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First Blood aka Its Not Called Rambo

First Blood - in which Vietnam Veteran John Rambo is just trying to get by, but know-it-all small town law pesters and abuses him into a PTSD episode. Did you know John Rambo was a green beret, and all the friends he made in the war have died? His hope was dashed in the first scene of the movie, and he is sad and lonely and those military wanna be jerks won't leave him alone, even though he was being as nice as possible, and just trying to not get shot by some jerk on a helicopter. So, Rambo's old boss comes into town once he has the whole mountain hostage to try to diffuse the situation. There are many people trying to kill Rambo to look tough, but the sheriff seems like he's trying to take him alive. In the end, Rambo goes with his old commanding officer to surrender, because he can't keep running.


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