Movie Review: First Blood (1982)
Synopsis : After learning the last of his elite combat unit from Vietnam has died from cancer, John Rambo enters a small town in Washington looking to buy a meal and is arrested for vagrancy. When abusive sheriff's deputies trigger his PTSD, Rambo turns violent and, during his escape, inadvertently kills one of the deputies pursuing him. With the sheriff determined to get revenge, Rambo is forced to flee into the woods and fend off both deputies and members of the local National Guard. Who's in it? The movie stars Sylvester Stallone , Richard Crenna , Brian Dennehy , Bill McKinney and Jack Starrett . Review: I came across this movie while my wife and daughter were at karate/kickboxing yesterday evening and, since it had been a long while since I had watched it in its entirety, decided to do so. After seeing it again, I have to admit this was a movie that earned its "classic" status. I think the thing I like best about this movie is, even though Rambo (Stallone) is ...