I won’t embellish the story further, doubtless it has been seen by just about everyone by now. When unjustly treated and having ‘first blood’ drawn against him, Rambo takes it upon himself to start a war with the sleepy town. Best known for his Rocky films, Stallone had yet to make it into the action film genre in any substantial way, but that was all about to change and it defined his career path for pretty much the rest of his life.The film is only loosely based on the novel by David Morrell and tells of a Vietnam vet unable to adjust to civilian life and finds himself in bitter man hunt with Sheriff Will Teasle. Apart from its phenomenal success, it also led to a sharp direction change for its main star’s career. Rambo esquire, Vietnam Vet, decorated war hero and Green Beret comes along, bursts onto the screen and changes the action hero genre for good. After the glut of anti-Vietnam war films during the seventies, Mr John J.
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