First Blood Last Blood

Sylvester \Stallone created the indelible character of John Rambo after captivating audiences with Rocky Balboa. The first installment, First Blood, was actually filmed in Vancouver and released in 1982. The original cut  was very dialogue-heavy and almost three hours long. But Stallone explained in a recent Howard Stern interview that he made the decision to cut out most of his lines and concentrate on the action, which turned out to be a wise decision. Silence can communicate a hell of a lot more than words if handled right, which director Ted Kotcheff does.





Now 37 years later, Stallone brings John Rambo full circle by bringing him home to America, after stops in Cambodia, Afghanistan and Burma in the intervening films. It will be interesting to see how much of the current political climate finds its way into Matthew Cirulnick's script, if at all.


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