First Blood (1982) movie poster

First Blood (1982)

"This time he's fighting for his life."
ThumbScore
👍 88%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 74%
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Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America, Netherlands Antilles
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (6,788 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
61

Cast

Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo · 76% avg
Richard Crenna as Col. Samuel Trautman · 76% avg
Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle · 73% avg
Bill McKinney as State Police Capt. Dave Kern · 78% avg
Jack Starrett as Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt
Michael Talbott as Deputy Balford
Chris Mulkey as Deputy Ward · 75% avg
John McLiam as Orval the Dog Man

Is First Blood good?

Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 74%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#153 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#8 / 38 · 1982

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

First Blood is a 1982 American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff, introducing Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a decorated Vietnam War veteran drifting through the Pacific Northwest who is harassed and arrested by the sheriff of a small Washington town, played by Brian Dennehy, for the crime of being an unwelcome vagrant. When the treatment in the jail triggers Rambo's PTSD and memories of his torture as a prisoner of war, he escapes into the surrounding wilderness and wages a one-man guerrilla campaign against the sheriff's department and eventually the National Guard. First Blood was a far more serious and politically charged film than the sequels it spawned would suggest — David Morrell's source novel and the screenplay treated Rambo not as an action hero but as a damaged, traumatized man whose military skills have become a curse, unable to reintegrate into the society he fought to protect.

Stallone's performance, particularly his climactic breakdown where he weeps while describing the horrors he experienced in Vietnam, gave the film genuine emotional power. First Blood earned $125 million worldwide on a $15 million budget and launched a franchise that would increasingly prioritize spectacle over substance in subsequent installments.

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