First Blood: With this extremely exciting action adventure, superstar Sylvester Stallone created a second career pillar for himself in the early 80s alongside his “Rocky” films. In contrast to later Rambo adventures, this one is not yet about the triumph of an indomitable fighting machine, but about the gripping fight for survival of an outsider in the sights of fascist uniform wearers. Excellent landscape shots and…
Plot and background
John Rambo, former elite fighter of the US Armed Forces and deserved hero of the Vietnam War, falls into the hands of bored village cops on his wanderings through the American backwoods, who want to make an example of the wily stranger. But they have not reckoned with his defensibility: Rambo escapes from police custody, flees into impassable mountain terrain and delivers a devastating battle to his pursuers.
Former Vietnam lone fighter John Rambo, cornered by the police, gives an entire military unit a fight.
