First Blood

John Rambo is the original John Wick. Instead of killing his dog though, they won't let him get a sandwich. We've got four movies of death and destruction because of all the people in the world, slim goodbody Brian Dennehy wouldn't let a guy stop to eat a sandwich.

I think it's safe to say that the seriousness and importance of this film is tarnished by it's sequels. Instead of being a gung-ho death machine blowing away hundreds of people Rambo is in fact a tortured vietnam vet and Stallone does an admirable job of portraying that, especially in Rambo's final monologue. You can really feel his emotional and psychological torment. It's got some great stealth action scenes out in the woods, although the rat fight could've been left out.

First Blood!! The best action Movie in the 80's. Saw it about 50 times and never get rid of seeing Stallone getting hunted through woods and mountains.Nohing else comes close. That's something I gonna miss in movies today. That special 100% hand-made survival action feeling. I'm tired off all those fu**** prequels and sequels. Overrated CGI blockbusters, with overpaid Hollywood faces ever & ever again.The 80'Dude... the best time for action movies... and on top: First Blood !

It depresses me that for 30 years of life I knew Rambo only as Charlie Sheen punching Saddam Hussein in Hot Shots!: Part Deux. This introductory outing floored me with its restraint, but more so by its integrity. It's actually rather contemplative: true, not exactly subtle when Oregonian rubes (or perhaps, even Rambo) are equated to the Vietcong. But as the film turns Americana against itself to reconcile its fractured national identity... "God didn't make Rambo. I made him!" Jesus F. Christ.

The Rambo of the first movie is very different from the action movie icon he became in the ensuing installments. This is a movie displaying the feelings of disillusionment and betrayal felt by Vietnam vets in the age of so-called peace and love. It's a heartbreaking action movie and an important piece of cinematic history.