First Blood

About First Blood

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.

First Blood (1982) is a thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff. Released in October 1982, it runs 93 minutes.

The film is filed under dying and death, woods, hero, and sheriff.

Sylvester Stallone takes the lead as John Rambo, Richard Crenna as Col. Samuel Trautman, Brian Dennehy as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle, and Bill McKinney as State Police Capt. Dave Kern. The screenplay is by Michael Kozoll and Sylvester Stallone. It comes from Anabasis and Carolco Pictures. It streams on AMC, AMC+, and AMC+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

Apocalypse Now, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and The Deer Hunter make useful companions to First Blood, all filed under absurd, guerrilla warfare, and vietnam. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 7,202 votes and it carries a R rating.