Rambo: First Blood [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Ted Kotcheff Ted Kotcheff

Overview

A former Green Beret must use all of the guerrilla tactics he learned in Vietnam to save himself after he is falsely accused of a crime while visiting the lush and wild Pacific Northwest in this heart-pounding actioner. This is the Sylvester Stallone film that introduced the world to the Rambo character who would go on to headline a couple of sequels.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2015
UPC:	0031398215103
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	18,458

Special Features

Deleted scenes; Audio commentary with Sylvester Stallone; Audio commentary with author David Morrell; Advanced trivia track; Drawing First Blood; Interactive menus powered by Metamenu technology

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sylvester Stallone	Rambo
Richard Crenna	Trautman
Brian Dennehy	Teasle
Bill McKinney	Kern
Jack Starrett	Galt
Michael Talbott	Balford
Chris Mulkey	Ward
John McLiam	Orval
Alf Humphreys	Lester
David Caruso	Mitch
David L. Crowley	Shingleton(as David Crowley)
Don MacKay	Preston(as Don Mackay)
Charles A. Tamburro	Pilot(as Chuck Tamburro)
Craig Huston	Radio Operator(as Craig Wright Huston)
Patrick Stack	Lt. Clinton Morgen
Stephen E. Miller	Guardsman #1
Raimund Stamm	Guardsman #2
Robert Metcalfe	Guardsman #3
Stephen Dimopoulos	Guardsman #4
Bruce Greenwood	Guardsman #5
Earl Klein	Guardsman #6
Danny Wozna	Boy
Frank Tamburo	Actor
Donald Adams	Guard C.O
Suzee Pai	Actor

Technical Credits

G. Moonblood

Ted Kotcheff	Director
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer
Andrew G. Vajna	Executive Producer
Buzz Feitshans	Producer
G. Moonblood	Screenwriter
Herbert Nanas	Producer
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Toni Howard	Casting
Rob Young	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Before John Rambo became one of the most parodied action figures in film history, known primarily for strafing deserts full of enemies with his machine gun, First Blood introduced him as a hunted dog just trying to stay alive after a wrongful arrest. In a performance mostly free from dialogue, which many agree finds Sylvester Stallone at his best, the actor makes frantic escape an engrossing experience. The film's middle portion is its best, as Rambo sprints through a dense forest, emerging bleeding but intact after many near misses, including the memorable moment when he's forced to leap from the side of a rocky crag, hoping against hope that the evergreens beneath him will provide cushion. That Rambo's survival instincts often involve killing innocent cops is rendered less offensive by the first act, in which he is imprisoned merely for looking sketchy and utterly mishandled by every station of hick cop. A film whose skewed morality is best ignored in favor of veteran action director Ted Kotcheff's finesse with crisp set pieces, First Blood was a hit whose relative subtlety was quickly overshadowed by the box-office bravura and overblown idiocy of its sequels.