
Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.


“This time he's fighting for his life.”
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Sylvester Stallone
John Rambo

Richard Crenna
Col. Samuel Trautman

Brian Dennehy
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Bill McKinney
State Police Capt. Dave Kern

Jack Starrett
Deputy Sgt. Arthur Galt

Michael Talbott
Deputy Balford

Chris Mulkey
Deputy Ward

John McLiam
Orval the Dog Man

Alf Humphreys
Deputy Lester

David Caruso
Deputy Mitch
First Blood is a action, adventure, thriller, war film released in 1982 exploring themes of prison, guerrilla warfare, dying and death, vietnam war, vietnam veteran, hero. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, it stars Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy. When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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