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First Blood

1982, Movie, R, 97 mins

First Blood: Review

Sylvester Stallone is a vagabond Vietnam vet wandering the Pacific Northwest in this film, which began the actor's "Rambo" persona. He is run out of a small town by bullyboy sheriff Brian Dennehy, and when he returns the local cops arrest and mistreat him. Fed up with this persecution, he goes berserk, escapes, and causes the death of a pursuing officer. Hiding in the dense woodland and mountainous terrain, Stallone fends off the local posse using guerrilla methods he learned... read more leave a comment

First Blood: Cast & Details

Year: 1982
Rated R

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Cast
Sylvester Stallone: Rambo
Richard Crenna: Trautman
Brian Dennehy: Teasle
David Caruso: Mitch
Jack Starrett: Galt
Michael Talbott: Balford

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First Blood: TV Guide News

Exclusive: Blu-ray for Rambo II & Rambo III | DVD News | 2/3/2008
Last weekend Rambo opened in theaters, and as I write this the film has now earned an estimated $25 million at the box office, putting it among the Top 5 money-making movies of the (very short) year so far. There was a lot of doubt that audiences would still have an appetite for Sylvester Stallone's hard-to-stop soldier, but this fourth and final film appears to have struck the same good chord as 2006's Rocky Balboa did: it offers a good way to wrap up the story of a beloved cinema character from a couple-three decades ago, taking into account the fact that both the character and actor have aged, but hopefully blurring the memory of the previous "final" films - both turkeys - that otherwise would have wrapped up those two movie series.All the previous Rocky and Rambo films have long been available on DVD, of course, and Rocky Balboa has since come out on DVD - and Blu-ray Disc - as well. When Rocky Balboa opened in theaters in December 2006, the high definition world was still prett... read more
THIS TIME, IT'S REALLY, TRULY, VERY PERSONAL | Today's News: Our Take | 10/28/2005
Less than two weeks after announcing that he would star in a sixth Rocky film, Sylvester Stallone is attached to revisit one-man killing machine John Rambo in a third sequel to 1982's First Blood. In Rambo IV, Stallone's Vietnam vet, now living as a recluse, is forced to take justice into his own hands when a girl goes missing. And by "take justice" we mean "stand up without getting winded." read more