First Blood

IMDb

7.7/10

Rated

R

First Blood is a 1982 action thriller directed by Ted Kotcheff and the first film about John Rambo. Sylvester Stallone plays a former Green Beret who drifts into the small town of Hope, Washington, where Sheriff Teasle, played by Brian Dennehy, harasses and arrests him. Mistreated in jail, Rambo breaks out and flees into the mountains, using his survival skills against the deputies and the National Guard, while his old commander Colonel Trautman tries to end the hunt before more people get hurt.

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