So I’m watching First Blood again, the first Rambo movie. I love it. Great movie. And it got me thinking…
It’s by far the best one. I don’t even watch the poor movies that followed using the Rambo name.
First Blood is about tyranny at home. A Green Beret soldier, back from Nam, encounters a corrupt local sheriff’s office, and has to defend himself.
Near the end, when Rambo is yelling at Colonel Troutman, he mentions Vietnam, where he was trained to “win” but “someone wouldn’t let us win” is what he says.
All of the subsequent Rambo impersonations had storylines (if you could call them that) about taking on hostile foreign governments or terrorists…
I saw a lot of truth in First Blood. I have a feeling the original writers did, too. Because they never told that story again.
