First Blood (1982) REACTION

This movie did more for Vietnam Veterans in two hours than the VA did in a decade. That speech at the end is one of the best speeches about war and PTSD ever put in film. All the sequels are worth watching for sure

At the end of the Vietnam war, U.S. veterans were treated like absolute garbage by their own people and they suffered severe PTSD which is what Rambo’s speech at the end was talking about. This is still one of the best action movies of all time. Sylvester Stallone was phenomenal in this movie and he actually did the falling into the tree stunt himself and broke several ribs.

This movie proves just what a phenomenal actor Sylvestor Stallone is, especially with that ending speech. Great reaction!!

The last 10 minutes monologue broke me 😭 Veterans should be given extra care in all senses. Thank you for the reaction. ❤

I am a partially disabled combat veteran of the United States Navy. I can tell you that soldiers and sailors go into war and it changes them. They have experienced the horrors of war. They will spend the rest of their lives with the thoughts and dreams of that horror and the things that we had to do to survive. A colonel in the Spanish American war was asked by a reporter that witnessed the brutality of their training, “Is all this necessary?”. The colonel responded “Most men will not kill each other. War is murder no matter how you look at it.” The report ask “So your training these men to be murders?” The colonel said “God, I hope so!” That is what war is. Thousands of men murdering each other and making thousands of widow’s and orphans. It takes a huge toll on the mines of the veterans that survive. They are forever changed. It’s horrible, but, it’s the truth.

The following are some interesting production facts about the movie from Wikipedia: The film was shot in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada on a $15 million budget beginning on November 15, 1981, and continuing until April 1982. The town scenes in the movie were shot in Hope and the nearby Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park, called Chapman Gorge in the film, while the rest of the movie was shot in Capilano Canyon, Golden Ears Provincial Park and Pitt Lake in Pitt Meadows. During the production Buzz Feitshans replaced producer Ed Carlin, who suffered a heart attack. The locations chosen for the film initially experienced unseasonably warm and sunny weather during the filming, which posed challenges since the crew had counted on an overcast setting. However, a period of heavy snowfall beginning in January 1982 delayed the production by two months. Other delays were caused by injuries to the cast during stunts, including Stallone sustaining 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. Since the production ran over schedule, Crenna's role in the film was cut in order to avoid having to pay him higher fees as specified in his contract. The firearms used in the film had to be imported into Canada because of the country's firearms regulation. In January 1982 over $50,000 worth of firearms—including fourteen M16 rifles, three Remington shotguns, two .44 Magnum revolvers, and eleven Colt AR-15 rifles—were stolen from the set. Although the guns had been modified to shoot blanks, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police claimed that they could be easily modified to fire live ammunition. After the incident the set was guarded by the Canadian Army, whose soldiers also served as extras in the film.

Stallone’s monologue at the end encompasses the mental trauma that Vietnam veterans have been dealing with since coming home. And this film came out just seven years after the war ended. 😔🇺🇸

This has got to be the best out of the franchise. It focuses more on life away from war than life vs war. It also shows how it can hide a persons true colours when they're misunderstood, pushed to to the limit, have violent fantasies or are brave enough to enter extremely dangero

Coincidentally, November 11 is Veteran’s Day in the U.S. 🇺🇸🫡

Just a nice to know fact: the part at minute 10 where he climbs and jumps into the tree for landing softer…Stallone actually did that scene and did it by himself, he broke 4 ribs during that fall and he kept on finishing the movie afterwards, other times back in the day and other breed of people, just awesome 🤯😎🤙🏻

"First Blood"(1982) is an excellent action movie and one of the 10 best movies of all time for this Kind!

The film that introduced John Rambo is a gripping survival adventure with an emotional ending that's downright moving. Jerry Goldsmith contributes an excellent musical score.

This is such a great movie. Stallone’s speech at the end really sums up the trouble our soldiers had after coming home and no assistance. There still isn’t much assistance for our soldiers which is sad. Many people say we need to care for them but do nothing about it. The ending had a different turnout. Trautman was supposed to shoot Rambo in the station after he calmed down to “put him out of his misery” they decided against it cause it basically said death is the only way to deal with the pain of war.

Thanks for watching this with us old veterans on veterans day weekend

The story about Rambo's friend being killed by a kid's shoeshine box rigged with explosives was part of what made the Vietnam War so psychologically damaging. The "friendlies," the seemingly innocent civilians, could be setting you up to be killed, so the stress and sense of danger was never really turned off. This led to emotional problems which led to behavioral problems which in turn led to sociological and political problems which led to further emotional problems. Also, psychotherapy in those days wasn't up to speed on how to deal with these particular kinds of emotional problems, and the stigma associated with mental illness and the stigma associated with serving in Vietnam (the public loathed and feared Vietnam vets) made seeking any psychological help extremely difficult.

Rambo’s knife is called a survival knife. It came with a compass, needle & thread, matches & flint. I actually had one when I was a kid.

The Movie is ICONIC, but THE NOVEL explains alot more about the situation and the Characters. Both Men were right, and at the same time both were wrong. I saw this when it first came out, but not in a Theater... I was stationed on a Navy Destroyer in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and it was shown for Movie Night.

A lot of people will say that Rambo isn’t realistic with his skills. I don’t know personally but my dad was a Vietnam vet and he said there were guys that were just that good!! He said he’d seen it with his own eyes.

I hope you watch them all. They are fantastic movies👌🏼🔥 The scene at the end is so powerful. Colonel Troutman is the only person who can truly understand how John feels.

The skills that are developed to serve in the Army Special Forces are just insane. Commonly known as Green Berets, though they never call themselves that, don’t have fighting as their primary mission. Don’t misunderstand, they can shoot and blow stuff up better than anyone but their motto is the Latin ‘De Oppressor Liber,’ ‘To make the oppressed free. Green Berets are trainers of local forces who go out to fight. The Special Forces are masters of getting huge results from minimal resources. Special Forces claim that if you insert a team of 10, called an A-Team, into a small country, within 25 days they’ll replace the current government with one friendly to the US and will have control over all the major civil and military levers of power.