Rambo III finds John Rambo (Stallone) living a secluded life in a Buddhist monastery in search of inner peace. When friend and mentor Col. Sam Trautman (Crenna) visits to ask for his help in a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines to enter another war. Trautman goes it alone and is captured by the Russians. When Rambo learns of his friend's fate, he sets out to free Trautman