Based on the David Morrell book of the same name, First Blood stars Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a wandering Vietnam veteran who runs afoul of small town sheriff Will Teasl, played by Brian Denihy.

But when Rambo's brief detainment and subsequent escape into a nearby forest results in the death of one of the Sheriff's deputies, Teasl starts a vendetta he can barely control.

Standing between Teasl and Rambo is Colonel Troutman, played by Richard Crena,

who promises the sheriff that with his participation, Rambo can be compelled to surrender without any more bloodshed.

But Teasel refuses Troutman's advice, and during the manhunt that follows, Rambo's command of guerrilla warfare is on full display.

As one by one, he dispatches the feeble National Guardsmen sent to track him down,

using improvised weapons and found materials in ways that make first blood a foundational and influential film in the genre

and catapulted Stallone into an action film legend.

By the end of the film, Sheriff Teasel is shot, the town of hope is in flames, and

Troutman escorts his broken creation into custody. Make sure you have a good supply of body bags for today's friendly fire.

It's 1982's Ted Kotcheff directed post-Vietnam war film,

and arguably not a war film first blood. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

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