If First Blood is a movie about John Rambo, Rambo: First Blood Part II is more like a movie you can imagine Rambo himself feverishly directing to work out some issues. It veers off into ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

James Cameron wrote a darker, character-driven script for Rambo: First Blood Part II before major rewrites reshaped the ...

Rambo was meant to die. Sylvester Stallone’s traumatised Vietnam vet – harassed by small-town cops for being a bit scruffy and triggered into fighting a one-man war – was supposed to shoot himself.

While First Blood might be surprisingly realistic in its depiction of an army veteran’s struggle against a corrupt police force, the later Rambo movies prove this didn’t last long. The Rambo franchise ...

Hot off of making a name for himself with the "Rocky" franchise, Sylvester Stallone hopped from sports dramas to action thrillers, tackling the story of John Rambo in the original "First Blood." Based ...