A few thoughts: There's a secret to watching movies like this that most serious film critics don't seem to understand or have any interest in discovering: you have to be willing to shrug and not care. It's so simple, this is not the kind of movie that's designed to be taken seriously, so judging it on the same scale as something like Citizen Kane or Sunset Boulevard is not only missing the point entirely, but a huge disservice to all movies involved. This is a big, dumb action movie with one goal in mind: to entertain audiences with ridiculous escapism. Gone is the emotional power of the first Rambo movie. It couldn't have made that work as well for the sequels anyway. The plot? Doesn't matter. Does it make sense? Shut up. This is a pure action movie with no need to be anything more. Rambo rides on a horse, kills dozens of people, and the bad guys get slaughtered for being bad. You know what you're getting into with this and it succeeds in all the ways it needs to. Guns, guts, and 'splosions. Is it great? Not at all. But it doesn't need to be.
People who would want to watch something like Rambo III. It's for action junkies who like violence.
My grade: C-
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