First Blood

19821982
RR
1h 33min

Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982)

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Action Adventure

A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Director
- Ted Kotcheff
Writers
- David Morrell(based on the novel by)
- Michael Kozoll(screenplay by)
- William Sackheim(screenplay by)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Director
- Ted Kotcheff
Writers
- David Morrell(based on the novel by)
- Michael Kozoll(screenplay by)
- William Sackheim(screenplay by)
All cast & crew
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Rambo: First Blood Part II

6.5

Rambo: First Blood Part II

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5.8

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7.0

Rambo: Last Blood

6.1

Rambo: Last Blood

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6.8

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7.3

Rocky IV

6.9

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John J. Rambo is a former United States Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but his time in Vietnam still haunts him. As he came to Hope, Washington to visit a friend, he was guided out of town by the Sheriff William Teasel who insults Rambo, but what Teasel does not know that his insult angered Rambo to the point where Rambo became violent and was arrested. As he was at the county jail being cleaned, he escapes and goes on a rampage through the forest to try to escape from the sheriffs who want to kill him. Then, as Rambo's commanding officer, Colonel Samuel Trautman tries to save both the Sheriff's department and Rambo before the situation gets out of hand. —John Wiggins

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Taglines
- One war against one man.
Genres
- Action
- Adventure
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
The large piece of rotten canvas that Rambo finds in the woods and cuts into a makeshift coat was in fact not a movie prop, but a real piece of rotten canvas found by the film crew during the movie's production. Since there was only one piece, Sylvester Stallone joked about how the canvas became a treasured prop on the set. After filming ended, Stallone kept the rotten canvas and still has it in his possession to this very day.

Goofs
When Rambo is racing down the pavement on the motorcycle, shouting "get out of the way" to terrified pedestrians, his mouth indicates he is shouting "fucking move it".

Quotes
Trautman: You did everything to make this private war happen. You've done enough damage. This mission is over, Rambo. Do you understand me? This mission is over! Look at them out there! Look at them! If you won't end this now, they will kill you. Is that what you want? It's over Johnny. It's over!
Rambo: Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Calling me baby killer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh? Who are they? Unless they've been me and been there and know what the hell they're yelling about!
Trautman: It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. It's all in the past now.
Rambo: For *you*! For me civilian life is nothing! In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. Back here there's nothing!
Trautman: You're the last of an elite group, don't end it like this.
Rambo: Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can't even hold a job *parking cars*!

Alternate versions
NBC edited 3 minutes from this film for its 1985 network television premiere.

Connections
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Soundtracks
It's a Long Road
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics by Hal Shaper
Arranged by David Paich and Marty Paich
Produced by Bruce Botnick
Sung by Dan Hill

Top review

In war, a hero, in peace, forsaken.

This is a truly unique movie that quickly became obscured due to the later sequels. It tells the story of a man who survived one hell, only to return home despised and forsaken because of it. There was a time when America didn't quite know what to think of the lost war, and so it was forgotten - and the men who came out of it as well. Rambo finds he cannot survive this war, because it is still going on within him.

Finally, pushed too far by a small town sheriff, Rambo returns to the only thing he can relate to. War. Yet it is a war he almost mercifully wages on the macho egotistical deputies and week end warriors that pursue. To potentially misquote Rambo :

"I coulda killed them all, I could have killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Let it go..."

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Release date
- October 22, 1982 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Instagram
Language
- English
Also known as
- Rambo: First Blood
Filming locations
- Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Production companies
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Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $47,212,904
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,642,005
- Oct 24, 1982
Gross worldwide
- $125,212,904

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Runtime
- 1h 33min
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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