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I must confess when Rambo-First Blood was advertised in the Stallone Series currently being aired on Sky One I was a bit downhearted as I knew my Husband would want to watch it and this would mean either a very early night for me or being subjected ... Read review
It's easy to forget that this Spartan, violent film, which begat the Rambo series, was ... more
such a big hit in 1982 because it was a good movie. Green Beret vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into the wrong small town to find a fellow 'Nam buddy and...
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When, for no apparent reason, a small town police chief arrests a vagrant hitchhiker, ... more
little does he realise that he has set in motion a catastrophic series of events. The vagrant in question is in fact John Rambo, congressional medal of honour winner ...
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LittleDoes He Realise That He Has Set In Motion A Catastrophic Series Of Events.The Vagrant In Question Is In Fact John Rambo, Congressional Medal Of Honour Winner AndVietnam War Hero. Responding To The Harassment Of His Captors With Sudden Ferociousness, RamboMakes A Daring Escape From The Small Town Jail, Steals A Motorcycle And Roars Off To The ShelterOf The Nearby Mountains. As The Manhunt Begins Rambo Is In His Element Preparing Himself ForA ONE MAN WAR.
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One war waged against one man: RAMBOFirst came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat ... more
and long hair. Then came the legend as John Rambo sprang from the pages of FIRST BLOOD to take his place on the world's cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young disillusioned and raggedVietnam veteran against a small-town cop who has no idea whom he is dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods hills and caves of ruralKentucky. From best-selling author David Morrell this is the critically acclaimed thriller that launched the cultural phenomenon Rambo. If you know Rambo only from the films be prepared to be amazed.
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When, for no apparent reason, a small town police chief arrests a vagrant hitchhiker, ... more
little does he realise that he has set in motion a catastrophic series of events. The vagrant in question is in fact John Rambo, congressional Medal of Honour winner and Vietnam war hero. Responding to the harassment of his captors with sudden ferociousness. Rambo makes a daring escape from the small town jail, steals a motorcycle and roars off to the shelter of the nearby mountains. As the manhunt begins Rambo is in his element preparing himself for a ONE MAN WAR.
Production Year: 2007 - Action/Adventure - Director: Paul Greengrass - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Albert Finney
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Surprising storyline, high tension action adventure Disadvantages: None
Rambo - First Blood. (Film Review Only.)
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I must confess when Rambo-First Blood was advertised in the Stallone Series currently being aired on Sky One I was a bit downhearted as I knew my Husband would want to watch it and this would mean either a very early night for me or being subjected to watching it. As you can guess I stayed up and sat down for what I thought would be mindless ... .../>
Rambo - First Blood is the first film in the Rambo trilogy starring Sylvester Stallone and is the least violent with the least number of bloodshed and casualties. However, this Trilogy Film set is due to change with the arrival of the long awaited arrival by Sylvester Stallone fans of Rambo IV, which is due for release in 2007 and again stars Stallone as John J Rambo.
An excellent film, which I highly recommend and give ... more
Rambo - First Blood. (Film Review Only.) ==================================
I must confess when Rambo-First Blood was advertised in the Stallone Series currently being aired on Sky One I was a bit downhearted as I knew my Husband would want to watch it and this would mean either a very early night for me or being subjected to watching it. As you can guess I stayed up and sat down for what I thought would be mindless violence and bloodshed, well I will proudly hold my head up and say I was wrong. I found myself being glued to the film from start to finish and discovered it was nothing like I expected and in fact, I thoroughly enjoyed this film to my shock and surprise.
The Plot. -------------------- John J Rambo is searching for nothing more than peace and a meal when he rolls into the small town called 'Hope'. It does not get the peace or the meal he is searching for when he comes across the small towns 'Hope', over-zealous sheriff Will Teasle who soon sends problems Rambo's way. The Ex-Vietnam Green Beret does not take to this kindly and soon the Sheriff realises just what he has started, he may not get to finish.
The Storyline. --------------------------- John J Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is an Ex-Vietnam war veteran who served his time in the Vietnam War as a top class Green Beret. Now the war is over and Rambo is left to try to live in the real world as well as cope with the nightmares and atrocities he witness during the war. With no family and none of his troop left alive, he feels very alone in the world and is wandering around the country aimlessly trying to cope and survive. He arrives in a small town called hope searching for nothing more than a meal, when the over - zealous Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) takes an instant dislike to him due to his lack of hygiene and his appearance. The Sheriff tries to move Rambo on from his town, but Rambo has done nothing wrong and is still only searching for a meal. The Sheriff does not like being ignored and when he tries to arrest Rambo, he puts up a fight, which leads to him being arrested with the charge of resisting arrest. The Sheriff escorts him back to the station and whilst he is processed and cleaned up his is grossly mistreated which send Rambo into an emotional state as his war memories are brought forward. Rambo soon escapes from the clutches of the police and the chase is on, which sends Rambo into full combat and survival mode. Soon Sheriff Teasle meets the man who trained Rambo Colonel Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna), who lets him know what he is up against and tries to help the sheriff end the situation, but with no joy. Will the Sheriff ever be able to re-capture Rambo, or will Rambo finish what the sheriff started, that you will have to watch to see.
My Opinion. -------------------------
Sylvester Stallone takes on the role of the Ex-Green Beret giving us an outstanding performance with extreme depth and soul in my opinion and makes this a very highly entertaining and enjoyable. A truly believable performance with only one complaint about Sylvester Stallone and that was the fact that I must say I did find it a little hard to understand what he was saying once or twice in the film as he seemed to mumble a few of his lines. Brian Dennehy also gave an excellent performance in his role as Sheriff Teasle and seemed to co-star excellently with Stallone allowing each of them to compliment the others acting abilities and provide us with an intense action / adventure movie to watch.
I have to confess that Richard Crenna did not give such an excellent performance as the man who trained Rambo, but on saying that his part in the film although important was not a necessity to carry the film so not that much of a problem. Fortunately, his less than excellent performance does not spoil this film in any way.
I have to say that I have always been prone to say that this is not really my type of film and managed until now to avoid ever really sitting and watching it, only ever glimpsing at one or two scenes. What a fool I was to be put off by the fact that it came across as a mans film. I was shocked and astounded to find myself totally glued to the television whilst watching this film and loving every minute of it. I really do recommend that this film should be viewed if you have never seen it and do not be put off by the Man's Film stigma that is associated with it occasionally. I was entertained from start to finish and had no idea as to the real storyline behind the film until I actually watched it and was very pleasantly surprised when I did. It is understandable with the performances by Sylvester Stallone in this film to see why he earned an Academy Award Nomination.
Director Ted Kotcheff brings to life with detail, effects this film adaptation from the Book by the same name written by David Morrell, and gives detail to insuring it is given the highest of detail and effect to ensure this film contains plenty of action, tension and adventure. He has done justice to this film and earned himself the credit of being a very versatile director when you think he has also directed such films like 'Fun with Dick and Jane' and another Stallone film 'Cobra'.
Rambo - First Blood is the first film in the Rambo trilogy starring Sylvester Stallone and is the least violent with the least number of bloodshed and casualties. However, this Trilogy Film set is due to change with the arrival of the long awaited arrival by Sylvester Stallone fans of Rambo IV, which is due for release in 2007 and again stars Stallone as John J Rambo.
An excellent film, which I highly recommend and give a 9.8/10 for this film.
Technical Information. ----------------------------------- The Cast. ---------------- Sylvester Stallone .... John J. Rambo Richard Crenna .... Col. Samuel Trautman Brian Dennehy ....Sheriff Will Teasle Bill McKinney .... State Police Capt. Dave Kern Jack Starrett .... Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt Michael Talbott .... Deputy Balford Chris Mulkey .... Deputy Ward David Caruso .... Deputy Mitch
Director ....Ted Kotcheff Certificate ....15 years and over Year ....1982 Widescreen .... 2.35:1 Anamorphic Languages ....English - Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles ....English ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Portuguese ; Turkish Duration ....1 hour and 36 minutes (approx)
Interesting Facts for all you Stallone Fans. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I know there are a few of you out there who, like me are Sylvester Stallone fans, so I thought I would do something a little different on this review and add a small Facts on the main actor in addition to my film review.
Fact File. ----------------- Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born on July 6th 1946 and is of Italian - American origin. He has been married three times and has five children, two sons and three daughters. His son Sage Stallone starred as his son in Rocky V and appeared in another Stallone movie with his father called 'Daylight'. Sylvester Stallone's other son Seargeoh who was born to his first wife Sasha Czach and Sage's younger brother is autistic. Although married to Bridgette Nielsen, there marriage lasted only two years, they had no children together, Stallone is now married to Jennifer Flavin and has been since 1997, and they have three daughters Sophia Rose Stallone, Sistine Rose Stallone and Scarlett Rose Stallone. Sylvester Stallone is not the only member of the Stallone family to have reached fame and success, as his brother Frank Stallone is a previous chart topper and starred in as well as provided music for the Rocky Films.
Advantages: a well done yet restrained action movie Disadvantages: none
...into a sweat, there was First Blood, the film that first brought him to our attention. Contrary to popular belief, the original film is actually quite good; no it's very good. It's surprisingly understated, well for an action movie that is, it moves at a logical pace and for all the reputation of its main character, it is not the blood bath that you expect it to be and it has a core theme that makes this slightly more thoughtful than your average ... ...It remains a rough and tumble boys own adventure story, but a good one at that.
John Rambo is a drifter, an ex-Vietnam veteran wandering the backwaters and by-ways of the American northwest Pacific Coast. Destined to remain an unwanted by-product of a war that the country wants to forget, his story begins when he wanders into the town of Hope and encounters Sheriff Will Teasle. Teasle doesn't work for the law, he is the law and is protective of ...
steerpyke 29.03.2006
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Advantages: Good story and plenty of action Disadvantages: 'God didn't make Rambo, I did' - what a line.
Rambo: First Blood (Film Only Review)
First Blood is unfortunately, one of those films whose legacy has been tainted by lesser sequels. In Rambo's case, First Blood parts 2 and 3 were so bad, it's a wonder the original film wasn't buried in a nuclear bomb-shelter and left to rot for ever more. Even the word 'Rambo' has become a by-word for muscle-bound, invincible freakiness and has entered the slang lexicon if not quite the Oxford dictionary. Ignoring ... ...bucket load. First Blood tells the tale of drifter John J. Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) as he attempts to visit an old friend who he served with during the Vietnam War. After being informed of his friends demise ('It was cancer, thanks to that Agent Orange stuff' he is told somewhat bitterly by the friends wife), he attempts to seek refuge in a small mountain town, inappropriately called 'Hope'. The sheriff of the town (played with gusto by an excellent ...
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...ludicrously excessive 2 sequels to First Blood whilst neatly forgeting the more intelligently crafted, ground breaking first movie...and yes, I did say both "intelligent" and "ground breaking". First Blood bravely paved the way for confessional Vietnam movies like "Platoon", "Born On The Fourth of July", "Full Metal Jacket" etc. which replaced the gung-ho, death and glory war movies of yesteryear and made damn sure cinema audiences would never take ... ...and quotable taglines like "The first casualty of war is innocence", but it is John Rambo who lost that innocence first on our screens and gave other more lauded directors, than the one we see here, the balls to make movies which followed suit in depicting some of the more heavyweight emotional issues thrown up by that war and war in general. Arguably "The Dirty Dozen" took the first shots at the glorification of war, but for me it was "First Blood" ...
wampyrii 28.07.2002 (05.08.2002)
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Advantages: great action and some good survival tips (but try not to kill anyone) Disadvantages: a little over the top in parts
...**BRIEF PLOT**
You are first introduced to John Rambo,(played by Sylvester Stallone), an ex-Vietnam special forces vet with major psychotic problems, being unable to adjust to living as a civilian, as he drifts through Hope, a small quiet town in the Washington state...
The small town sheriff, Will Teasle, (played by Brian Dennehy), takes an instant dislike to the Drifter and escorts Rambo out of the town.
This is the straw that break the camels ... ...back into the town to the total annoyance of the sherriff.
Rambo's arrest is inevitable and the when he is beaten by the sheriffs deputy Art Galt, (played by Jack Starrett) his mind begins to flash back to his time in Vietnam and his terror as a POW, turning the once placid drifter into the psychotic killing machine which the US army trained.
The movie follows Rambo through his escape from the police and his fight in the 'forest' surrounding the ...
blissman70 27.05.2008
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Advantages: Rip roaring action picture with a strong message Disadvantages: Ultra-violent
...the series are unquestionably the first movies.
~ ~ When “Rambo – First Blood” was initially released in 1982, Stallone was riding on the crest of a wave in his acting career, due to the success of the “Rocky” movies, and was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
The idea for Rambo was intrinsically very simple. A highly decorated war hero returns from the Vietnam War, after giving his all for his country, only to ... ...My vague memory of the first time I viewed them (in the cinema) was that they were rip-roaring action movies, with lots of “crash, bang and wallop”.
So they were absolutely ideal to try out my new “toy”, and indeed, I wasn’t disappointed, and the living room fairly pulsated with noise, much to the annoyance of my long-suffering wife. (although my wee 11-year old daughter loved it!)
I rented out all three Rambo movies ...
the_mad_cabbie 03.03.2003
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**BRIFE PLOT**
Following on from the chaos and mayhem of 'Rambo?firstblood' John Rambo, (again played by the heavily muscled and toned Sylvester Stallone) is serving his time for the assaults, (and utter humiliation) of several state troopers.
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A police chief arrests and harasses a vagrant, former Vietnam war hero John Rambo. Rambo escapes his captors and wages a one man war against the corrupt police force in nearby mountains.
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After being arrested for a crime which he did not commit, a Green Beret survivor of the Vietnam War begins having terrible nightmares. This gripping, action-packed tale demonstrates the tragic psychological consequences of armed struggle. Sequel: "Rambo: First Blood Part II."
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