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A Standoff with No Escape
Zaysen
Drop your weapons! Now! You have no chance of escape! Come forward! I wish to take you back alive! This is your last warning! The choice is yours!
Colonel Trautman
What do you say John?
John Rambo
...Fuck em.
[opens fire]
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The Nature of Honor in War
Masoud
Now you see how it is here. Somewhere in the war there's supposed to be honor. Where's the honor here? Where? Now, we're taking the survivors to the border. Are you coming?
[to Rambo]
Rambo
I'm going to the fort.
Masoud
Have you not seen enough death? Go! Go while you can! This isn't your war.
Rambo
It is now.
Masoud
So be it. You're a good friend.
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Acknowledging Past Actions in Combat
John Rambo
I've fired a few shots.
[Reply to the Afghan freedom fighter who inquired if he had used guns in the past]
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Rambo Faces Unexpected Challenges in Mission
Robert Griggs
Rambo! Something went wrong.
John Rambo
What happened?
Griggs
Soviets intercepted the team, just over the border. Among we've gathered, Trautman and the rest of his party have been taken to the regional commandment post.
Rambo
And what are you doing about it?
Griggs
I can't do anything about it. I'm sorry... I just thought you should know.
[starts to leave]
Rambo
What about me?
[beat]
Griggs
What about you?
Rambo
Can you get me in?
Griggs
You're not serious.
Rambo
Oh yeah, I'm serious.
[sternly]
Griggs
It can't be done officially.
Rambo
Then make it unofficial.
Griggs
If it can be done... I want you to know upfront that if you're captured, or any of this leaks, we'll deny any participation, or even knowledge of your existence.
Rambo
I'm used to it.
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A Mission Fueled by Friendship
Taglines
The first was for himself. The second for his country. This time it's for his friend.
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Journey from Arizona: A Long Walk
Hamid
Where do you come from?
John Rambo
Arizona.
Hamid
How many days walk?
Rambo
Two years.
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The Art of Revealing Hidden Masterpieces
Colonel Trautman
There was a sculptor. He found this stone, a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months until he finally finished it. When he was ready he showed it to his friends. They said he had created a great masterpiece, but the sculptor said he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there, he just chipped away the rough edges.
[tries to convince Rambo to join him in Afghanistan]
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Unexpected Encounters in Rambo III
Mousa Chanin
I am Mousa Chanin. What is it you want?
John Rambo
I was sent by Griggs.
Mousa
You do not look like men Griggs sent before. You not look like you are with military.
Rambo
I'm not.
Mousa
What you are? A mercenary?
Rambo
No.
Mousa
You're not a military, you're not a mercenary, what are you? Lost tourist?
[grins]
Rambo
...I'm not a tourist.
[walks closer to Mousa, unsettling him]
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Rambo's Vengeance Exceeds Divine Mercy
Taglines
God would have mercy. Rambo won't!
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Underestimating the Resolve of Freedom Fighters
Colonel Trautman
You expect sympathy? You started this damn war, now you'll have to deal with it.
Zaysen
And we will. It is just a matter of time before we achieve a complete victory.
Trautman
Yeah, well, there won't be a victory. Every day, your war machines lose ground to a bunch of poorly-armed, poorly-equipped freedom fighters. The fact is that you underestimated your competition. If you'd studied your history, you'd know that these people have never given 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.
Zaysen
So, you wish to test me? Good.
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A Reunion Between Old Allies
John Rambo
So where you coming from?
Colonel Samuel Trautman
Washington. Good to see you again!
Rambo
Yeah, you too.
Trautman
Do you want to tell me about it?
Rambo
About what?
Trautman
About yesterday, I've seen you stick fighting in a warehouse in Bangkok.
Rambo
You saw that?
Trautman
Yeah. And today I find you, working in a monastery.
Rambo
They let me live here and I help out, fixing things.
Trautman
And the stick fighting?
Rambo
I just do that for their lack of money.
Trautman
Yeah...I saw you give it to the monks.
Rambo
You see a lot. Colonel, who are they?
[referring to Trautman's company]
Trautman
They're part of the reason I'm here. This is Robert Griggs, he's a field officer of our local embassy.
Robert Griggs
John Rambo? Pleasure. Well, you're sure not easy to find!
Rambo
Why are you keepin track?
Griggs
Well, like the Colonel says, good men are hard to find! John, I'd like you to take a look at some of these photos. I don't know how much you know about Afghanistan. Most people can't even find it on a map! But over two million civilians, mostly peasants farmers and their families, have been systematically slaughtered by invading Russian armies. Every new weapon, including chemical warfare, has been used to eliminate these people. And they've been very successful, at many levels. I assume that you're out of touch with the current states of the war. But after nine years of fighting, the Afghan Forces are now getting their Stinger missiles, and are now beginning to hold their own against the Air-Strikes. Except for one region. Apparently, the Soviet Commander there is exceptionally brutal, as those photos indicate. And he's managed to string along all aid from the outside. So we want to investigate the problem firsthand.
Rambo
And what that's got to do with me?
Trautman
They've asked me to go in.
Rambo
You're not gonna do it?
Trautman
Yes. And I want you to come with me, John.
Rambo
I put in my time.
Griggs
What does that mean?
Rambo
It means my war is over.
[to Griggs; walks off]
Griggs
I thought you said he was this great soldier. Well, Colonel...looks like we've got a long walk down those stairs.
[to Trautman]
Trautman
Don't be tough on him, he's just following orders.
Trautman
This mission's important, John.
Rambo
Do you really think we can make a difference?
Trautman
If I didn't, I wouldn't be going.
Rambo
It didn't before.
Trautman
That was another time. Come with me, John.
Rambo
I don't know what you think about this place, but I like it. I like bein here, I like workin here. I like belong into something.
Trautman
You do belong into something. Not this. When you're gonna come full circle?
Rambo
What are you talkin about?
Trautman
You said that your war is over. I think the one out there is, but not the one inside you. I know the reasons you're here, John. But it doesn't work that way. You may try, but you can't get away from what you really are.
Rambo
And what is it I am?
Trautman
A full-blooded combat soldier.
Rambo
Not any more. I don't want it.
Trautman
That's too bad, cause you're stuck with it. Let me tell you a story, John. There was a sculptor and he found a stone, a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months, until he finally finished. When he was ready, he showed it to his friends, and they said he had created a great statue. The sculptor said he hadn't created anything. The statue was always there. He just cleared away the small pieces. We didn't make you this fighting machine. We just chipped away the rough edges. Your own is gonna be tearing away with yourself, until you come to terms with what you are! Until you come full circle.
Rambo
I guess I'm not ready yet.
Trautman
Well, I got to move. Promise me you'll look for me when you're back in the States.
Rambo
I promise. Colonel! I'm sorry. But it's gotta end for me sometime.
[as Trautman starts to walk off]
Trautman
I understand.
[beat, nods]
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Confrontation of Identities in Rambo III
Zaysen
Who are you?
Rambo
Your worst nightmare.
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Resilience of the Afghan People
Mousa
This is Afghanistan... ] try to conquer this country... then Genghis Khan, then the British. Now Russia. But Afghan people fight hard, they never be defeated. Ancient enemy make prayer about these people... you wish to hear?
[[w:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]
Rambo
Um-hum.
Mousa
Very good. It says, "May God deliver us from the venom of the Cobra, teeth of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan." Understand what this means?
Rambo
That you guys don't take any shit?
Mousa
Yes... something like this.
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