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: Just one month before the movie’s release, the Soviet Union began withdrawing from Afghanistan and tensions with Russia started to thaw. Sylvester Stallone later noted that as Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan were seen "kissing on the cheek," his unapologetically anti-Soviet film hit theaters, making him feel like the "bad guy" out of sync with world events. Production Feats and "Firsts"

: Upon its release, Rambo III was the most expensive film ever made, with a budget between $58 and $63 million . Rambo Iii

The story of (1988) is as much about its "larger-than-life" production and unfortunate timing as it is about the action on screen. A Story of Bad Timing : Just one month before the movie’s release,