Rating: R
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 11/23/2004
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity, War Violence
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
First Blood is the
Sylvester Stallone film that unleashed "
Rambo" onto an unsuspecting world. Wandering into a small, hostile town, ex-Green Beret
John Rambo (
Stallone) is targeted for persecution and abuse by potbellied
Sheriff Will Teasle (
Brian Dennehy). When he can stand no more,
Rambo goes bonkers, killing a deputy and heading into the surrounding hills, armed to the teeth. Only after
Rambo has picked off practically every law enforcement officer within a radius of 50 miles do the local authorities bring in his former commanding officer,
Trautman (
Richard Crenna), for advice.
Trautman's response -- that the locals had better get a lot of body bags ready -- is hardly encouraging.
First Blood proved to be one of
Stallone's biggest non-
Rocky hits.
Kirk Douglas had originally been cast as
Trautman, but he quit the project when the producers refused to cave in to his demand that
Trautman kill
Rambo in the finale.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
