Rambo 3

Film, Literature and the New World Order

Aug 22, 201639:32Arts

Rambo III is silly popcorn entertainment. But it is silly popcorn entertainment that is set during the Soviet-Afghan war, and as such it reflects the standard propaganda narrative that was being fed to the American publi...

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