Rambo (2008) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of missionaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. Director: From $7.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV a list of 22 titles created 05 Oct 2010 a list of 49 titles created 22 Dec 2011 a list of 49 titles created 07 Feb 2012 a list of 27 titles created 19 Feb 2015 a list of 27 titles created 3 weeks ago Search for " Rambo " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 1 nomination.

See more awards » Videos John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam. Director: George P. Cosmatos When his friend Colonel Trautman is captured by Soviets during a mission in Afghanistan, John Rambo sets out to rescue him while taking on the brutal tyrant and his army who rule that region. Director: Peter MacDonald Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills. Director: Ted Kotcheff Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon. Director: Sylvester Stallone After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.

Director: Sylvester Stallone Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Director: Sylvester Stallone After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy. Director: Sylvester Stallone A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Director: Renny Harlin Reluctantly retired from boxing and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy. Director: John G. Avildsen A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent. Director: Sylvester Stallone Two cops are framed and must clear their names. Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Director: Marco Brambilla Edit Storyline Vietnam veteran John Rambo has survived many harrowing ordeals in his lifetime and has since withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Thailand, where he spends his time capturing snakes for local entertainers, and chauffeuring locals in his old PT boat. Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble has a way of finding him: a group of Christian human rights missionaries, led by Michael Burnett and Sarah Miller, approach Rambo with the desire to rent his boat to travel up the river to Burma. For over fifty years, Burma has been a war zone. The Karen people of the region, who consist of peasants and farmers, have endured brutally oppressive rule from the murderous Burmese military and have been struggling for survival every single day. After some inner contemplation, Rambo accepts the offer and takes Michael, Sarah, and the rest of the missionaries up the river. When the missionaries finally arrive at the Karen village, they find themselves part of a raid by the sadistic ... Written by stallonezone.com / Drew Lahat Heroes never die.... They just reload.

Genres: Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 January 2008 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $18,203,876 (USA) (25 January 2008) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The haze in the movie's background isn't the weather. Farmers burn forests to create fields for their crops. See more » Goofs The M-60 gunner on the bow of the patrol boat gets his head blown off (literally), yet his body is still at the gun, hand gripping the trigger. However, a moment later when Myint hits the boat with the rocket, the M-60 gunner's body is nowhere in sight. See more » Quotes Sandwich Makers - Permpoon Penjan and Parichat U-Tama See more » Connections Written by Jerry Goldsmith (BMI) Published by Universal Music Publishing o/b/o El Cajo Music Company (BMI) Rambo is back and better than ever!

22 January 2008 | by Norse_Sage (Akershus, Norway) – See all my reviews I saw this at an advance screening in Oslo, and going in, I didn't expect it to be any more than a cheesy and somewhat gory tribute to eighties actioners by a star/director/producer/writer who was desperate to relive past glory. That latter may or may not be true, but my former assessment was plain wrong. This movie is authentic, shocking and unlike any other comparable movie. Given its genre, the movie is a masterpiece. The story is simple but solid, and works on several levels. The action scenes are unparalleled, more intense than "Black Hawk Down", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Stalingrad" put together. The level of brutality and gore will shock and fascinate, and no doubt cause some level of controversy. Stallone proves himself to be an excellent director, as well as in excellent shape for his age. I had little faith in him going in, and I stand corrected. This is a Rambo who has come to terms with who and what he is, in a movie that holds up when compared with the original "First Blood". Well done, Sly.

Well done indeed. 610 of 777 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Sylvester Stallone Announces ‘Rambo 5’ Title | Variety Sylvester Stallone Announces ‘Rambo 5’ Title Courtesy of Lionsgate January 3, 2015 | 12:59PM PT After months of speculation, Sylvester Stallone has finally announced the title for the fifth (and seemingly final) “Rambo” movie, “Rambo: Last Blood.” The actor simply tweeted earlier this week that he’ll be filming a gangster biopic about Gregory “the Grim Reaper” Scarpa after shooting “Rambo: Last Blood.” Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO… — Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) December 28, 2014 Seven years have passed since Stallone last reprised the role of Vietnam vet John Rambo. The last film, “Rambo,” earned $113 million worldwide.

Since 2008, he’s talked about both retiring the character (who first appeared in David Morrell’s 1972 novel “First Blood”) for good and bringing him back for a last hurrah. Stallone apparently decided on the latter as he’ll be writing and directing and “Rambo: Last Blood,” in addition to starring in the film. Stallone will be returning to another familiar franchise this month. He also tweeted that he’s headed to Philadelphia to play Rocky Balboa for the seventh time in director Ryan Coogler’s “Creed.” He’ll play the trainer of Apollo Creed’s grandson, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan. Coogler last directed Jordan in 2013’s critically acclaimed “Fruitvale Station.” First Blood (1982) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.

Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills. Director: a list of 25 titles created 05 May 2011 a list of 42 titles created 10 Feb 2014 a list of 28 titles created 16 Oct 2014 a list of 23 titles created 9 months ago a list of 25 titles created 9 months ago Search for " First Blood " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam. Director: George P.

Cosmatos When his friend Colonel Trautman is captured by Soviets during a mission in Afghanistan, John Rambo sets out to rescue him while taking on the brutal tyrant and his army who rule that region. Director: Peter MacDonald In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of missionaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. Director: Sylvester Stallone Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Director: Sylvester Stallone After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge. Director: Sylvester Stallone After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy. Director: Sylvester Stallone Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

Directors: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains. Director: Renny Harlin Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon. Director: Sylvester Stallone A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society. Director: Marco Brambilla Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Reluctantly retired from boxing and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him; As the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline John J.

Rambo is a former United States Special Forces soldier who fought in Vietnam and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but his time in Vietnam still haunts him. As he came to Hope, Washington to visit a friend, he was guided out of town by the Sheriff William Teasel who insults Rambo, but what Teasel does not know that his insult angered Rambo to the point where Rambo became violent and was arrested. As he was at the county jail being cleaned, he escapes and goes on a rampage through the forest to try to escape from the sheriffs who want to kill him. Then, as Rambo's commanding officer, Colonel Samuel Trautman tries to save both the Sheriff's department and Rambo before the situation gets out of hand. Written by John Wiggins He never fought a battle he couldn't win. See more » Genres: 22 October 1982 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Rambo: First Blood See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Samuel Trautman was named after Uncle Sam, according to author David Morrell . Uncle Sam created the soldier John Rambo.

See more » Goofs In the cliff scene, where Galt is shooting from the helicopter, the rock formation of the cliff Rambo is hanging on to changes to two different shapes. Rambo does not move from the time he is being shot at until he jumps.

See more » Quotes (Mexico) – See all my reviews Sylvester Stallone achieved amazing heights during the 80's, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, especially as a movie character synonymous with the muscled guy who is a pure fighting machine In Ted Kotcheff's "First Blood," John Rambo (Stallone) is a highly decorated Vietnam veteran who was trained specifically as a killing machine He has come to a quite little town in Oregon, only to visit one of his platoon buddies He was told that his friend has died, last summer, of cancer Disheartened, Rambo continues to walk the streets of Hope when he is annoyed by the local Sheriff (Brian Dennehy), and booked for vagrancy and resisting arrest Beaten, kicked all over, treated like trash, and pushed too far by the other cops in the Sheriff's office, Rambo is taking back to traumatic flashbacks, to the enduring torture in POW camp Rambo, by that point, fights his way out and wages a one-man war against the police force that escalates out of control...

Rambo is seen as a one man army overpowering all the sheriff's deputies and escaping into the surrounding woods "First Blood" communicates the rage, the depression, the frustration and the psychological wounds of one Vietnam soldier that fought for his country and was then hassled by it upon his return But what makes Rambo such a dangerous hero is Brian Dennehy being incredibly efficient as the cruel officer who doesn't like the looks of Stallone... Sure he's the abusive sheriff who is the victim of his environment, but he's also arrogant and incessantly underestimating a man who was 'the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands ' Dennehy got a presence of his own pushing an 'expert in guerrilla warfare' at the breaking point 51 of 52 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes John Rambo | Rambo Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ―John Rambo [src] John Rambo is the main protagonist of the Rambo film series and David Morell's novel First Blood . A former Vietnam veteran and highly skilled Green Beret, Rambo returned from the war as a decorated, but disturbed hero.

He is filled with self-loathing and hates killing, but is willing to use his skills to protect those close to him. This is the general plot line of the three First Blood sequels . The main character of the series, Rambo appears in all the films. The only character to come close to this is Sam Trautman , his mentor and commander in Vietnam. The way the character fights, is in some details (such as weapons and modus operandi) based on soldiers that fought anti-guerrilla warfare during the Vietnam war (more informations about Rambo and history here ) Although Rambo appears to be a butch, action stereotype, the character of John Rambo is actually a broken man. He has witnessed all of his friends die, was not loved as a child, faced unbearable terrors in Vietnam, returned to a country that rejected him, then was seduced back into combat where he killed hundreds more people before finally being left alone and miserable, unable to forgive himself for what he has done. At one point, Rambo stated that he had wasted his life fighting for things he thought he believed in.

By the end of the series, Rambo hates himself and has lost his faith in humanity, God and the concept that things will get better for the world, due in no small part because of the horrors of war he experienced. Rambo did get better at the end of the series when he returned home, but he is no doubt plagued by nightmares from his posttraumatic stress disorder. The character has more emotional depth than most people would think based on what popular culture has depicted Rambo as, and Sylvester Stallone 's performance has been widely acclaimed. Rambo has a total killcount so far of 220, not counting the 59 confirmed Vietnam kills. Contents Edit David Morrell says that in choosing the name Rambo he was inspired by "the sound of force" in the name of Rambo apples, which he encountered in Pennsylvania. Peter Gunnarsson Rambo sailed from Sweden to New Sweden in the 1640s, and soon the name would flourish in New Sweden. Today, many of his descendants can still be found in this region of the US.

Morrell felt that its pronunciation was similar to the surname of Arthur Rimbaud, the title of whose most famous work A Season in Hell, seemed to him "an apt metaphor for the prisoner-of-war experiences that I imagined Rambo suffering". Furthermore, an Arthur J. Rambo was an actual U.S. soldier in Vietnam, but he never returned. His name can be seen on the Vietnam War Memorial wall in Washington, DC. By sheer coincidence, the Japanese word "rambō" (乱暴) means "violent" or "rough." He was granted the first name "John" as a reference to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again". In his commentary for First Blood, author David Morrell cites the primary personality inspiraction for John Rambo as being World War II hero and later Hollywood actor, Audie Murphy. Rambo's last stand in the finale of the fourth film is very similar to how Murphy won the Congressional Medal of Honor, manning a vehicle-mounted .50 caliber machine gun and singlehandedly holding off hundreds of enemy soldiers, saving his platoon. Early Life and Military Service Edit John Rambo was born on July 6, 1947 to R.

Rambo and Marie Drago. He is of Navajo American Indian, Italian and German descent. His family was poor, often unable to buy food, and his mother died when he was young. As a young man, his life was violent. His father was an abusive alcoholic and John spent his childhood learning from tribe elders how to efficiently use the traditional Navajo weapon: the bow and arrow. He also learned how to fight. However, one night when John was older, his father tried to kill him with a knife. Rambo ran away that night, but not before shooting his father with a bow and arrow, nearly killing him. Rambo decided that the best way to get away from his problems was to leave for the Vietnam War. Rambo had a rough time with relationships and did not lose his virginity until he was 21. He met a girl whom he intended to marry, but he was deployed to Vietnam and, when he returned home, he saw, to his disappointment, that she was now married and with two children. Rambo graduated from Rangeford High School in 1965, and was drafted into the United States Army at the age of 18 on January 2, 1966.

He was deployed to South Vietnam in September of 1966. He returned to the U.S. in 1967 and began training in the Special Forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he was trained with a plethora of skills, including learning how to speak Vietnamese. Rambo would go on to recieve extensive survival and combat training, later becoming a Green Beret. In late 1969, Rambo was re-deployed to Vietnam where he served in the Baker Team , a Special Forces unit consisting of eight men; himself, Delmar Barry , Joseph Danforth , Ortega , Messner , Krackhauer , Colletta , and Jorgenson . After a long term of service in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, John returned to the United States for training in S.O.G. Then he began serving in North Vietnam and Cambodia in a reconnaissance and demolitions unit. Rambo is tortured with a bayonet when he is in Vietnam. During his three year tour of duty, Rambo had 59 confirmed kills, going on to be decorated with two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, four Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

In November 1971, Rambo joined a guerrilla mission behind enemy lines, where his unit was ambushed and Rambo was shot in the leg and captured, later being taken to a POW camp near the Chinese-Vietnamese border. At the prison camp, Rambo was tortured with a knife and kept in a ten-foot hole where excrement was often thrown on him, but he never revealed any information to his captors. As a prisoner, Rambo was required to do heavy labor and was deprived of sleep and food. In May of 1972, Rambo intentionally gave himself dysentery, and his guard left him alone to go get help when Rambo took the opportunity to run. Rambo fled the camp but was then re-deployed into the Army. Despite his many honors, Rambo ended his service with a nervous breakdown, having witnessed most of his only friends die excruciating, horrific deaths. Rambo was honorably discharged from the military on September 17, 1974. After returning from the Vietnam war, Rambo found that hippies were intolerant of soldiers, and he was repeatedly pelted with dog feces and garbage at the airport.

Rambo hid his emotions because he felt nobody wanted to help him. This led to an extreme case of Post traumatic stress disorder. Rambo was shunned from the country he would die to protect, and Rambo became a homeless drifter that often slept in the woods or went hungry. In the director's cut of Rambo IV, John mentions that he mainly worked horses at his father's ranch during his time in Bowie. Edit The Rambo of the novel is entirely different than the Rambo of the films. He is a disturbed and slightly psychotic individual, who has killed people in America before. He once broke the nose of a guy, who shoved past him in line and slit the throat of somebody, who tried to mug him, later killing his partner. In the novel Rambo is looking to pick a fight, because he feels like he is entitled to some respect after what he suffered in Vietnam. Main article: John Rambo on Rambo: First Blood Part II After the incident in Washington , John Rambo found guilty after a jury trial and sent to a labor camp prison.

In 1985, after four years of imprisonment, he was visited by Colonel Samuel Trautman who offered him the chance to be released from prison if he went to Vietnam to search for American POWs. Promised a Presidential pardon if the mission succeeds, he accepts and is officially reinstated in the army temporarily. He later meets with Marshall Murdock, an American bureaucrat who is in charge of the operation. He tells Rambo that he is only to photograph the POWs and not to rescue them, nor is he to engage any enemy soldiers. Rambo reluctantly agrees. He is then told that an agent of the U.S. government will be there to receive him in the jungles of Vietnam. He is then parachuted into the Vietnamese jungles. However, while parachuting, he loses some of his equipment and is left with only his knives, his bow, and arrows. On the ground, he met with Co Bao , a local woman working with the Americans. She takes him to a POW camp where he is able to rescue a captive. However, escaping requires him to kill a number of enemy soldiers with his bow. The trio then escape by boat but are attacked by a gunboat.

Rambo destroys the gunboat with a rocket-launcher. When Rambo calls for extraction, he is denied as Murdock fears what will happen to him and his party if the American public come to know about it. Rambo and the captive are both captured, and back at the camp Russian advisors soon arrive to interrogate Rambo. Meanwhile, Co enters the camp under the disguise of a prostitute and comes to the hut in which Rambo is held captive. There she witnesses Rambo being tortured by Russian Colonel Podovsky , who is demanding that the American contact his base and confess to war crimes. After being electrocuted on a bedspring and then burned with his own knife, Rambo pretends to agree to Podovsky's condition, but instead threatens Murdock on the radio that he is coming to get him-- after which he promptly escapes with Co's help. They hide in the jungle and Co aids Rambo's wounds. She then asks him if he will take her with him to the U.S., he agrees and he kisses her. But they are attacked by some Vietnamese soldiers, specially by Lieutenant Tay happily shot Co by his insanely.

Enraged and distraught by Co's death, he kills them all (except for their commander, who escapes, but is later killed by one of Rambo's exploding arrows) and then buries Co's body in the jungle so her body is not scavenged upon by animals. An enraged Rambo after Co Bao's death. After the violence at the camp and on the river, Soviet and Vietnamese troops were scrambled to search and kill Rambo. While hunting for Rambo in a forest, Rambo kills a number of Soviet and Vietnamese soldiers using guerrilla tactics. Vietnamese soldiers continue to chase Rambo into and through a village. In the village, there grows a patch of tall grass where Rambo sets a booby-trap explosion that ignites a fire, burning many of the Vietnamese soldiers. While still running away from the soldiers, a Soviet attack helicopter finds Rambo and drops a keg of explosives down on him. Rambo dives off a cliff into a river as the keg explodes. The Soviet helicopter pursues him, shooting bullets into the water.

As the helicopter gets closer to the water while shooting bullets, Rambo jumps up from under the water, yanks the gunman into the water, and climbs into the helicopter where he confronts the Soviet soldier who tortured him. As they wrestle inside the helicopter, the helicopter flies away and Rambo throws the Soviet soldier out of the helicopter to the latter's death. As Rambo approaches the pilot, the pilot also jumps out of the helicopter. Rambo gains control of the helicopter and flies it back to the POW camp to rescue the remaining POWs. He kills the remaining guards and picks up the captives in the chopper. While flying to Thailand, another Soviet attack helicopter tails Rambo's. After its pilot loses Rambo's chopper in a haze of smoke from firing at it, it finds Rambo's vehicle smoking in a river. As the Russian chopper flies in low to investigate and finish off the bird once and for all, Rambo—who appears to be knocked unconscious—suddenly sits up, shoulder-firing rocket in hand, fires through the windshield and finishes off his would-be assailant once and for all.

Rambo then returns to the base and, using the M60E3 medium machine gun from the helicopter, destroys Murdock's command center. He then unsheathes his knife and threatens Murdock to find and rescue the remaining American POWs in Vietnam, snarling almost under his breath, "You know there's more men out there...you know where they are. Find 'em...or I'll find you." Trautman then comforts Rambo and tries to pacify him and to convince him to rejoin the Special Forces, also telling him he would get another Medal of Honor for his actions. Rambo, however, visibly angry and fighting back tears, says that the soldiers he rescued deserve the Medal of Honor more than he does, and he only wants the same thing as the soldiers he rescued; for America to love its soldiers as much as its soldiers love it. Rambo then moves towards an unknown destination. Trautman asks him, "How will you live, John?" To this, Rambo replies, "Day by day." The film ends as Rambo walks off into the distance while his mentor watches him.

Because of his actions of saving the POWs, Rambo is granted the Presidential pardon he had been promised and decides to live in Thailand. Gallery Main article: John Rambo on Rambo IV John Rambo in Rambo (2008). Over twenty years later, John Rambo is still living in Thailand and resides in a village near the Burmese border. He makes a living capturing snakes and selling them in a nearby village. He also transports roamers in his boat. A missionary, Michael Burnett , asks Rambo to take him and his associates up the Salween River to Burma on a humanitarian mission to give aid to Karen tribes people. Rambo refuses, but he is convinced by Sarah Miller to take them, and she becomes his friend. The boat is stopped by Burmese pirates who demand Sarah in exchange for passage. After negotiations fail, Rambo kills them all. Although his actions save the missionaries, it greatly disturbs them. Upon arrival, Michael says that they will travel overland and will not need Rambo's help for the return trip. The mission goes well until the Tatmadaw Army , led by Major Tint to attack for another genocide to the innocent people.

They kill the entire of the villagers including two missionaries and kidnap the rest, including Michael and Sarah. When the missionaries fail to come back after ten days, their pastor comes to ask Rambo's help in guiding hired mercenaries to the village where the missionaries were last seen. Rambo agrees to transport the soldiers. At their destination, Rambo tries to accompany the mercenaries with a black-wrapped package in hand, but their leader, described as a former "old school" and egotistical S.A.S trooper, refuses. After arriving at the destroyed village with their guide, Karen, they are forced to hide when some Tatmadaw arrive by truck and force their villager prisoners to run a gauntlet of hidden land mines thrown into the village rice paddies. The mercenary leader will not order a rescue, as he is concerned that the missing Tatmadaw will put the rest on alert. However, Rambo shows up with what is revealed to be his bow and shoots down the Tatmadaw.

Rambo confronts the leader when the man threatens him, and with his arrow pointed at his eye socket, Rambo tells him and the others that soldiering is what they are and do, and says to them, "You can either live for nothing...or die for something." When Rambo stands down and tells the others to come, they follow without question with the leader in tow. They plan to save the hostages at a P.O.W. camp. Rambo helps Sarah and the others to escape. The Tatmadaw unit finds the hostages missing and organizes a massive manhunt. John Rambo using the bow to kill the Tatmadaw army because of their brutal interest of corruption. Everyone except for Rambo, Sarah, and the mercenary sniper " Schoolboy " is captured. But just as the group is to be executed, Rambo seizes a truck-mounted Browning M2 and minces the Burmese army, giving an opening for School Boy to shoot down the Tatmadaw near the others and provide them also with weapons. Karen rebels join the fight to help Rambo and the mercenaries win.

Major Pa Tee Tint attempts to get away, but is personally disemboweled by Rambo wiping out the last remaining forces of the brutal army that serve the regime. Encouraged by Sarah's words, Rambo returns to live in the U.S., walking along a rural highway past a horse farm and a rusted mailbox bearing the name " R. Rambo ". He then makes his way down the gravel driveway as the credits roll. Rambo killed over 80 people in the fourth rescue mission, the most in the series. Gallery Edit Although his country is much more supportive of veterans now, John Rambo still is a very traumatized man, and coming home to support will not change the fact that he can't live with himself due to the horrible things he has done or witnessed during in the past. If another film is made, this will likely be the central focus of the film, as Sylvester Stallone says that he would like to take the franchise in a different direction and see the character "go out in a blaze of glory", although he has said that there likely will not be another film.

On January 6, 2016, Stallone officially confirmed that he was retiring the character of John Rambo, having deemed the fourth Rambo film to be a worthy and satisfying conclusion to the series and the character arc, showing that Rambo was on his way to getting better and making amends with his past. Stallone said: "The heart's willing, but the body says, 'Stay home! It's like fighters that go back for one last round and get clobbered. Leave it to someone else." Thus, if any more Rambo media is produced, such as the Rambo television series which is being talked about with Fox, possibly about Rambo's son; it will not involve Stallone. He added: "You know when you realize there's nothing more to pull out? As an action film, I was very satisfied that it dealt with the Burmese situation. It had one foot in a current event, the longest civil war in history, 65 years at that time. It was so brutal, which civil war is, I was shocked they even gave me an R-rating. I didn’t want to compromise.

I said, 'This is probably going to be the last decent film of this genre that I'm going to do as a solo act.' When that was accomplished, I never felt the same willingness to do it again. There's nothing left. When they asked me to do another 'Rambo,' I said, 'If I can't do better than I did last time, and I can't, then why?" Awards Various special duty badges can also be seen on Rambo's uniform. Combat Infantryman Badge Senior Combat Parachutist Badge Expert Weapons Qualification Badge Rambo drops some of his many medals to which the meaning was gone down a prison sewage hole in the novelization of Rambo: First Blood Part II. He claims to have found it theraputic. Rambo's Social Security Number is 936-01-1758, although citizens in Arizona are issued ones with the prefixes 526-527, 600-601, and 764-765. According to the file, John Rambo has the same birthday as Sylvester Stallone. But, Rambo is one year younger.

Personality Edit Throughout the film series, especially in the first and fourth films, John Rambo is displayed as a tragic hero, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has difficulty adjusting to civilian life, which is especially complicated because of prejudice against returning soldiers. He is shown to be prone to violence because of the torture he suffered at the hands of Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War. Rambo has difficulty talking about his problems and he is too scarred from trauma to open up to most people. The only person he really trusts in the world is Trautman, and he still has only told him about one of the brutal deaths he witnessed. This makes Rambo look like a quiet thug or super soldier to people who don't understand the character, but in reality he is so overwhelmed with self-hatred and nightmarish memories that he can't talk to anybody. As a result, conversations with Rambo are fairly one sided, as he chooses not to engage with most people and only speaks directly to a few people. As he grows older, as he becomes bitter and angry at the world, even leading to him casually swearing and making snide comments under his breath at people, and downright insulting people.

This is especially elaborated upon in 2008's Rambo, where he refuses to be even remotely social with anybody, even Sarah Miller, who is displayed as a kind soul who wants to learn about Rambo's life and why he is the way he is. He often replies with one-word answers in this film and is terse with people so they will leave him alone. There is a scene, where Michael Burnett tries to get Rambo to take them down the Salween River. Rambo declines and Sarah asks, why he rebuffed the man he was talking to. Rambo replies that he wasn't talking to anybody and Sarah changes her statement to "the man who was talking to you". Oddly enough in Rambo III, Rambo is seen wisecracking one-liners similar to other action heros such as John Matrix from Commando. He cracks several of these, poking fun of the state he and Trautman are in and the predicaments he has gotten himself into. Most fans of the Rambo series aknowledge that Rambo III was more so made to exploit Rambo's character rather than further develop him.

However, even in Rambo III Stallone carefully maintains the tortured persona that Rambo has to deal with, rarely cracking a smile and revealing the sad eyes he must have. Rambo III is generally disliked by fans of the Rambo films, because of how unrealistic it was and how it cashed in on Rambo's popularity at the time. This would explain the cheesy one-liners that were typical of other heroes of the time, but not Rambo. In the next films and novelizations he is displayed as a man, who wants to stay away from conflict but is willing to do literally anything to save his friends and the people he cares about from any danger. Due to his violent nature, many civil people tend to fear him. However, Colonel Samuel Trautman, who was his commanding officer in Vietnam and mostlikely his only friend, understands him and the pain and torture he had endured in the war and is the only one able to understand the problems he has. Rambo is a survival expert in almost any terrain, espescially in jungles and dense forests. Rambo is also an expert in guerrilla warfare, and he is easily able to camouflage himself, create improvised weaponry, and nurse his own wounds.

He is also an expert in operating various types of war machines like helicopters and tanks, firing artillery and machine guns and hand-to-hand combat. It is evident that Rambo did care deeply for all the men in his unit, forming a brotherly bond with them. This is shown at the start of First Blood, when Rambo arrives as the home of Delmar Barry, he walks with a bit of a spring to his step, he is very polite and talkative to Barry's mother, making small talk and even cracking a joke. It's one of the few times, he's seen to smile, being visibly excited at the prospect of seeing his old friend again. However, upon learning of Barry's death, Rambo is disheartened, offering the photo of his unit that he carries around, to Barry's mother, before giving his condolences and leaving, his walk having slowed to a trudge as he departs. During his breakdown to Trautman, he talked about how they had planned to go on a road trip to Las Vegas in Danforth's Chevy Convertible. Appearance and Attire Rambo is a male of average height. He has tanned skin, long brown hair and brown eyes. He is very muscular, and imposing.

Rambo's upper body is covered with large scars. He has perpetual stubble. Time In Vietnam During his tour of duty in Vietnam, and imprisonment, Rambo wore his hair in a shorter style, and also sported a mustache. He wore a jungle camouflage patterned headband. First Blood Edit In the first film he wears blue jeans with a red t-shirt over a gray tank top and a thick green M-1965 military jacket. Rambo's hair is shorter than the other films in the series. Whilst being pursued by the local police, he wears a brown makeshift poncho, and a brown head band, he temporarily covers the poncho with leaves and twigs, making a makeshift ghillie suit. Rambo: First Blood Part II In the sequel, his hair is longer, the rest of his appearance remains the same. During the film, Rambo gains a new scar, on his left cheek. During his incarceration, Rambo wears a blue prison uniform, consisting of jeans, and brown boots. While on the base, he wears a red t-shirt shirt, blue jeans and black boots. During his mission Rambo wears a black jacket and gloves for at the beginning of the mission.

He wears a black long sleeve shirt (also abandoned) black pants and a black tank top (lost at the POW camp), and black combat boots. He wears a black sweatband at first, but changes it for a red one, made for a piece of Co Bao's dress after she is killed. He also begins wearing her jade Buddha pendant in remembrance of her. Rambo III Rambo's hair is much longer, resembling a mullet. Rambo wears a light blue shirt, and blue jeans early in the film. Rambo wears a similar attire to the previous film for the nighttime rescue mission, black boots, a tank top, (he removes it whiles tending to his wound in the caves) and wind pants. He even wore a similar black shirt, though he lost it in the village attack. He also wears a red sweatband in the beginning and a black sweatband throughout the rest of the film. Rambo IV Edit Rambo's hair is still very long though it is straighter and neater than before. He wears a dark grey t-shirt and black pants, along with black boots. Rambo wears a red patterned sweatband at the beginning, but switches to a blue one later.

Rambo also bares a constant scowling expression throughout the vast majority of the film. In the final scene, Rambo wears a very similar attire to the beginning of First Blood. Green Army jacket, blue jeans, black t-shirt, and black boots. (The final scene is a dark mirror of the first scene in First Blood.) Skills and Abilities Edit Rambo is incredibly skilled with many types of weapons. Being able to use any weapons he finds in the field, including Kalashnikov Variants, M16s, Hunting Rifles, Shotguns, RPGs and Various M60 variants. His size and strength allow him to use and M60, without the aid of a turret, with barely any loss in accuracy from recoil. Rambo is also a very talented Archer, preferring to use a bow, in times where he needs to be stealthy, but also uses explosive tips when he needs to cause destruction, even using one to take down a helicopter.

Rambo is a master of stealth techniques, and blending into his surroundings, making a makeshift ghillie suit, and covering himself with mud, to hide from enemy forces, sometimes in plane sight, using bushes or camouflage of some sort, climbing trees to stay out of enemies line of sight, setting diversions to draw enemy attention, such as scarecrows, light sources, and even captive enemies (also used as a scare tactic.) Rambo has an affinity for knives, both as a weapon and a tool for survival. He has used his knife to create a spear, to make a make-shift torch, to pass a minefield, and to kill numerous foes. His combat prowess stems from his knowledge of guerrilla warfare, he is known to make improvised traps, to kill and disable enemies, using minimal resources, such as a glowstick, a hand grenade, a tripwire stake trap, and even lured enemies into a field using the blood of a chicken, before igniting it with gasoline. He is able to use his terrain and darkness to turn things to his advantage. Rambo is also adept in unarmed combat, he has a muscular physique due to his time as a soldier in the army and his intense training regimen.

He has a high amount of strength and stamina, as well as a great resistance to pain, he is able to hold his own against larger or multiple foes single handed. His strength allows him to pull off a man's throat with his bare hand. Rambo is also very intelligent. He can speak several languages, is a capable pilot and a skilled hunter. He is also trained as a medic. He is shown to perform medical procedures on himself, such as stitching and cauterizing his own wounds. Rambo is also very capable at orienteering, rock climbing (without safety equipment) and traversal of the wilderness, with minimal resources. He is also skilled at horse riding due his time at father's farm, he is also a skilled motorcyclist. Rambo is either left handed or ambidextrous, since he uses his left hand as his arrow hand while using his bow, and uses his right hand for firearms. In Popular Culture Edit Rambo wiki has a collection of images related to John Rambo. Rambo's name has become an eponym for a tactic of military aggression or, alternatively, a person demonstrating great heroism through extreme violence and skill, especially when outnumbered.

However, the term can also be used somewhat derogatorily to describe someone who thoughtlessly charges into a fight with no regard for personal safety or careful planning. This term is referred to as "Going Rambo" or "doing it Rambo style." The name is also used in a more figurative sense to describe any action or approach which is deemed to be aggressive. Rambo has been mentioned in other action films such as 1988's Die Hard, 1995's True Lies, and 2008's Taken. It has even also been added as an adjective in the dictionary. Its definition is: Ram-bo: -noun, a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person. Trivia Sylvester Stallone title of final Rambo movie – Rambo: Last Blood | Film | The Guardian Close This article is 1 year old Sylvester Stallone has confirmed that the fifth and supposedly final film in his long-running Rambo action saga will be titled Rambo: Last Blood. Stallone, who is also set to appear in new Rocky spin-off movie Creed, for director Ryan Coogler , announced the title via Twitter .

It references the 1982 film First Blood, which first introduced the character of troubled US army vet John James Rambo on the big screen. “Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO …” tweeted Stallone, 68. The actor and film-maker has written the screenplay and will also direct, as well as starring as Rambo. The other film mentioned in Stallone’s tweet, Scarpa, is a gangster flick about the real life hitman Gregory Scarpa, known as “The Grim Reaper”. Stallone takes the lead role, with The Lincoln Lawyer’s Brad Furman on board to direct. Scarpa was a career criminal and enforcer for the Colombo family who also worked as an informant for the FBI, and it is the latter time frame that the film will focus on. The most recent instalment in the Rambo franchise, 2008’s Rambo , took $113m worldwide, but suffered from mixed reviews. Rambo: First Blood on iTunes Average Rating: 7.1/10 Top Critics' Reviews Fresh: First Blood is ragged and flashy; it ought to be a big success with audiences that value action for its own sake.

– Janet Maslin, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008 Fresh: 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. – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 7, 2010 Fresh: 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. – James Berardinelli, ReelViews, Jul 25, 2010 Fresh: 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.

– Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader, Jun 24, 2010 Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rambo Last Blood’ in the works - NY Daily News Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ in the works Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rambo Last Blood’ in the works Sylvester Stallone in a scene from 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' (1985). (Columbia TriStar/Getty Images) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, January 5, 2015, 2:00 PM Sylvester Stallone is reloading for another "Rambo" movie, and it may be the haunted Vietnam vet's last hurrah. Stallone took to Twitter last week to announce he'd be working on a gangster pic sometime in the future after finishing a new Rambo movie called "Last Blood." Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO...

— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) December 28, 2014 The title is a reference to the series' first installment, "First Blood" (1982), which introduced theatergoers to John Rambo, Stallone's headband-wearing, machine-gun-toting badass. Stallone in a scene from 'Rambo' (2008). (Karen Ballard/Lionsgate/AP) A rep for the 68-year-old actor wouldn't confirm the title, but so far, Stallone hasn't walked the tweet back. It will be the hero's first appearance on screen since 2008's "Rambo," which was set 20 years after the series' third movie and found the former Special Forces soldier living in the jungle outside Burma. Rambo is not the only 80's icon Stallone is revisiting this year. He was also set to reprise his role as palooka Rocky Balboa in the upcoming movie "Creed," which has Rocky mentoring the grandson of his late foe-turned-friend Apollo Creed.

Tags: First Blood (1982) - Trailer (HD) - YouTube First Blood (1982) - Trailer (HD) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 6, 2013 First Blood is a 1982 action film directed by Ted Kotcheff, co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood veteran, with Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) as his nemesis and Colonel Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) as his former commander and only ally. It was released on October 22, 1982. Based on David Morrell's 1972 novel of the same name, it was the first of the Rambo series. Since its release, First Blood has been a critical and commercial success and has had a lasting influence on the genre. It has also spurred many parodies.

The film is notable for its portrayal of the psychological after-effects of the Vietnam War, particularly the challenges faced by American veterans attempting to re-integrate into society, something not deeply examined in subsequent Rambo movies. In 2008, the film was chosen by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. RAMBO: First Blood - What’s the Difference? - YouTube RAMBO: First Blood - What’s the Difference? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 14, 2015 First Blood is best known as the first Rambo movie. As a major launching point in Sylvester Stallone’s career. But before all that, First Blood was a novel by David Morrell.

We look at both side-by-side, and tell you: “What’s the Difference?” Subscribe: A lot changed between the 1972 Canadian psychological thriller novel “First Blood” about a disgruntled and murderous vet named Rambo and the 1982 American film of the same name about . a less murderous Vietnam vet named John Rambo. From major themes to minor plot details, we’ll go through every difference between the book and the movie - get ready to get informed! Have you read First Blood? Or just watched the movie? (Or neither?) Did we inspire you to think more deeply about Rambo movies? About adaptations in general? Did you enjoy our exhaustive rundown? Do you have other Rambo or First Blood trivia you’d like to share? What other works would you like to see us explore on What’s The Difference? Let us know in the comments below! Want to know what's going on with Cinefix in the future? Follow us Twitter for updates: Oh, and we're on The Facebook: Welcome to What's The Difference, where CineFix takes you step-by-step and page-by-page through all the differences between your favorite movies & shows and their source material.

Adaptations are a tricky game, something always gets changed, added, or omitted in the process. Come back every other Wednesday for more What's the Difference! Category First Blood | Rambo Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit John Rambo ( Sylvester Stallone ) is a former member of a United States Army Special Forces Green Beret unit, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Cold War. The film begins after the war, in America in December of 1981. Rambo is searching for one of his friends from his unit, Delmar Barry , and soon learns that he has died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure back in Vietnam. Rambo knows he is now the last surviving member of his unit. Now distraught and left with no place to go, Rambo decides to hitchhike his way to Portland, Oregon. Rambo walks up to the small town of Hope, Washington on foot. With his long hair and military-style coat, he is quickly spotted by the town's overzealous and paranoid sheriff, Will Teasle ( Brian Dennehy ), who offers Rambo a ride.

Rambo asks if there is a place to eat and Teasle tells him that he will have to walk 30 miles up the highway, because he doesn't want "drifters" eating in his town, because they might attract other drifters. Another warning was that Rambo may not like it in Hope anyway. Teasle drives him to the city limits and advises him to get a haircut and a bath. Hungry, Rambo heads back toward town immediately, to the dismay of Teasle, who arrests him for vagrancy, resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon, a hunting knife. After reaching the police station, Teasle tells Art Galt (Jack Starrett), his cruel head deputy and closest friend, to book Rambo. Galt uses Rambo's knife to slice through a sheet of paper with ease and escorts him to the cells, where he attempts to get Rambo's name. Rambo knows he is innocent, and refuses, so Mitch , one of Galt's deputies, sees Rambo's dog tags and tries to read them, but Rambo instinctively grabs Rusty's wrist. Galt pulls his nightstick and threatens to break Rambo's face.

Rambo lets go and Galt notes that "Hairy" is a soldier, but this does not change his opinion of Rambo and he proceeds to brutalize and assault him, beating him repeatedly. Galt then has Rambo bathe for his court date by spraying him with a high-pressure fire hose. When Galt and two other reluctant officers, Ward and Mitch, attempt to dry-shave him with a straight razor, Rambo has a flashback to being tortured in a North Vietnamese P.O.W. Camp back in 1965 and loses control, escaping on instinct using his military training. He fights his way out of the station beating up most of the officers, breaking one's nose and throwing one out a window. Rambo retrieves his knife and runs into the streets, throwing a civilian off a motorcycle and stealing it, and is pursued by Teasle off-road into the nearby mountains. The deputies are eventually forced to search for Rambo on foot, and he climbs down onto a steep cliff to elude capture. After spotting Rambo from a helicopter, Galt blatantly disregards protocol and attempts to shoot him dead in cold blood with a Winchester Model 88 lever action rifle.

Rambo drops into a mass of trees, and cornered, throws a large rock at the helicopter's windshield in self-defense to buy him some time. However, the helicopter pitches and Galt, who had unbuckled his safety belt in order to get a better shot, falls out of the aircraft to his death at the bottom of the rocky gorge. Teasle, who did not see Galt's attempt to kill Rambo, vows to avenge his friend's death. Teasle leads his deputies into the woods in an attempt to capture Rambo. The deputies are inexperienced and bicker, particularly after learning over the radio about Rambo's extensive combat and survival experience and status as a war hero. Rambo quickly disables the small, disorganized team using guerrilla tactics and booby traps, severely wounding — but not killing — the deputies. In the chaos, Teasle is attacked by Rambo from behind, who holds his knife to the sheriff's throat. "I could have killed all of 'em. Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go", he warns, before disappearing into the woods.

This seems to only fuel Teasle's anger and he assembles a base camp near the site and calls in the National Guard. U.S. Special Forces Colonel Sam Trautman ( Richard Crenna ) soon arrives, taking credit for training Rambo. He is surprised to find any of the deputies still alive, and warns that it would be safer to let Rambo go and find him after the situation has calmed down. Teasle refuses to give in, and Trautman warns that if he sends in the National Guard, to also bring a good supply of body bags. Rambo is eventually cornered by the National Guard in an abandoned mine entrance. The inexperienced guardsmen fire a disposable M72 LAW rocket launcher at him, collapsing the mine and trapping him inside. They assume Rambo is dead. However, unbeknownst to his pursuers, Rambo has escaped into the tunnels of the mine. Rambo finds some old fuel and makes an improvised torch from fabric. After wading through waist‑deep water and fighting off rats for several hours in the dark mine, he manages to find an exit near a highway road. Rambo spots a National Guard caravan and hijacks a passing truck.

He holds his knife to the driver's throat and asks what is in the truck. The driver informs him that there is an M60 heavy machine gun in the back and Rambo pushes the driver out of the car, driving for hours and through a police roadblock until he returns to town at nightfall, crashing the truck into the pumps of a gas station. He blocks the highway to anyone in pursuit by igniting the spilled fuel with a Zippo lighter. Now heavily armed, Rambo destroys a sporting goods shop by igniting multiple cans of gunpowder and bullets, and begins shooting up the businesses on main street in an attempt to confuse and disorient Teasle before making his way to the police station, where Teasle awaits on the roof. Rambo also shoots the transformers on the town's power lines, knocking out the power to the main street. Soon after, Rambo enters the police station. Teasle spots Rambo through a skylight and shoots at him, but misses. Rambo shoots through the roof with his machine gun at Teasle, severely injuring him. Teasle falls through a skylight and onto the floor.

Rambo steps over him, prepared to kill him, and a furious and bitter Teasle eggs him on. But before he can shoot Teasle, Colonel Trautman appears and tells him that there is no hope of esc aping alive unless he surrenders. Rambo realizes that the police station is now surrounded by the police, and angrily talks about how difficult it is to adjust to civillian life when his country he would die to protect hates the returning soldiers, also about how he was an important man in the war, but can't hold down a simple job back in America. He then falls to the ground and his rage turns to sorrow and weeps as he recounts a particularly gruesome story about witnessing his friend dying by having his legs blown off by a booby-trapped shoeshine box. Trautman kneels down to Rambo, who sobs into Trautman's shoulder. After he is done, an emotionally exhausted Rambo turns himself in, and is arrested. The credits roll as he and Trautman exit the police station. While they go out, they look with scorn to Teasle, who is taken away in an ambulance. Deleted Scenes Edit First Blood ultimate edition DVD cover.

Long before Stallone was hired to play Rambo, other actors were being considered for the role such as Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, James Garner, Kris Kristofferson, and Michael Douglas. Terence Hill, as recently confirmed during an interview to an Italian TV talk-show, was offered the role but rejected it because he considered it "too violent", and Dustin Hoffman declined the role for the same reason. When Al Pacino was considered for the role of John Rambo, he turned it down when his request that Rambo be more of a madman was rejected. For the role of Sheriff Teasle, the producers approached Academy Award-winners Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall, but both turned the part down. Lee Marvin, another Oscar winner, turned down the part of Col. Trautman.

Various screenplays adapted from Morrell's book had been pitched to studios in the years since its publication, but it was only when Stallone, who at the time had limited success outside of the Rocky franchise (most of his non-Rocky films either barely broke even or were flops altogether), decided to become involved with the project that it was finally brought into production. At least one First Blood poster references his Rocky success: "Stallone. This time he's fighting for his life." Stallone’s star power after the success of the Rocky films enabled him to suggest changes to the script, to make the character of John Rambo more sympathetic. While Morrell's book has the Rambo character violently kill many of his pursuers, in the movie version Rambo does not directly cause the death of any police or national guardsmen. In fact, he only wounds anybody who pursues him and the one person he did kill was in self defense and not his fault. He threw a rock at a helicopter and because Art Galt wasn't wearing his seatbelt, he fell out the window to his death. Prior to Stallone taking the lead role, Steve McQueen expressed interest in it.

When David Morrell wrote the novel in 1972 the producers first considered McQueen, but then rejected him because they considered him too old to play a Vietnam veteran from 1975. Just before shooting began, Kirk Douglas quit the role of Col. Trautman over a script dispute; Douglas wanted the film to end as the book did, with the death of the Rambo character. Rock Hudson was approached but was soon to undergo heart surgery and had to pass up the chance to work with Stallone. Richard Crenna was quickly hired as a replacement; the role of Trautman became the veteran character actor's most famous role, his performance of which received much critical praise and talk of an Academy Award nomination. A suicide scene was filmed, but ultimately Kotcheff and Stallone opted to have Rambo turn himself in at Trautman's urging, allowing the character to live. This proved to be a fortunate decision, as it changed Rambo's history forever and allowed for a very lucrative and popular franchise. The town scenes in the movie were shot in Hope, British Columbia, Canada. The rest of the movie was shot in Golden Ears Provincial Park and Pitt Lake in Pitt Meadows, also in British Columbia, Canada.

The rat cave in the film was actually a much more horrifying bat cave in the novel. In the movie, the rats that Rambo struggles with in the cave were actually white lab rats that were dyed brown. Alternate titles Edit The logo of First Blood. In the United States, the film was released as First Blood. In International markets after the film became popular, the film was re-titled Rambo: First Blood. In some other countries, the film was titled simply Rambo. In Spain and Latin America the film was titled "Acorralado" (Surrounded). A few years after the film's release, the film was broadcast on television as Rambo in the United States. Reception

Question: What is the title of the first Rambo movie?
Answer: First Blood