Rambo: First Blood

"First Blood" (1982) is a action film with psychological undercurrents. It stars Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, one of the defining roles if his acting career. It's a popular movie, and inspired three sequels. This first film in the saga is based on a bestselling novel, by David Morrell, which - in the midst of an action storyline - explores some of the difficulties faced by soldiers returning home to the USA after fighting in Vietnam, and the post traumatic stress suffered. The book introduced Rambo - although it was this film series that turned the character into a global phenomenon. The film concerns John Rambo, who's living as a vagrant, being picked up by local police in a small town in rural America. The police don't particularly like Rambo's looks or attitude. In turn, Rambo doesn't seem to care about what the police think ... He's arrested, and while being detained is mistreated by some of the officers. During a moment of flashback - to an ordeal during the Vietnam War, when he was tortured - Rambo gets mad, fights the police officers and escapes. Hiding in the nearby mountains, Rambo is pursued by the police. It's then that the police learn that Rambo is an elite warrior - an ex-special forces soldier who's trained to evade capture, survive in the wilderness, and kill the enemy using any tactics. Ultimately, the police utterly fail to apprehend Rambo - and so now the military join-in the manhunt, led by Rambo's former commanding officer Colonel Sam Trautman. In the final act of the film, Rambo destroys the local town - and then, persuaded by Trautman, gives himself up. This is a violent film. Yet it's not violence for its own sake, merely to titillate. Rather, the storyline is handled in a serious manner - and Rambo's tortured psyche is explored (being clearly depicted in the final scene, when he suffers an emotional breakdown). This is as much a drama about a man being mistreated, and refusing to simply accept such mistreatment, as it is an action film. Stallone acts well, portraying the central protagonist in a meaningful way. He's brilliantly supported by both Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy. This is a defining film of the 1980's - inspiring a host of copy-cat movies. The Blu-ray edition presents excellent quality video and audio. Unfortunately, it has few special features.

Excellent product

brilliant

The first and best , of all the Rambo movies. Where it started, John Rambo a ex Soldier back home from Vietnam . Trying to settle into normal life as a civalian again, where a Local Small Town Sheriff named Teasel. Gives Rambo a lift and. Picks on him on how he looks , and drops him off at the end of a bridge . Where he wants to go to Portand , he turns round makes his way back into town the angered Sheriff cuts him of , and arrests him . But what he doesn't know is he's a trained Soldier a one man army who win medal of honour, a pure war hero. As Rambo lashes out from pure rage, traumised from visions what he gone through in Nam, he escapes and takes to the mountains to escape. But he starts his own private war , with Teasel and he uses his expertise and survival skills. To stay alive , only one person can help Rambo , is Colonel Trautman . Who trained him ,and taught him . Everything he knows, and to try and stop Rambo . Before he goes too far, and passes the point of no return. This superb movie is so iconic and by far , the best of the collection.

A typical Silvester Stallone film about a down trodden army veteran trying to deal with civilian life after the Vietnam war. Now having to deal with the loss of his buddy from his service days, he wanders aimlessly trying to come to terms with life. In the end you have to feel sorry for this guy who knows the only thing he was trained to do “kill” … Brian Dennehy plays the tough local sheriff chief and likes things to stay quite in his neck of the woods. That is until John Rambo, who just wants somewhere to eat turns up in town.

Excellent

If you like to hear author's and/or actors discuss the story and movie making process then this is an excellent buy. I got it specifically because Sylvester Stallone (actor) and David Morrell (author) discuss FirstBlood. If you have listened to any of Stallone's commentaries before, you will know he is a contrast to the type of characters he plays on screen. He comes across as extremely knowledgeable, intelligent and very interesting, full of the kind of insight fans of these commentaries love. Likewise David Morrell is always honest, tells a great story and is never less than heartfelt. He comes across as a very nice guy, who is very pleased to have created one of the great action icons of the twentieth century. If you have any interest in fiction writing Morrell's books on the writing process are also excellent value for money. As this is a blu-ray the image and audio are excellent but you can buy just that for less directly from the UK. The value of this is for the fans of the commentaries. Well worth the slightly elevated price.

At first glance it might feel like another violent action movie, but personally I think there's more to it. It revolves around vulnerability of a broken war veteran and the world he has to face once the fight is over. Except for him it's never over. Sylvester Stallone delivered that struggle masterfully. Of course, one can wonder just how realistic is it that a bunch of small town law enforcers will be so power hungry and sadistic that it's almost grotesque. But if you can look past that, I think it's a good movie.

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Compré la edición 4K UHD de Lionsgate a 350 pesos, lo que se me hizo casi una ganga tomando en cuenta que esta edición es importada y el envío fue completamente gratis. Además de que para los que todavía no tienen una televisión 4K o un reproductor 4K también incluye el Blu-Ray normal en 1080p. Tanto el Blu-Ray 4K como el Blu-Ray normal incluyen una pista de audio en español con el doblaje mexicano original, también incluye una copia digital pero lamentablemente no está disponible para México. Sin duda ésta es la mejor edición de Rambo y a un muy buen precio.

Una de las mejores películas dónde aparece Sylvester Stallone. Gran película y gran lavado de cara con ésta, su edición en formato digital. Lástima que el audio sólo venga en español latino. Si la vas a mirar en versión original es una buenísima opción a un muy buen precio.

Quand j’ai reçu mon tv, câbles et lecteur 4k pour Noël 2024, le premier film uhd4k a été Rambo. La qualité géniale, le scénario, Sylvester en pleine forme qui tue et mange un sanglier en trois secondes, plus vite qu’Obelix ! Je recommande pour ce bon moment de cinéma à voir plusieurs fois ….

La película llegó a tiempo y en buen estado. La imagen se ve genial, el sonido es muy bueno, trae el audio latino que escuchamos de pequeños, una muy buena edición.