movie poster for FIRST BLOOD

Flicks ID

7159

Cert

15

Running time

89 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

FIRST BLOOD (1982)

TED KOTCHEFF

Plot

This film, which sparked off the reactionary Rambo series, is a gem. Stallone plays a skilled jungle fighter, who finds himself a social outcast on his return from Vietnam, and makes war with the authoritarian uniformed forces whom he once represented. Both cool on action and politically PC, a must watch for those who think the Rambo character was purely a demented racist imperialist with a ridiculously accurate gun.