First Blood Movie Review 1982

Stallone is a former Green Beret survivor of Vietnam whose nightmares of wartime horrors are triggered by a wrongful arrest in a small town. He escapes into the mountains of the Northwest and leads his pursuers to all manner of bloody ends. Finally, the Army is summoned to crush him. Extremely violent and frequently confused, fueled on the revenge fantasy and not much concerned with the rules of plot realism. Screen debut of Caruso. Based on David Morrell's novel. A boxoffice hit that launched the "Rambo" series. Followed by "Rambo: First Blood, Part 2."

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Patriotism & Paranoia, Hunting, Vietnam War, Postwar, Rambo, Veterans

Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Cast

Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Jack Starrett, David Caruso

Cinematography

Andrew Laszlo

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Other

Joan E. Chapman

Producer

Orion Pictures