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First Blood

  R Closed Captioning

Ted Kotcheff

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Plot Summary

A soft-spoken Vietnam vet drifts into a small town looking for no trouble, but finds it in the form of a psychotic local sheriff who finds pleasure in hating him for no reason. After being locked up in the local jail, he escapes into the nearby forest where he becomes a one-man army bent on revenge. When things get out of hand, the vet's ex-Colonel comes in with the military to convince him to give up the stand-off.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

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87%
  • Reviews Counted: 38
  • Fresh: 33
  • Rotten: 5
  • Average Rating: 7.1/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: First Blood is ragged and flashy; it ought to be a big success with audiences that value action for its own sake. – Janet Maslin, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008

Fresh: Sylvester Stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies, with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can't understand why somebody doesn't really get hurt. – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 7, 2010

Fresh: The darker tone, somber subtext, and generally non-exploitative violence allow viewers to enjoy the film not only as an action/thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance. – James Berardinelli, ReelViews, Jul 25, 2010

Fresh: This action film hangs on an interesting reversal, taking the crazed-killer-in-the-woods theme from Friday the 13th and turning it inside out-- the psychopath is now our hero, a maladjusted ex-Green Beret played by Sylvester Stallone. – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader, Jun 24, 2010

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Customer Reviews

A Cornerstone for 80s action Flicks

Excellent. Simply excellent. The acting, the plot, the music, the action. Simply excellent. With one of the world's best closing monologues you'll see in a movie.

Classic action

Great movie Stallone shows his one of few succes

You Get What you expect

In First Blood you see Sylvester Stallone doing what Sylvester Stallone does best- action, action, and action. If you are expecting an intellectual, thoughtful piece, do not buy or rent this movie. But if you are willing to watch once more what you've seen him do a thousand times, go ahead and get First Blood. I don't think you'll regret it.

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