.

Wait!

Please don't go.

My name is Masoud.

You must not judge us,

before you understand why

we are not directed to help.

Most of the Afghan

people are very strong,

and we are determined not

to be driven from our land.

Our children die of disease,

mines, and poison gas.

And our women are raped and killed.

Last year, in the valley of

Legman, the next valley,

Pregnant women were cut with bayonets,

and their babies thrown into the fire.

This is done, so they will not have to

fight the next generation of Afghans.

Yet nobody sees anything, or

reads anything in the papers.

What you see here,

are the Mujahedin soldiers,

holy warriors.

To us, this war is a holy war.

And there is no true

death for a Mujahedin,

because we have taken our last nights,

and because we consider us already dead.

To us, death for our

land and God is an honor.

So, my friend,

what we must do is to stop this

killing of our women and children.

If getting this man free,

so he can tells to the free world, and

tell what happens here, is necessary

then of course we will help.

Leave us now, so we may

speak among ourselves

and find the best way to free this man.

- Thank you.

- We thank you.

Don't worry, they will decide soon.

- We got to leave tonight.

- What is your name?

This boy is very hard inside.

His parents were killed last year.

His brother died in the

fort where the American is.

He looks like a boy, but

he fights like a man.

- What's your name?

- Rambo.

- Where are you from?

- Arizona.

Arizona? How much days walk?

About two years.

Two years...

- Are you a soldier?

- No more.

I am a soldier. Are you here to fight?

- No.

- Are you scared?

What is this?

It's a knife.

- Can I see this?

- Sure.

Very good. Can I have it?

No.

- What is this?

- You want everything!

- This is for luck.

- What is luck?

Luck is...

Can I have it? I need luck.

So do I!

What a child! Always like this.

Look there! It's our national sport.

An old, insane game,

maybe 3.000 years old!

Look, they never stop playing.

War or not war, they don't mind.

- You like it?

- I'll take football.

What is football? You

play it with the foot?

Not really.

Come on, let's go!

- What are they saying?

- They want you to try.

It's a way to them for you to be with

them. If you want to try, go ahead but

I'm not responsible for it!

- I'll try it.

- Yes?

What are the rules?

Well, you have to take

the sheep once around,

and then thrown it in the circle.

Why?

Because there is a circle there.

- That's it?

- That's it! Very simple.

Like football.

God must love crazy people!

- Why?

- He makes so many of them!

Now you see how it is here.

Somewhere in a war,

there's supposed to be honor.

Where is the honor here? Where?

We're taking the survivors to

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David Morrell

David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages. He also wrote the 2007–2008 Captain America comic book miniseries The Chosen. more…

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