First Blood (DVD)

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 ...
...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 ...

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...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 ...

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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) · Read full review
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...**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 ...

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...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 ...

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Rambo: First Blood is the first of the Rambo films (followed by First Blood Part 2 and Rambo 3). Obviously I was aware of the cult status of Rambo films – in which Sylvester Stallone cemented the tough guy film star image he’d earned in the Rocky series – but I’d never previously seen any of them. The consensus seemed to be that, while the sequels got slightly silly, the first film was a good one; so I took the opportunity of watching it on BBC 1 ...
...picks off members of the first search party. Although technically they’re following him, you agree with one of the policemen who says they’re the ones being hunted – in this way, it reminds me of Predator, although in a way it’s even more scary that the unseen ‘monster’ in the woods picking the men off is known to be human. The message of the film would depend crucially on this characterisation. To be more than a brainless action film, it needs ...

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Smacks of overkill, going to the extreme. The film starts all calm and mellow with Rambo going to visit one of his former Army Buddies only to discover he'd died of cancer from Agent Orange. So the film is getting it's political messages in early. Rambo is prevented entering the town by Sheriff Teasle (does he even legally have the right to deny him entry just based on his appearance? So much for Land Of The Free.) and is driven to the other side ...
...Rambo walking back into town and starts exceeding his authority right there, asking him for id, grabbing him and then claiming assault (untrue, he grabbed Rambo 1st) and arresting him on 3 trumped up charges. The vagrancy charge is so trumped up its unreal, the assault charge is a pure fairy tale as it never happened. And the only charge that might have stood was the concealed weapon which he'd have never found if he hadn't searched him. Rambo is ...

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...a dead beat by the first police officer he met. Quite unrealistic, but a great film nevertheless, The actors play brilliant parts as does rambo, but its just a bit unbelievable at times to take seriously. This film was hard to get hold of when it first came out but now they are easily accessed. The soundtrack is brilliant and some real classic tunes... This really does make it what it is. The film is about 90 mins long and rated 15 and available ...
...4 years ago, and cost me £7.99 for VHS format, I have seen box sets (first blood & Rambo) on ebay for around £10 in DVD format, or individually for about £4 again on DVD. As I have only got it on Video im not too sure if it has extras on the DVD. Well worth watching if you havent seen it already, but we warned it is a typical Stallone film but with some highly memorable and brilliant clips. ...

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I really enjoy the Rambo films, they are the type of film you can just sit back and relax to after a hard days work. You don't need to pay too much attention, so you can have a chat, enjoy a beer and enjoy the action on the screen... The Story: Basically Rambo (John J Rambo, to give him his full name), played by Sylvester Stallone, is a veteran of an elite unit which served in the Vietnam war. He has returned home, and is dissilusioned with the ...
...with Rambo trying to get to his comrades house, however upon arrival Rambo finds out that his friend has since died of cancer. He heads along the highway towards the nearest town for a bite to eat. (Rambo is pretty much a drifter and looks scruffy in his army issue uniform jacket). When Rambo gets into the town is when the film gets started really. The local Sherriff, Will Teasle (brilliantly played by Brian Dennehy) asks Rambo what exactly he is ...

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...little deeper. You're first introduced to John Rambo, a Vietnam Veteran, as he discovers he is the only member of his platoon left alive. From the moment that he is told this you can tell that he has a lot of psychological issues and is more deep that just your normal hero. When he is arrested by the police by resisting an unfair arrest he is taken to jail, and despite being a veteran, he is whipped and beaten. Soon however he is pushed too far by ...
...and being crucified etc, he then goes crazy escaping from the police station and staging a one man war against society. Sylvester Stallone's acting during the action scenes and the drama of the film is immense, especially during the final scene when he breaks down and gives one of the most sad speeches ever recorded on film talking about how he risked his life in Vietnam, seeing his best friends killed and then coming back to USA and being spat ...

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Rambo first blood to me was the best of the three rambo films,the action was greatt something you could imagine happening in america.The action starts when john rambo gets arrested and took to the police station,when they start to ask him questions and being rough he starts to get flash backs of his torture by the viet con and all hell breaks loose.When the officers try to stop him from escaping he goes through all of them like a dose of salts,this ...
...the officers knew about.The part I liked was when he got out onto the street and pulled the motorcyclist of his bike and went tearing of into the woods.Now the officers had to go and find him,but this is rambo's domain,highley trained in jungle warefare and survival.The officers attempt to track him down,but it's rambo who gets the officers in all kind of traps that he learned in vietnam.this is when they learn he is a special forces guy and they ...

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John Rambo...what a guy! he is trained in all forms of killing, guns, knives, bare hands, sticks he finds lying around. But he has been sent home after the vietnam war, the last remaining of an elite group and all he wants to do is have a quiet life. But society just wont let him they push him again and again. Wandering through a quiet town the local sherrif decides he is trouble and wants to move him on, so he picks him up and drops him off the ...
...food and a place to sleep so he goes back to the town. Soon he is in trouble and picked up by the police and taken to a cell where they try to hose him down....big mistake, he has taken more men down then in the whole of this godforsaken town. So it begins, he breaks out of the police station, past all the cops and make his escape to the woods where he has a chance, now the chase is on! sure enough the sheriff chooses to go after him all guns blazing ...

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This is the first installment movie of the very famous Rambo series. John Rambo(Sylvester Stallone) is an ex-vietnam operative, and a green beret soldier, trained and expert in guerilla fighting. In a city, he gets into a misunderstanding with the local cops. When they try to convict him, he injures them and escapes from the police station. After a long cop chase, he finally manages to escape into the forest. The cops, as usual, decide to capture ...
...to track him down. But as the saying goes: " Don't try to mess with a tiger (Rambo here) in the forest". Cops, who till now have no idea of what Rambo is capable of in a forest, try to capture Rambo; they get themselves seriously injured instead, are forced to return, and decide to employ special forces to track him down. Finally, Rambo gets arrested, but before that, he really makes one hell of a mess. Just watch the movie and see the rest. ...

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When First Blood was first released I wasn't old enough to watch it, along with a number of other adult rated films of the time such as Arnie's The Running Man and Predator. However, as a teenager in the 80s I managed to get it on video from the video man, a chap who would turn up at your home, open his car boot and let you choose your films for the week. He also sold pop in glass bottles which, when returned, paid you 10p back. For about £1 you ...
...head on a spike. First Blood points a political finger in the eye of people who forget their country's warriors, and a film that was instrumental in returning the action hero to the top of the box office charts for the decades ahead ina time when to be masculine and tough was seen as outdated and primitive. Sly and Arnie brought it back into fashion. ...

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