Saturday, November 29, 2008

First Blood (1982)


3.5 stars out of 5

I caught Rambo: First Blood on the movie channel the other day, and decided to give it a try, even though it took me a while to figure out it was a Rambo movie. I was actually thinking it was his arm-wrestling movie for a while, but it didn't work out that well.

Sly Stallone plays a Vietnam green beret vet who comes home and has trouble adjusting. Local cops give him a rough time and he busts out of jail. The local cops chase him, fail miserably and more high jinx ensue. It was fairly entertaining, and Sly Stallone is actually pretty good. I'm not sure how much was edited, so I can't say for sure how gory the real movie is, but there was a lot of fighting. It is Rambo.

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