John Rambo is part of a team called “The Force of Freedom” that goes on missions around the world battling a paramilitary terrorist organization named S.A.V.A.G.E. (short for Specialist-Administrators of Vengeance, Anarchy and Global Extortion).

Gripper steals the Pandora Missile that was meant for the Carlaya Islands in order for S.A.V.A.G.E. to force Carlaya’s Indonesian neighbors to surrender.