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Rambo III
MEANRANK
55/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4722
- IMDb #4806
- Google retired #1938
- Rotten Tomatoes #4163
- Metacritic #4376
- Letterboxd #4394
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4353
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4282
- Metacritic Critics #4514
- Metacritic Audience #3799
- Criticker #3716
- Douban #1053
- Kinopoisk #5122
- AlloCiné #4396
- Trakt #3722
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 26, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 38, everyone else 58.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Living a quiet life in Thailand, a former soldier is drawn back into conflict when his mentor and friend is captured by Soviet forces in Afghanistan. Refusing to let him face certain death, he launches a solo mission behind enemy lines. He allies with a group of Afghan mujahideen rebels to assault the heavily fortified prison camp, using his unparalleled combat skills in a brutal and desperate rescue operation against overwhelming odds.
Details
- Director
- Peter MacDonald
- Writers
- Sheldon Lettich, Sylvester Stallone
- Studio
- Carolco Pictures
- Released
- 24 May 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $63.0M
- Box office
- $189.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| BMI Film & TV Awards 1988 | Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1988 | Worst Director | Peter MacDonald | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1988 | Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1988 | Worst Picture | Mario Kassar, Buzz Feitshans & Andrew G. Vajna | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1988 | Worst Screenplay | Sylvester Stallone & Sheldon Lettich | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Award 1988 | Worst Supporting Actor | Richard Crenna | Nominee |
| Youth in Film Awards 1988 | Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama | Doudi Shoua | Nominee |
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7 awards — Rambo III
×| Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone | Winner |
| Worst Director | Peter MacDonald | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | Mario Kassar, Buzz Feitshans & Andrew G. Vajna | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay | Sylvester Stallone & Sheldon Lettich | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Richard Crenna | Nominee |
| Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
| Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama | Doudi Shoua | Nominee |