First Blood deserves better than residing in the shadows of its more bombastic sequels. John Rambo is a former Green Beret with PTSD issues that prevent him from fitting in with society after returning from combat. He drifts from town to town looking for his fellow soldiers, only to find that they are all dead. Rambo finally snaps after enduring harassment and abuse from a small-town sheriff and his underlings, escaping to the woods where he brings the Vietnam War home to the redneck cops who have no idea of the things he went through in battle. Loosely based on the book by David Morell, First Blood is a darkly nihilistic story where good guys and bad guys do not exist and the hunters unwittingly become the hunted. All of the following sequels take place in a different context, making First Blood more a part of the series in name only. Director Ted Kotcheff went on to join the staff on Law & Order: SVU where he is a director and executive producer.
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