Rambo First Blood Part I
John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by an abusive law enforcement officer, the first blood has been drawn now Rambo is about to retaliate.
7 January 1956, Forest Hills, New York, USA
24 January 1918, Alberta, Canada
22 April 1949, New York, USA
12 August 1956, Noranda, Québec, Canada
9 January 1941, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
12 September 1931, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
3 May 1948, Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
2 November 1936, Refugio, Texas, USA
30 November 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
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3 April 1953, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 14, 2008
The entryway to the disturbed psychological headspace of a single man, one bent evermore on survival, instinct trumping all.May 13, 2008
...does get loonier as it goes along, yet for a while it's actually a mournful and sobering action-movie treatment of postwar stress.December 14, 2010
First and most popular Rambo; and yes, bloody.January 26, 2006
As a Stallone vehicle this is sleek, slick and not unexciting, but crassly castrates the David Morrell novel on which it is based.August 15, 2012
a powerful, complex and captivating film that serves as a blockbuster action film and a serious dramaOctober 23, 2004
Sylvester Stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies, with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can't understand why somebody doesn't really get hurt.March 01, 2007
This action film hangs on an interesting reversal, taking the crazed-killer-in-the-woods theme from Friday the 13th and turning it inside out-- the psychopath is now our hero, a maladjusted ex-Green Beret played by Sylvester Stallone.February 06, 2010
As befits a story of internal conflict, Ted Kotcheff lays out the action in an adroit style derived from Anthony MannMarch 01, 2007
Director Ted Kotcheff has all sorts of trouble with this mess, aside from credibility.August 30, 2004
First Blood is ragged and flashy; it ought to be a big success with audiences that value action for its own sake.April 30, 2009
The darker tone, somber subtext, and generally non-exploitative violence allow viewers to enjoy the film not only as an action/thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance.