First Blood

Movie

1982

1h 33m

English

Action, Adventure, Thriller, War

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7.8

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When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

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First Blood

Movie

1982

1h 33m

English

Action, Adventure, Thriller, War

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When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

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Cast

John Rambo

Col. Samuel Trautman

Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Bill McKinney

State Police Capt. Dave Kern

Jack Starrett

Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

Deputy Balford

Deputy Ward

Orval the Dog Man

Deputy Lester

Deputy Mitch

Deputy Shingleton

Preston

Helicopter pilot

Trooper

Radio operator

Lt. Morgen

Guardsman #1

Guardsman #2

Guardsman #3

Guardsman #4

Guardsman #5

Guardsman #6

Boy

Attendant

TV Reporter

Directed By: Ted Kotcheff

Written By: Sylvester Stallone (Screenplay), David Morrell (Novel), + 3 more

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john-jay says...

7 years ago

An action movie, but a thoughtful one, with important social commentary on the rights and respect of individuals, corruption, and honoring those who sacrifice for society. Sad that the subsequent Rambo movies turned into mindless pro-government action flick.

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DRNKMNKY says...

9 years ago

Great movie, a very solid action flick! Stallone plays his part of the haunted Vietnam vet, who doesn't know how to cope with civilian life, very well. If the supporting actors (especially Trautman and Teasel) had been chosen more carefully (or if they had played their roles a little better) the flick would have been even better!

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Mr. Sackamano says...

7 years ago

Look John, we can't have you runnin around out there wasting friendly civilians

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Bradym03 says...

5 years ago

"Character actors! Who cares if we get fat?!" From the stage, to the silver screen - Brian Dennehy is the type of talent that comes once in a life time. He played a hand full of roles. Larger than life, but still brilliant. I first saw him in 'First Blood'. He and Stallone made that film a classic. RIP

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pygospa

10/10 6 years ago

I haven't seen this movie for a really long time and just bought the new restoration from a 4k master on blu-ray and was happy to watch it. I thought it wouldn't be as good as I remembered it, because most of the time you realize that movies you liked in your childhood weren't actually that good.
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Acoucalancha

7/10 10 months ago

PTSD gone wild

Illogical that they would send a whole army and even helicopters to catch a criminal who's crime was simply of being a wanderer and resisting arrest but here we are. ***First Blood*** is PTSD gone wrong and I guess a cautionary tale on out of control pride—that has to be what dri More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

Sylvester Stallone Is "John Rambo", a Vietnam War veteran who is shocked to learn that the only other survivor from his crack team of Green Berets has died of a pretty pernicious cancer. He wanders aimlessly looking for a cheeseburger when he is escorted out of town by the sheriff "Will Teasle" (Bri More

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Wuchak

5 years ago

**_Action/adventure masterpiece about a one-man-army_**

Vietnam vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) drifts into a Rocky Mountain town looking for a war buddy, only to learn that he died due to exposure to Agent Orange the prior summer. The town's sheriff (Brian Dennehy) tries to steer Rambo out o More

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