John J. Rambo(Sylvester Stallone) is arrested for vagrancy and then mistreated by the police force so after an excellent action sequence depicting his escape, Stallone turns the tables on the cops and gives them a taste of Vietnam. However not keen to let it go at that, the National Guard is sent in and at the end Stallone decides to single handedly destroy the town and take out his vengeance on the world. First Blood did inspire the Rambo movies which then became an icon and turned it's star into an icon however First Blood is far more fascinating and respectable then the guilty pleasure brought on by the later chapters. The movie itself doesn't depict Stallone as a good guy but rather as a sympathetic psychopath and at the end he's pretty much killing everyone who gets in his way. Indeed here is where most of the interest is found in this genre classic. At the end Stallone does do an impromptu speech about his injustices inflicted upon him but all of his rage is better expressed in the action sequences near the end where Stallone has gone berserk. First Blood is well worth watching.
* * * out of 4-(Good)
* * * out of 4-(Good)