I haven’t watched Rambo: First Blood Part II since I was a little kid as it was making its nonstop rounds on cable. But quarantine has sure changed a lot of my viewing habits, so here we are.

Rambo: First Blood was originally released in 1982, and served as the first entry in the Rambo franchise. The film starred Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, and Brian Dennehy.

Rambo's first movie, a critically acclaimed 1962 movie told a story extremely similar to the one seen in First Blood.

The First Blood scene, where Rambo tries to escape the town of Hope, Washington, on a motorcycle he steals like it's GTA, ...

First Blood (1982) was never meant to be a franchise, yet here we are four entries later with a character who has evolved from a cautionary tale about the U.S.’ poor treatment of Vietnam ...

First Blood isn’t about a beefy rebel kicking indiscriminate ass. It’s about a man bereft of everything, right down to his dignity, by the government he trained to serve.

1. I have a scratchy stick-and-poke on my arm that reads, “they drew first blood, not me.” It’s what John Rambo (played with Marlon Brando-esque mumbling aplomb by Sylvester Stallone) says ...