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Rambo: First Blood Part II
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306 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 86 | 6 | 165 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| TMDB reviews * | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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First Blood is a 1982 action thriller drama film, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy.
- 243 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Mar 18, 2019 to Nov 4, 2026
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First Blood topped the U.S. box office for three weeks in a row, and its $6,642,005 opening weekend was the best October opening at the time. It grossed $20 million in its first 10 days. The film ended as a significant financial success, with a total gross of $64 million domestically, the highest-grossing film of the fall, and the 13th highest-grossing film of the year. The film grossed $160.3 million worldwide, against a $15 million budget. It was the first major Hollywood blockbuster to be released in China, where it was released in 1985. It sold 76 million tickets in China, the highest for a foreign Hollywood film up until 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and three…
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60 of 306 · most liked firstRemembering the brilliant Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning & Grammy/Emmy-nominated stage, film, and TV, on his 88th birthday, celebrated for roles in FOUL PLAY, FIRST BLOOD, COCOON, SILVERADO, F/X, THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT, TOMMY BOY, FAIL SAFE (TV), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (TV), JUST SHOOT ME!, and more.
neutral · AI labelView post →the wild thing about FIRST BLOOD is that at no point does the movie stop to try to explain why these cops hate this random vet so much. it’s just like “listen, you get it, cops fucking suck.”
positive · AI labelView post →And to be clear, I do also love *some* novels about alienated rich people written by alienated rich people, and indeed I love films of that stripe too. But I don't want my creative diet to just be 'Reboot-Man: Part Four, First Blood' or 'Oberlin Graduate Makes A Film About Being A Sad New Yorker'.
neutral · AI labelView post →oh thinking of yet another movie list...."The 70's Becoming The 80's." Early 80's movies that illustrate the transition between the two decades. Off the top of the head examples: 48 HOURS and FIRST BLOOD.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood (1982) Directed by Ted Kotcheff
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s the time of year where everyone debates Die Hard being a Christmas movie (it is) but so is Batman Returns, Eyes Wide Shut, Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, and Rambo First Blood. If I see a tree, lights, presents, or even a single chubby bearded guy eating a cookie, it counts.
neutral · AI labelView post →RIP Ted Kotcheff First Blood & North Dallas Forty are great movies but I highly recommend Wake in Fright, his deeply unnerving & atmospheric Australian New Wave movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I talked about it before but I still find it absolutely wild how much changed between First Blood (an anti-war movie about a traumatized drifter trying to survive a hunt by a villainous police department) and all the subsequent Rambo films (jingoistic, often extremely racist propaganda)
neutral · AI labelView post →I think First Blood is my favorite movie
positive · AI labelView post →The transition from the politics of First Blood (the first "rambo" movie, sort of) to Rambo itself is a decent commentary on the rewriting of that history
neutral · AI labelView post →finally got around to watching my laserdisc of First Blood tonight with a bunch of friends and regardless of the rest of its politics, the movie VERY MUCH hates cops
positive · AI labelView post →First Blood is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, @illybocean.boontavista.com joins us to talk about FIRST BLOOD, the Sylvester Stallone film that kicked off the RAMBO franchise. See you, as always, on Wednesday.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw there's a movie coming out called John Rambo that's described as a prequel to First Blood and it's like finally, we will get to know how John Rambo was traumatized by his participation in the Vietnam war, a story that is both self evident and also directly shown in the film First Blood
neutral · AI labelView post →Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Batman Returns is a Christmas movie. First Blood is a Christmas movie. Every Godzilla is a Christmas movie. Your mom is a Christmas movie. A plate of rigatoni bolognese is a Christmas movie. 6-7 is a Christmas movie. AI is NOT a Christmas movie. Screw AI.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →kinda blown away by Men of War, a film I started watching as soon as I realized John Sayles had co-written a movie starring Dolph Lundgren. an anti-colonialist actioner, feels a little like if Samuel Fuller made a DTV action movie, or a subversion of Rambo: First Blood Part II
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for a banger of a new movie tonight, try REBEL RIDGE, the rare Netflix original movie that totally sticks the landing. BLUE RUIN/GREEN ROOM director Jeremy Saulnier is back with a practical-effects, down-to-earth thriller that's more or less a modern FIRST BLOOD, and I loved it.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood is a movie about PTSD and the deeply shitty way the federal government treats veterans, which manifests in someone who was trained to be an exceedingly lethal guerilla fighter turning that skill set against the powers that be when they abandon him and ignore his entreaties
neutral · AI labelView post →Also, one of the biggest cultural failings of the 80s (and there were many) was taking a movie like First Blood, which is ultimately a tragedy in an action thriller skin, and turning the character into a mythic representation of American military excellence.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share an ACTION movie title that begins with the letter “F” 🎥 F is for… ‘First Blood’ (1982) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →And as a reminder, he’s talking about a PREQUEL to First Blood. So a prequel to a movie where the lead was deeply traumatized from his experiences in war… will be a fun adventure for 10 year olds. Eat shit, Hollywood.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you think about it, First Blood was a Left-Wing leaning film, dealing with the PTSD & Flashbacks that Rambo suffered from, in addition to losing his friends who died in country, or when went home with Cancer from exposure to Agent Orange, and the police brutality that set him off.
neutral · AI labelView post →"'FIRST BLOOD' but if Rambo had a Shelby GT350" is some A-plus "movie for dads" pitching right there
neutral · AI labelView post →Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) 🎬🖤 (Poster by Oscarmart)
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood is a Christmas movie. You're welcome.
neutral · AI labelView post →I guess First Blood is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ted Kotcheff, Director of ‘First Blood’ and ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ Dies at 94 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Afternoon movie: Turns out First Blood makes a damn good 4th of July watch. Also, ACAB. #FilmSky 🍿📽️
positive · AI labelView post →The inconsistency in the Rambo movie series naming style is honestly a joy to behold. • First Blood • Rambo: First Blood Part II • Rambo III • Rambo • Rambo: Last Blood • John Rambo
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood. A legit anti-war, anti-cop movie about the horrors of small town bigotry and the trauma of war whose last installment is literally the most racist, pro-violence movie I can recall ever seeing. They should have stuck with the original ending. It drove home the point of the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've never watched Rambo: First Blood before so just sat and watched it. Pretty tight 90min. Not sure I like the portrayal of vets as 'broken' but the movie is very much of its time in that regard, I think.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rambo First Blood is a Christmas movie 🎬 🎄
neutral · AI labelView post →Quick reminder, First Blood is a really good movie about a homeless vet with PTSD killing a bunch of small town cops because they couldn't resist hassling a harmless drifter.
positive · AI labelView post →At its heart, First Blood was essentially a left-wing film, as it challenged the necessity, advisability, and morality of the Vietnam War and, even more so, the authority of overly zealous police power. What it became after that first film is something else.
positive · AI labelView post →I wonder if First Blood was almost the last movie of the '70s in a way and Part II got much more '80s with it
neutral · AI labelView post →How many people could have perfectly directed both FIRST BLOOD and WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S? RIP, king. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →When Ocean lost out on the home computer rights to Commando, they came up with a very Ocean solution. It was to make essentially the same game with a movie licence, and it worked. New post on Rambo: First Blood Part II for the Spectrum and C64: www.superchartisland.com/rambo-first-blood-part-ii
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t know if it’s the worst but the Rambo series is a contender. First Blood is a really good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →FIRST BLOOD might as well be a horror film. It's slipped through the cracks as a relevant post-Vietnam picture, because the sequels are brain-washed rah-rah action films. Kotcheff was Canadian and had distance from that type of American patriotic thought. His Rambo isn't the cultural idea of Rambo
positive · AI labelView post →Lots of people rightly go on about the militarisation US police lately, but I’m watching First Blood (aka the good Rambo film) and there’s about 20 policemen with helicopters and machine guns for a town about the size of a sleepy Somerset village.
positive · AI labelView post →By far one of my most controversial opinions is the First Blood is a good, event great film. It is absolutely more interesting than a lot of PTSD Vietnam slop. I will always defend it.
positive · AI labelView post →My Top 4 Favorite New-to-Me Films from January 📽: Se7en (‘95) The Wailing (‘16) The Quick and the Dead (‘95) First Blood (‘82)
positive · AI labelView post →Finally watched REBEL RIDGE, and it's a goddamn shame this movie was dropped on Netflix. Looks good, and Aaron Pierre should be everywhere after this thing. Easily the best RAMBO movie since the original FIRST BLOOD movie. Hard to make a thriller about civil asset forfeiture but it pulled it off.
positive · AI labelView post →'First Blood' is 41 years old today. Did you know that Kirk Douglas was to appear in the film as Trautman but left the production before cameras rolled due to his ideas for the end of the film being rejected. ew.com/movies/2017/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sad to hear that Ted Kotcheff has died. He was a brilliant director of TV and film including the wildly disparate Edna the Inebriate Woman and First Blood. His crowning glory is Wake in Fright which I still think is one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen, even though I’d hesitate to watch it again
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favourite random facts about the classic Australian horror film WAKE IN FRIGHT is that before it was given to Canadian filmmaker Ted Koetcheff (of First Blood/Weekend at Bernies fame), Joseph Losey and Dirk Bogarde were attached. As great as it is, it could have been even fucking wilder!
neutral · AI labelView post →I found a 1983 newspaper movie theater section of our local paper in my mom's basement CREEPSHOW CONAN THE BARBARIAN TRON FIRST BLOOD PETER PAN MOTHER LODE FRANKENSTEIN 3D AMITYVILLE II 48 HOURS DARK CRYSTAL TIME BANDITS Trail of the PINK PANTHER ANNIE E.T. Man what a time to be alive
positive · AI labelView post →Obscure YT of the night: RIP Ted Kotcheff. People don't realize how far back the FIRST BLOOD director went. Here's his theatrical first film from 1962(!) w/ James Mason (!!). TIARA TAHITI! w/ John Mills, Herbert Lom, Roy Kinnear & Rosenda Monteros! youtu.be/p_01Ct1h1f4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I prefer FLOODING WITH LOVE FOR THE KID (2007), Zachary Oberzan's one man DIY adaptation of the same novel this movie's based on, but FIRST BLOOD remains a remarkable film. Watching it, I kept thinking of Bob Clark's DEATHDREAM, another haunting tale of a vet who the Vietnam War made into a monster.
positive · AI labelView post →If you haven't seen First Blood and just know about "Rambo" as a caricature, I would definitely encourage you to watch it. Tremendous film.
positive · AI labelView post →Within a decade of the war's end, this view was entrenched. Any sense that Nixon's war-mad GOP admin were in any way responsible was erased by blaming the Carter admin for feeling guilty about it. First Blood, a film about trauma, was sequelled with Rambo, a film about killing lots of people.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sisu director Jalmari Helander is gearing up to direct John Rambo, an origin movie for Sylvester Stallone's iconic one-man army. The film, currently eyeing an October shoot, will serve as a direct prequel to 1982's First Blood. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →First Blood is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Bro got his entire education of Vietnam from 80's B movies and didn't even watch First Blood
neutral · AI labelView post →Is First Blood the only anti-war movie with flashbacks of the hero being tortured on the cross that’s ever been adapted into a kids tv cartoon?
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep it's 80s classic time. Going with First Blood tonight. It's such a great movie and classic Stallone. #80s #firstblood #rambo #filmsky #genx
positive · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ First Blood (1972) by David Morrell was adapted to film in 1982. The film softens the Rambo character as he is more violent in the novel. The ideological subtext of the book is given an 80s update as the film depicts Rambo as a victim of social indifference. 🏹💥💪 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →I will never stop boringly pointing out that First Blood is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Plus we have a Green Lantern show this weekend with that guy from Rebel Ridge? Rebel Ridge is my favorite genre of movie: the studio ripoff. It’s just First Blood. I love it. Bitch, I’m blessed
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