Movies - Rambo

	Movies - Rambo

Rambo is a trilogy of popular action films based on the characters created by David Morrell in his novel First Blood. The films are: First Blood
(1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1985), and Rambo III
(1988). A fourth film is expected sometime in 2006. The films focus on a troubled Vietnam War veteran, John J. Rambo, who is greatly skilled in all aspects of survival.

In popular culture, the name has become an eponym for a 'tactic' of mindless aggression. .

First Blood

The first movie begins with the titular character, played by Sylvester Stallone, returning from the Vietnam War and searching for an old Army buddy. Discovering that his friend had died of cancer, he prepares to move on, but is picked up by the local sheriff, Will Teasle, (Brian Dennehy) who doesn't want "drifters" hanging around town. Teasle attempts to deliver Rambo on the other side of town, past the border; however, Rambo defiantly walks back into town. Sheriff Teasle arrests Rambo and brings him to the station. While Teasle is indifferent to Rambo, one of his deputies sadistically abuses him. During a forced shower with firehose, where he is beaten, Rambo has a wartime flashback of his experience as a POW in Vietnam. One young officere tries to persuade the others that he is just crazy and needs help. Drawing on his skills as a former member of the Army Special Forces, Rambo escapes from the town jail and flees into the local mountains. During the pursuit, a deputy falls to his death from a helicopter while attempting to shoot Rambo. He had led the abuse, but was a good friend of the sheriff, and his death cements the duel between Rambo and Teasle.

The sheriff tries to "hunt" Rambo down; however, Rambo is too well trained, and continuously eludes the posse. The National Guard is then called in.

The Army sends Colonel Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) to help the sheriff and the National Guard unit capture Rambo. Trautman is as close to family as there is to Rambo. Despite his advice to let Rambo defuse himself, and peacefully arrest him later, Teasle refuses his help. Worried that the Army is trying to protect their "asset," and to settle a personal score, Teasle continues his hunt. Trautman informs the sheriff that he isn't trying to protect Rambo from the sheriff, but to protect the police from Rambo.

The National Guard corner Rambo at a mine enterance. They fire a M-72 LAW into the mine entrance. Rambo survive but everyone thought he was dead. Colonel Trautman had beliefs that John was still alive and he was still and exited through an exit underground. The search is then called off. His anger is such that he now decides to attack the town. He hijacks a truck along with an M60 machine gun. Entering town, he proceeds to go on a destructive rampage.

After incredible amounts of property damage, Rambo stalks Teasle and is at the point of killing him when Col. Trautman tries to persuade Rambo to surrender. What results is an emotional and political monologue by Rambo: Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn't let us win!. He also talks about how liberal protestors in America spat on him and decried him for doing what he had to do to win and how he was treated when he returned to the U.S. Perhaps the most emotional part about his emotional collapse was when he talked about how his teammate on the Special Forces wanted to go home and drive their car. A kid came up with a shoeshine box asking to shine his shoes. Rambo went into the bar to get some beers when a bomb in the box exploded. Rambo was trying to keep him from dying and no one would help. His emotional feelings are so deep that he falls into the hands of Trautman for support. The film ends with Rambo being escorted from what's left of the towns police station in handcuffs. (The filmmakers originally intended for Rambo to commit suicide. This ending was abandoned when test audiences were strangely indifferent to his fate; if there was no great emotional involvement, it was felt that they might as well leave the door open for sequels. In the novel, Rambo is shot by Colonel Trautman).

Rambo: First Blood Part II

The second movie, Rambo: First Blood Part II
, has Rambo released from prison by Federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing and the government can sweep the issue under the rug. Rambo, with the assistance of a local woman Co Bao (Julia Nickson-Soul), does find American POWs and tries to escape with one. Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier), in charge of the operation, orders that Rambo be abandoned, and all documentation of POWs be destroyed. Rambo is taken into captivity, and tortured by Soviet troops. With the help of Co (who is later killed), Rambo escapes, destroys nearly the entire hostile army, and flies back to Thailand with the rescued POWs. He then threatens Murdock to find the remaining POWs, or Rambo will find them.

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Movies - Rambo

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