Rambo III

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John!

Where's Rambo?

John!

John Rambo!

l don't believe it!

- Where've you come from? - Washington.

- Good to see you. - You too.

- Do you want to tell me about it? - About what?

Your stick fighting yesterday. ln the warehouse in Bangkok.

- You saw that? - Yes.

And today you're working in a monastery.

They let me live here and l help them with repairs.

- And the stick fighting? - Some extra money.

l saw you give it to those monks.

You see a lot.

- And who are they? - They're the reason l'm here.

This is Robert Griggs, from our embassy here.

John Rambo.

Pleased to meet you.

- You're hard to find. - Are you keeping track of me?

What does the Colonel say? Good men are hard to find.

Take a look at these pictures.

l don't know what you know about Afghanistan.

Most people don't even know where it is.

But over two million civilians,

mainly peasant families, have been killed by Russian troops.

Many newly developed weapons,

including chemical warfare, were used to wipe them out.

With great success.

l guess you don't know about the current state of affairs.

After nine years of fighting

Afghanistan is getting Stinger missiles to defend against the air strikes.

Except for one region, 80 km behind the border.

The Soviet commander there seems to be really brutal,

as the photos show.

He prevents any outside help getting in.

And that's why we'd like to...

check out the problem firsthand.

And what have l got to do with it?

- l'm to go there. - But you're not going to?

Sure. With you, John.

l put in my time.

What does that mean?

My war is over.

But you said he was a great soldier.

Alright!

lt's long way down those stairs.

Don't hold it against him, he's just obeying orders.

lt's an important mission.

- And we can make a difference? - That's why we're going.

- lt didn't work before. - Those were different times.

Come with me, John.

l don't know what you think, but l like it here.

l like living and working here. lt's good to belong somewhere.

But you don't belong here.

- When are you coming full circle? - What do you mean?

You say your war is over. The war outside maybe,

but not the one inside you.

l know why you're here. But it doesn't work like that.

You're trying to change yourself, but you stay who you are.

- And what am l? - A full-blooded fighter.

- l don't want to be that any more. - But that's what you are.

Listen, John,

there was once a sculptor who found a very special stone.

He carried it home and worked on it for months, until it was finished.

Then he showed it to his friends. They said: great statue!

But the sculptor said the statue had always been there.

All he had done was to knock away a few pieces.

We didn't make you into a fighting machine.

We just knocked the rough edges off you.

You have to finally come to terms with yourself!

Until you come full circle.

l guess l'm not ready yet.

l have to go.

Come and see me when you're next in the States.

l promise.

Colonel!

l'm sorry. But it has to end for me sometime.

l understand.

Take cover!

Drop your weapons and stand still!

You can't escape!

Drop your weapons!

There's no escape!

Drop your weapons!

At once!

Something went wrong.

- What happened? - The Soviets intercepted the team.

Trautmann and the others were taken to the enemy camp.

And now?

l can't do anything. l'm sorry.

l just thought you should know.

What about me?

- You? - Can you get me in?

- You're not serious. - Of course l am.

- Officially it's not possible. - Then unofficially.

You should know one thing. lf you get taken prisoner

or something leaks out,

we'll deny any knowledge of you.

l'm used to it.

You'll hear from me.

You want buy? Many guns!

No. l'm looking for Mousa Chanin.

- What's your name? - John Rambo.

Wait here.

They sell well here.

Because of the landmines.

Everywhere landmines.

- l am Mousa Chanin. What do you want? - Griggs sent me.

You don't look like the guys he usually sends. Soldiers.

- l'm not a soldier. - Then what? A mercenary?

- No. - A tourist that lost his way?

l'm not a tourist.

- Sorry. - Do you know where the American is?

ln a Soviet fort.

Near Khost, 30 miles from the border.

Mr. Griggs sent the supplies you wanted.

- Do you want to see? - Yes.

- Did you order these? - Yes.

l've never seen anything like it before. What are these?

- Detonators. - And this?

What is this?

- A blue light. - What does it do?

- Turns blue. - l see.

How many men will come with us?

l'm the rescue team.

That's crazy. One isn't enough. We need more people.

Griggs said you'd take me there. So do it!

l have to take medicine with me; if not, many people will die.

Do you understand?

l don't know you,

but from the way you look you have no experience of war.

Or do you?

l've fired a gun before.

Fired a gun before?

Maybe you should go home again and think things over.

Very long.

l've done that.

Oh really?

OK, if that's what you want.

But you can't get that American out alone.

lf it doesn't work don't blame me.

l'm not taking the responsibility.

Sounds familiar.

l am Colonel Zaysen, Regional Commander of this sector.

You're the first American to be captured in Afghanistan.

Congratulations.

l believe you plan to supply the enemy rebels

with Stinger missiles to destroy Soviet aircraft.

l'll only answer to your superiors.

Out here l have no superiors.

l am in full command.

You're on your own,

abandoned by your government.

- What do you want? - Cooperation.

This sector has been controlled by us for five years.

There's not much left for me to do.

There is, so to speak, no challenge any more.

lf you give me information about the planned Stinger deliveries,

we could both get out of here.

After all, that is what we all want:

peace.

ln the Kremlin they really have a sense of humor.

Explain.

To the world you talk about peace, and here you butcher a whole people.

We're not butchering anyone.

You're too intelligent to believe that propaganda!

Again: where are the missiles?

- l don't know anything about missiles! - Of course!

But you don't understand that l can get us out of here.

Do you want sympathy?

After all, you started this war!

lt's just a question of time until we have total victory.

There won't be any victory. You're losing ground every day

to badly equipped freedom-fighters!

You simply underestimated the competition.

Didn't you take history at school? This region was always independent!

They prefer to die rather than become slaves to occupying forces.

You can't conquer a people like that.

We tried it. We had our Vietnam!

- Now you've got yours! - Oh, l see.

You want to test me. Good.

This is Afghanistan.

Alexander the Great tried to conquer it,

then Ghenghis Khan, the English and now the Russians.

But the Afghan people can't be conquered.

An old enemy wrote a prayer about us. Do you want to hear it?

Very well. lt goes like this:

"May God deliver us from the cobra's venom,

from the tiger's teeth, and the Afghan's vengeance."

Do you understand that?

That you don't take any shit.

Something like this.

Go on!

ln the north there are lots of caves that we can use.

lt'll be safer. Let's go!

This cave leads to the "Valley of the Five Lions".

The Afghan king was supposed to send 500 warriors into battle.

He only sent five.