FIRST BLOOD (1982) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | RAMBO | Sylvester Stallone

That last scene is the best acting Stallone has ever done.

rambo: "i was in charge of million dollar equipment, BACK HERE I CAN'T EVEN HOLD A JOB PARKING CARS!!!" that line gets me every time ...

Most people who have never seen Rambo their first impression of him is the badass action hero from the second movie. It's always cool to see people react to First Blood for the first time and watch them fall in love with the character. It's only at the end of the movie when they realize why this character became iconic. Great movie. Great reaction!

My dad served 20 years including Vietnam. I served 20 years too and had to watch my dad's eyes every time someone told me thank you for your service. NO one thanked my dad.

PTSD has had a long history of misunderstanding, and it is maybe only within the last decade that it has been seriously addressed. People at the time of this movie knew so little about it.

Amazing movie. Stallone's soliloquy at the end was so well done and never fails to make me tear up.

Fun Fact (if someone hasn't mentioned it already): If you look behind Sheriff Teasle when Rambo's going on his rampage, you'll see three medals. Teasle himself, like Rambo, is a war veteran, but from the Korean War. He hates Rambo because the Vietnam War got WAY more attention than the Korean War did, and Teasle is angry about that war (Korean) being forgotten. Double Fun Fact: Stallone did that jump into the trees himself and about got killed for it. His injuries were: "a serious back injury and several broken ribs, in particular, due to performing his own stunt of dropping off a cliff and into a tree" (via Wikipedia).

First blood was definitely the best and the finest acting Sylvester has ever done right at the end of the film. That raw emotion still gets me.

First blood is the greatest one . the end monologue by Rambo is spectacular it Brings a tear to my eye.

as a vet, I couldn't watch this movie, when i came back home. now it holds a special place in my heart.

Honest to god Sly should have gotten an Oscar nomination for this movie. Which the exception of Creed and Rocky 1 this is his best performance of all time. The final scene when he talks about how horrifying the Vietnam War was still makes me cry to this day. Also he very wisely had the ending changed as well as him killing no one directly. In the original book First Blood Rambo actually completely snaps and goes on a killing spree and the book ends with Colonel Trautman shooting and killing Rambo like he was putting down a rabid animal. But Stallone in his amazing foresight knew this character needed sequels so he encouraged the director and the studio to have him kill no cops or guardsmen and have him arrested instead of killed off.

Crazy Facts Sylvester actually broke his ribs falling through the trees hitting the branches! And also faced back injuries when the sheriff struck him in the back with his baton!

Nice, another one of Sylvester Stallone’s most iconic characters.

This film and the first Rocky really show Sylvester Stallone's talent shine through in such passion projects.

you mentioned PTSD. Well, the VA did not recognize and admit that Vietnam Veterans suffered from PTSD until like 1992 or so, when the 1st Gulf War Veterans were returning. They received no counselling - nothing. To treat nightmares, headaches, sleeplessness, anger issues they were given pain and/or sleeping pills. My husband is a VV and he has told me some of the experiences he faced when in the military during that war. Not treated well at all. It is shameful for the way we civilians treated military personnel back then. And Rambo is right - you just don't turn it off. The memories are deep and painful scars that don't totally go away, subside and become less frequent - yes - but never ever gone.

this movie and all the stunts rock!!!!

They messed with the wrong War Veteran in this action adventure thriller film! Before Stallone was cast as Rambo, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, James Caan James Garner, Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Douglas, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Clint Eastwood, and John Travolta were considered for the role. Before Richard Crenna was cast as Col. Sam Trautman, Kirk Douglas was cast in the role, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with another film. Rock Hudson was considered until Crenna, a real life WWII veteran, was cast in the role.

A classic definitely, my favorite from the series. It's almost ridicolous how many A-list actors where up for the role

You were curious about the making of this movie. It began as a novel. The movie (with a happier ending) treated Rambo more kindly. The man went through development hell for many years.

This is the best movie in the series, and Rambo's monologue at the end was the best part.