Movie Review: First Blood
April 4th, 2010 at 8:05If you love action movies that have the good guy overcoming seemingly impossible odds to beat the bad guys, then “First Blood,” starring Sylvester Stallone is the movie for you. In his first blockbuster since “Rocky,” he delivers a powerful performance as a Vietnam vet pushed into a corner, so far that he must rely on the only skills that he knows. How to survive, and how to kill.
Our fable begins with a vagrant, a veteran of the Vietnam conflict drifting into a unimportant town. On the exterior of town, he is met with some police force who tell him that his kind is not welcome in this settlement. Drifters are not allowable, as they are perceived as pests who will sap the cities property without giving anything back. After giving him the warning, the police leave him, and think that is that.
Yet, our central character, John Rambo, shows up yet again in town, and is arrested. He gets booked, and thrown into the county lockup. But he doesn’t mean any harm, and he hasn’t even smashed any laws. He just sought after something to gobble, and a warm place to sleep. He may seem a little slow, but we feel for him, as the police appear to be mistreating him.
Then there is a encounter, and the police chief steps over the line. And faintly injures this apparently big brute. Drawing original blood, the sheriff has opened a can of worms he will quickly regret, likely for the rest of his life. Because John Rambo is a exceedingly skilled assassin, and well prepared to deal with any kind of resistance, and come out on top.
This starts the core of the show. One lone man, John Rambo, is pushed into a corner, and he responds with the only way he knows how. He retreats into the nearby hills, and immediately finds himself in his element. Taught to continue to exist, to pursue, and to execute. The police rapidly recognize that they have their hands full, and bring in as many officers as they can.
Then an army Colonel shows up, and claims that he was Rambo’s commanding officer during the Vietnam conflict. The police mistakenly consider he is there to look after his charge from the police. But they have it the other way around. Rambo’s CO is there to bring him back before he does irreversible harm to the entire police force. He is there to save the police force from Rambo, not the other way around. We chase John Rambo through the backwoods, and watch him fight his own psychological demons in one rare movie that has created one of he most well known action heroes of our time. If you haven’t witnessed this movie, you must, as it is an instance of remarkable film making, acting, and directing.
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