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First Blood (1982)
Front Cover Actor
Sylvester Stallone
Richard Crenna
Brian Dennehy
Bill McKinney
Jack Starrett
Michael Talbott
Chris Mulkey
John McLiam
Alf Humphreys
David Caruso
Movie Details
Director Ted Kotcheff
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 96 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
It's easy to forget that this Spartan, violent film, which begat the Rambo series, was 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 gets the living heck kicked out of him by the local law enforcement (led by Brian Dennehy). The vet strikes back the only way he knows how, leading to a visceral, if unrealistic, flight and fight through the local mountains. Based on the 1972 novel by David Morrell, this film saved Stallone's then-foundering career and the Rambo character became the inspiration for countless political cartoons. But this film is Deliverance without the moral ambiguity. --Keith Simanton
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 318
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Special Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
UPC (Barcode) 012236126522
Release Date 5/28/2002
Subtitles Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1