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Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about First Blood - Rambo |
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A Vietnam vet looking for work, is passing through a small town when the sheriff starts giving him a hard time and tries to run him out of town.
He refuses to leave so the sherrif arrests him for vagrancy, resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon, his army knife.
The cops are mean to him and he keeps having flashbacks of the war so he attacks the cops and escapes, running into the hills.
The cops give chase, but the vet takes them out one-by-one. The sherrif calls in the state police and the national guard.
The vet's captain shows up and tries to talk him in, but its no use.
The national guard traps the vet it a mine and blows it up. But, the vet escapes. He returns to the town, blows up a couple buildings, cuts the power and goes after the sherrif. He finds the sherriff on the roof of the police station. He shhots through the ceiling. The sherrif gets hit and falls through a skylight. The vet prepares to kill the sherriff, but his captain shows up and talks him into sparing the sheriff's life.
He gets the vet to surrender and turn himself in before anymore innocent people get hurt or killed.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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As a peace-loving Vietnam veteran, John Rambo is suddenly betrayed by a small time sheriff, which culminates in a game of hide and chase like only Rambo can do.
--Ben Wells, Resident Scholar
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As the Grand daddy of action movies, First Blood employs a lot of the narrative techniques we see in modern Hollywood picture, only with a much creative way of handling the elements. Shot in the style of Kurosawa, this film also uses a lot of film techniques that work to its advantage while being completely unobtrusive.
--Shawn Buffington, Resident Scholar
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John Rambo fought for his country in Vietnam but came back an outcast shunned by society. Rambo drifts from town to two looking for work. One day a corrupt Sherrif arrests Rambo on trumped up charges... But Rambo escapes and plots his revenge! Fighting against the repressive officials he soon becomes the subject of the biggest manhunt in history fighting Police, National Guard and worst of all.. Himself!
First Blood, an excellent action movie! The FIRST and BEST of the Rambo movies!
--Ken Carper, Resident Scholar
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When John Rambo walks thru a city, the sheriff stops and gives him a lift thru town. Unforgently, John Rambo hates being told what to do. And when the Sheriff takes it a little to far, he suddenly gets an war on his hands.
--Knut Ragnar H. Bakke, Resident Scholar
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Some brutal fat cops push Rambo over the edge, and he gets even.
--steve, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rambo |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 60%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Part of a series?
- Rambo
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
Forest?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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