[MrBarlow]

First Blood 1982.

Vietnam Vet John Rambo, visiting a friend is bullied by a Sheriff and falsely arrested, he escapes jail and hides out in the mountains and begins to wage a one man war against his pursuers.

Aside from the Rocky movies, Sylvester Stallone other character Rambo has to be one of his best performances of the early 80s, here he plays former Green Beret hero Rambo, who seems to be spat on by Sheriff Teasle played by Brain Dennehy who seems to have marked his territory and keeping it that way with his deputies. Richard Crenna plays his part well as Colonel Trautman who trained and commanded Rambo and knows how to stop him and rescue the police from a one man army.

There is some great action and performances from everyone under the direction of Ted Kotcheff, even the book is different with the characters and the writers turned it around and made Rambo decent and almost empathetic for the audience, and a great background score from Jerry Goldsmith, still a good classic.

"They drew first blood...Not me".