First Blood

(1982)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 299,053 votes

Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama

Year: 1982

Runtime: 93 min

Country: United States of America, Netherlands Antilles

Director: Ted Kotcheff

Cast: Сильвестр Сталлоне, Ричард Кренна, Брайан Деннехи, Билл МакКинни, Jack Starrett

Plot

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

John Rambo, a former Special Forces soldier, wanders into a small town seeking a former comrade, only to be confronted by Sheriff Will Teasle. After Teasle forces the drifter to leave, a misunderstanding leads to an arrest. Inside the police station, abusive treatment by deputies triggers horrific flashbacks of wartime captivity, compelling the veteran to escape into the nearby mountains. When an accident leads to a deputy's death, Teasle declares a full-scale manhunt. As state police and National Guard forces join the pursuit, Colonel Samuel Trautman arrives, warning the authorities that they are hunting a predator, not a victim. The veteran expertly weaponizes the forest, eventually forcing a desperate final confrontation within the town limits.