Interspersed with the interviews are clips from Rambo III and real life footage of day-to-day life in Afghanistan. The documentary runs about twenty-nine minutes in length, and features interviews with Stallone and a few people familiar with Afghani history, such as professors. Certainly not the best commentary, but worlds better than Cosmatos's on Rambo: First Blood Part II. While the commentary had quite a few pauses, MacDonald manages to share a lot of interesting information, mostly about the technical aspects of the film's numerous action sequences. The main extras on the disc are the commentary with director Peter MacDonald and the new documentary, Afghanistan: Land in Crisis. Optional subtitles are available in Spanish. Dialogue is crisp and clean throughout with no distortion that I detected. The explosions are terrific with the presence of the LFE channel. Surrounds are strong and aggressive throughout, with some great directionally in the gunfire.
The DTS and DD5.1 soundtracks for Rambo III sound fantastic and are incredibly dynamic. Previously, the film was only available on DVD in Dolby 2.0 Surround, and as expected, the newly mixed DTS and DD5.1 tracks sound much more rich and full. Rambo III is presented in DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby 2.0 Surround. Colors are vibrant throughout, with accurate flesh tones and solid blacks. The print is clean throughout, with only some minor specks, and no shimmering or artifacts. It can, at times, appear to be a bit soft, however. Of the trilogy, the transfer is the best of the bunch, predictably so, as it is the most recent.
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Rambo III is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and 1.33:1 full frame, each on opposite sides of the disc. Note: Rambo III is missing the burned in subtitle translations for the Russian dialogue that the original DVD release contains. The action scenes in Rambo III are quite good and many of them believable, though the climax, with Rambo and Trautman taking on an entire Russian army and avoiding injury, is quite laughable. Following Rambo: First Blood Part II's lead, Rambo III retains the "super-hero" Rambo who is able to avoid most injuries and has impeccable aim. While First Blood is, in my mind, the best film in the series, Rambo III is a mostly entertaining sequel that once again chooses action over character development, though there is some pathos evident in the character when he sees the plight of the Afghani people.
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However, when Trautman is captured by Zaysen and the military refuses to rescue him, Rambo goes to Afghanistan to free him, aided only by the Mujahedeen rebels who oppose the Soviet invasion. Rambo declines, as he believes his war is over. Now living in Thailand, Rambo is offered a chance to assist Trautman in a special covert op to investigate Russian Colonel Zaysen's stranglehold in his Afghani sector. Unfortunately, the film suffered from bad timing, as the Cold War was basically over, and Rambo was still fighting the Soviets. Directed by Peter MacDonald, the film stars Stallone (Rambo), Crenna (Trautman), Kurtwood Smith (Griggs), and Marc de Jonge (Colonel Zaysen). Rambo III concluded the extremely successfully trilogy in 1988.
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of First Blood, Artisan has remastered and remixed the Rambo Trilogy, releasing them both separately as special editions and packaged together as part of a special box set that includes a bonus fourth disc of extras.
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