FIRST BLOOD Clip - "Nothing is Over!" (1982) Sylvester Stallone

[@AngelAmparo2]

Since Stallone is known for his action-packed movies, I don't think he gets enough credit for his acting. His monologue in the scene and the horrors that the Vietnam vets faced when they got back home really are poignant. This is a phenomenal scene.

[@JeshuaMorbus]

People remember him for his action centered movies, but he was, from the very start with "Rocky", an actor very interested on the art of cinematography. He is a very talented director, aside of actor. Maybe not the best, but he has his bases covered. He makes a real effort in all the fronts he can.

[@kentinson1670]

I love Stallone as both Rocky and Rambo but I feel First Blood should've been a stand alone movie. It felt completely different compared to the other Rambo sequels.

[@JeshuaMorbus]

@@kentinson1670 I agree. In one, he's a monster trying to live peacefully among people. It's like a bullfighting bull: what do you expect if you keep bullying him to death? And, as the bullfinghting bulls, if he hits back, he will die and anyone related with him (in the example, if a bull kills a matador, they kill the mother and all his siblings). The others, he's a monster doing monstrous stuff to monstrous people. Plain and simple. But again, the 80s was a time when they wanted to exalt the manly man and the epithome of manly man is a soldier.

[@DallasHokies]

@@kentinson1670 Reason why is Rambo was supposed to die at the end of First Blood.

[@lucasalvarez3313]

I agree

[@diegoc.2918]

The man is silent the whole movie and at the end he puts everything that was suffocating him out as if it were an erupting volcano. Even Trautman was scared. Where's the Oscar? Perfect performance, gentlemen.

[@dimitrissagias5603]

If he was a trans Rambo they'd give it to him.

[@RexZapp]

@@dimitrissagias5603 this came out so long ago, they don’t give Oscars for movies that were this old, it would’ve had to earned it when it came out, where trans people were very sparse. They existed, but not to the current extent. Rocky was not a trans man/woman. Rocky won an award. Same actor. Lots of perfect movies don’t win awards. Get over trans people, this can’t be your rebound for everything. Believe me, Stallone isn’t missing the Oscar at all. He’ll be fine.

[@dimitrissagias5603]

@@RexZapp The point I was making went right over your head. It was sarcasm about how PC and Woke BS Oscars and Hollywood in general are. It's not about Stallone or Trans people, but about the System. The system that is so deeply rotten, yet it lectures the public, promoting certain Agendas. As for Rocky, Stallone didn't win Best Actor's but never mind. Many actors don't get recognised just because they don't follow certain Agendas. Such as Mel Gibson. Get it now?

[@knytrydr73]

That's why in the novel Trautman was forced to kill Rambo.

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

Awards mean jack. The sooner people realize that, the better. Awards don't make a movie good or bad. The film just needs to resonate with you, everything else is just fluff.

[@LocoSharkzo]

The line that resonates with me the most is "You asked me. I didn't ask you."

[@jopatml]

Uncle Sam wants you!!

[@FINALLYOUTAFTER7]

The side of war no one wants to hear. “Back in the field there’s a code, back here there’s nothing.” Very true.

[@jesse75]

I hear yah brother.

[@hawkeye681]

Dog eat Dog, cut throat society. His line about a code back there is so juxtaposed against the sad reality of what they came home to. This scene seems to come back to me more now after 41 years. Got an older brother who is a Vietnam vet Marine. He’s never been the same but we love him. His example of signing up at that time was the basis for me going in when it was my time as well. I cannot thank him enough for this. We’re getting up there…. Maybe that’s why this scene keeps popping up in my thoughts. God Bless all of those vets from the Vietnam war.

[@jesse75]

@@hawkeye681 1968 to 1975 was a very confusing time in our country's history. Gulf of Tonkin to college students, OPEC, Nixon, nukes. I thought we were all going to die.

[@KSCBob]

Ahh yeah the famous code of war. I just wonder why war crimes like in My Lai happen all the time or why the german army executed 50.000 of it's own men during WW2.

[@83jbbentley]

True

[@josealdana7119]

'Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank. I was in charge of million dollar equipment. Back here I can't even hold a job parking cars!' I always lose it at that part 😢😢😢😢

[@MaryHlad-i7q]

Me too. My heart goes out to all the servicemen who served in Vietnam.

[@josealdana7119]

@@MaryHlad-i7q I've been honored to anonymously pay for and outright treat to Vietnam veterans lunch ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@marshalltravis3217]

Took me 10 years to be able to stop wearing my dog tags after I got home. I am closer to my Army buddies than I am to my family. Civilians just don’t get it…. And they never will.

[@mikejohn29mj]

​@@marshalltravis3217 Being away from home then you return to find that everything is gone. On the field, you have everything. Back here, there's nothing.

[@fckeu88]

​@@marshalltravis3217the White House doesn't get it.

[@Chemdawg2009]

As a retired Soldier and combat veteran, I can’t watch this scene without crying. Stallone did a great job capturing the emotion, pain, suffering, and anguish that only a Soldier who went through hell and lived to not want to talk about it could display. I felt every word. The film series could have ended with the first installment and I would have been okay with it. The sequels could not top the original. Not even close.

[@TheTarbender1]

If you want to see a true and very graphic look at how bad it was for some veterans coming home from Vietnam, watch the movie "Combat Shock." Warning: It will make you SICK!!!

[@t9j6c6j51]

They could have ended the series right there and it would have still gone down as a stand alone classic.

[@MICHELSDIARIES]

but stallone saw $$$$

[@jackhammer7824]

Yes, the first ending proposed was Col. Troutman killing Rambo. A mercy act To put killer John on ice. They decided to go with second chance, Leavenworth

[@MICHELSDIARIES]

@@jackhammer7824 its on youtube. but i think stallone saw potential $$$ franchise

[@kissmlungu7883]

Rambo 2 ,still great ...come on.

[@lindildeev5721]

@@jackhammer7824 I thought it was Rambo who killed himself.

[@daltontannery3243]

This scene hits a whole lot harder when you know where he's coming from, i never thought it was actually going to be as hard as it was adjusting back to civilian life but honestly that was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do. He was spot on when he said "you don't just turn it off" for some reason alot of people don't understand it, we're not radios we're humans.

[@Stuart267]

My friend spent 14 years in the military & saw shlt I couldn't possibly imagine, the last straw came when he saw his friend getting blown up by a landmine, now he works a shlt job bagging groceries. But at least he's still here & safe. Thank you for your services

[@Rink03]

Sir, thank you for your service.

[@brantgentry1463]

Adjusting back to being a civy was no picnic. Civilians can get on your nerves a lot more than your brothers when u are first adjusting

[@daltontannery3243]

@@brantgentry1463 for real i can handle someone crying because they're scared cause they're being shot at and bodies are falling all around but i can't handle someone thinking that the world is about to end cause their favorite coffee shop closed down

[@brantgentry1463]

@@daltontannery3243 amen to that lol

[@Yapostadodat]

"Spitting. Calling me baby killer and all sorts of vile crap." This line has always stuck with me because my dad and uncles were Vets of Korea AND Vietnam and this bit was real.

[@Gojiro7]

I love that Colonel Troutman clearly wasn't expecting Rambo to get emotional and even though what Rambo needs most is a hug, the Colonel clearly is lost figuring out what to do now that this has stopped being a battle of Diplomacy and Wits

[@Greenhourglass]

I love the way his expression and demeanor changes throughout this. You can tell he's realizing there was something there he hadnt been seeing and now he's not really sure what he's witnessing.

[@MaryHlad-i7q]

Colonel Trautman was a second father to Rambo, and the closest thing to family Rambo had left.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

2:12 - 4:18 Really good acting by Sylvester Stallone. He should had got an Oscar nomination. I felt really sorry for Rambo.

[@matheusaugustomartins169]

Não não não isso não isso Eu discordo tem nada disso não nunca aí tá errado

[@rynes.rai7er993]

Yeah, when he clings to his superior seeking human sympathy and empathy. Bitter.

[@TheTruth-ge7fj]

oscars are not for the greatest actors

[@xXxFroztyy]

I always shed a tear watching that scene knowing some of my family members that fought in Vietnam and they never wanted to ever talk about what they saw. They only told a select few family members.

[@pwrofrob]

When I was a kid, brother & I used to laugh at this scene because we misheard a lot of what Stallone was saying. His acting, it had seemed over the top & even comical to a couple of 10'ish year olds. As adults, this scene is heartbreaking & passionate...he really did do a terrific job portraying what it was like for a lot of V-vets trying to adjust to civilian life.

[@ryanknox6285]

I know what you mean because my mom died father died recently and as a little boy I was amused when the 1990 TMNT had scene of splinter telling Danny all good father's care for they sons and then the scene when Michelangelo was crying around the campfire 🔥.....I never ever cried to a movie but that made hurt and I couldn't believe as an adult I was crying to kid movie

[@JohnHenryDavisTheThird1987]

pwrofrob, you shouldn't have saw this movie as a kid. A lot of boys at the time shouldn't have........I saw the REAL ENDING and this ending here that we see is NOT it. There should NOT be a Rambo 2, 3, 4, and Last Blood.

[@mikedoss9777]

Same here. Used to say “I can’t find your legs “ when my brother and I wore camo pants. Didn’t occur to me until I was in my late teens that Danforth’s legs were blown off.Stallone isn’t the greatest actor but this scene and Mickey’s death in Rocky 3 are amazing/heartbreaking.

[@dstrvyer69]

I've watched this scene dozens of times and never caught the subtle effect the director used with the scene's lighting to convey a metaphorical point. As Rambo finally begins to break down emotionally under the pressure of all he's been through, the camera keeps switching to Colonel Trautman as he listens to Rambo talk. What light there is in the scene is coming from outside the shop's window and Trautman's face is illuminated by it... except for a thin shadow that stretches across his eyes. It's the first time in the movie where Stallone's character is presented as a vulnerable, incredibly damaged individual and Colonel Trautman, the man responsible for creating 'Rambo', still sees him mostly as a machine of war rather than a fellow human being. As the scene concludes and Rambo begins to cry, Trautman steps towards him and for a brief moment, you see his face completely illuminated, he gets it. The shadow around his eyes is gone and he embraces John as a person. The entire scene is a beautifully crafted, humanist moment that elevates First Blood from an action flick into a motion picture.

[@Cinemaphile7783]

The sequels are a cartoon but the first film is a classic and probably one of the greatest action movies right up there with the Great Escape.

[@ankurshah23]

One of the first times PTSD was recognized thru hollywood in a impactful manner. This scene was lost in all the action/violence of this movie. Imagine people walking out of the theater. What did they remember this scene or the forest hunt? That's why it took so long to understand the connection between vets' becoming violent back home versus what exactly happened in their mind.

[@teamebright2519]

Patton and Paths of Glory dealt with PTSD. So did The Dear Hunter.

[@darkknightwithanidea1845]

This monologue is as poignant & true today as it was then. Troops who go to fight other peoples wars, come home with PTSD & get shoved to the side & forgotten.

[@comyxcon4gaming860]

The current war between Russia and Ukraine is another prominent example of senseless war waged by one maniacal tyrant amongst many others.

[@CatBitchNami]

@Nicholas Colvard People don't understand that they should blame the politicians, not the soldiers.

[@CatBitchNami]

@wedontneedpoliticians5807 You should actually try to read something about YOUR american history before respecting the Founders. Because then you will learn they were not much different from today's politicians.

[@Vekren]

blame big brother and the world elite scum secret societies networking to fuk over all humanity. its not left or right, they control both sides. World wide meaning all countries governments are pretending to be against one another but they all have the same goals.

[@bsfishing7073]

😢😮

[@bone3594]

The words Rambo said about Vietnam War to the Colonel is so true. This movie is really about the hardship that most Vietnam Veterans faced when they came back home.

[@davecrupel2817]

What all vets faced. And continue to face. Not just nam vets.

[@darkaether2798]

First time I saw this .. “I can’t find his legs…” absolutely broke me. Stallone deserves an Oscar for this.

[@241clearance5]

" But Somebody Wouldn't Let Us Win! " Rings more true today than ever

[@freaker126]

In most movies, the hero is always seen as tough men who don't cry who doesn't seem to have any internal problem. John Rambo had loads of issues. The human issues. War is never fun. Yet, people signup as if it's a fun game. It's all fun and game until you see your buddy guts all over the place. :p

[@lindildeev5721]

He's not the first. In Enter the Dragon, when Lee kills O'Hara, he's full of anger but also of pain because this man caused his sister to commit suicide.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Lindile eve. Great movie. Bruce Lee also had very emotional moments in the big boss and fist of fury. Openly weeping over friends and family being killed. Even in Way of the dragon. We see him upset over having to kill an enemy he respects. People think it’s only recently that heroes in action films showed vulnerability. But really we’ve always had stuff like this, it just wasn’t focused on for too long. Just the right amount.

[@mr.jx5n324]

people sign up for war not "for fun" necessarily. in Rambo's case, i believe he went to fight out of idealistic mindset & believed he was doing a good thing and that he will be treated with high level of respect back home, but it was completely the opposite - all he fought for was for nothing & to put the cherry on the cake, his people treated him like a dog back home

[@rookievideos8865]

​@@mr.jx5n324 Or he was simply drafted.

[@joeyrb4509]

Sylvester's acting in this scene was amazing.

[@michaelmarburger1003]

I remember being a teenager and seeing this for the first time and loving the action but I had to be older before I truly understood the deeper meanings behind the movie.

[@veronicadowney7659]

This is such an incredible movie and this entire scene was so exceptionally acted. He did an Oscar worthy performance in like 3 mins. And what a punch in the gut too. I always cry at this scene.

[@joshuahiltpold248]

Dude I freaking cry every time I watch this monologue. especially that bit about how his buddy kept screaming his name and asking him to help and all Rambo could say was "I can't find your legs!" my uncle served and when I was a young kid he privately asked my father to make sure I never joined myself because he went through a similar experience with an 18 year old kid. I still see him as a hero and a good man, but seeing how war can affect anyone like that just hurts.

[@RobbiePfunder]

In perhaps his finest moment, the colonel holds space for Rambo’s anger, listens… approaches as if to say, “Im here with you”, and then holds the traumatized vet in his grief. So powerful.

[@Gzimkodra]

Oscar. This scene was the best acting by him was pure. Real from the heart

[@blauwbuik2128]

There is always coming a tear in my eye

[@pdxraves]

Copland aswell

[@DelightLovesMovies]

The best Rambo film.

[@KentuckyHunter_7]

I would said this one or part 2

[@dangilson8157]

Still think Rambo 2 was the best one

[@KentuckyHunter_7]

@@dangilson8157 first blood: part 2?

[@dangilson8157]

@@KentuckyHunter_7 yes

[@johnre5342]

Part 1 , part 2, part 4, part 5 and part 3. All were great though.

[@whippersnapper6456]

This is one of the most if not the most underrated scenes in all of cinema. I think a lot of people who didn't go to war took it serious enough. It gets me every time.

[@stefanilic0421]

As long as there is war, First Blood will be a relevant piece of art. All the guerilla action that we see is meant to lead us to this scene which shows Rambo's PTSD on so many levels. His flashbacks, isolationism, survivor's quilt, dissapointment of how vets are treated, how they are sent to kill and then thrown away broke and broken, absurdity of war, lack of ability to normalize. I cannot overstate how powerful is the message that First Blood brings.

[@michaeleverest3487]

In that scene Troutman realizes what he put his guys through and what it did to them. You see both shame and a father's love. It's a really great scene that was so powerful it changed a lot of minds in the time the movie came out.

[@pjk3854]

I always thought that Stallone was a better actor then Arnold and this scene always prooves it to me.

[@eh5872]

I used to like Arnold better. Arnold hasn’t done anything decent since the 90s

[@Pirustae]

than*. Don't compare the two now. It has nothing to do with Arnold.

[@Arathor82]

Watching this as a kid: " Why this guy is messed up?" Watching as an adult and a combat vet : " I understand brother......"

[@abdul-hadidadkhah1459]

If the war was noble there shouldnt be any "trauma". If you have trauma, you were the bad guys.

[@tornadorundo]

@@abdul-hadidadkhah1459what the fuck?

[@double00heck53]

@@abdul-hadidadkhah1459 all wars a civil wars, because all men are brothers.

[@forresthenry9535]

So the guys who actually fought fascism on the beaches of Normandy and liberated Concentration Camps and got PTSD from seeing horrors that were set before their eyes are the bad guys? That is some messed up logic right there.

[@RuiLuz]

@@abdul-hadidadkhah1459 there's always psychological impact and trauma for some people in a war, independently of it being noble or not.

[@sumukhmurthy124]

This scene brings me to tears every damn time. It feels raw and uncomfortable, exactly as it should be. Our veterans went through pure, undiluted hell in Vietnam, and they were repaid with scorn and insults by the very people they were supposed to be fighting for. It's one thing to read about it, and another to witness it. This scene allows us to witness that pain firsthand in a way that's scarcely believable, and in a way that sometimes makes me forget it isn't real. Brilliant acting all around. And to our vets: Regardless of which war you fought in, regardless of how pointless it was, you deserve our gratitude. We have the right to dislike parts of our foreign policy, but we will always be indebted to you for your sacrifice. Thank you for your service.

[@matthewochoa6973]

He should win an Oscar. Lifetime achievement award. He deserves it.

[@AlvinSeville1]

My dad served in Vietnam and he went through quite a lot. This movie brings home the atrocities to the soldiers that served there. I can stand a lot of sad scenes that many can't. This scene is one of the exceptions.

[@dirt_mondo]

Cheers to all the veterans, we’ve all been here at one time or another! May God bless you all

[@estabaescrito]

For you! For me civilian life is nothing! In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. ( it moves me to tears, I saw it in Argentina when I was eleven years old and I loved it since then.)

[@deweckpewez5701]

R.I.P Richard Crenna 1926-2003

[@Imperial2231]

YOU JUST DON’T TURN IT OFF

[@greatest_bumble_bee_dude]

Though, the sheriffs 👮🚓🚔 legs aren't too good after that massive dangerous powerful fall He would likely need to be in a wheelchair accessible rolling out

[@afmario790]

@@greatest_bumble_bee_dude : wheel chair? Flat stretcher would be a good fix... Using arms with no brains... A vegetative state?? He's a dead weight to the earth, to have brought his ego and jealousy and started a war... Rambo here is behaving like a soldier... But his boss should have taught him that one fix should make all the differences to the future... He's thinking short term goal... Need to work on long term... That's what I was trained for... Long term fix... Need to know which battle to pick if you have to go for long term fix... Soldiers know and admire stealth mode flights... Guess we can find solutions from what we mostly admire...

[@zerozilch]

Tears are like your soul trying to chase a memory away.

[@afmario790]

Tears have healing power to even soften the hardest of hearts... But depends for what you shed those tears for... I have great loads of emotions, but I cannot cry... 1. It literally swells my sinus and I suffocate feeling like some cursed creature 2. Tears itself brings curses, if one suffers unjustly... I guess fate's found a way to keep me hard, to balance, again... Not all need that understanding heart of emotions... Some need it tough!! How I wish I don't have to feel anything at all, physical or emotional... But those emotional feelings are that which differentiate one from being sane or a psychopath... Soldiers with PTSD complain of being ignored... I can give lectures to get you off those feelings... 1. Your symptoms are human and of a good human... If war and death of those around you does not effect, then you are a psychopath... You suffer because you are good... 2. There is no shame in having to feel those hurts... It's a gift to know feelings of negativity and still stay strong and positive.. It means you are toughest in the lot... Those who ignore are those who have to be ashamed... Because they treat you for some dispensable object, while you are full human... They are missing what you have... Your sense to put yourself in line to sacrifice and protect... Your emotional toss between each kill just to protect others and stay sane at the same time... Those people miss the most important virtues you feel for others... They are not humans... 3. Those are inhumans who are willing to lay lives and not feel accountable for it and use people like you (soldiers) to take crap... Remember! You feeling guilty is what they should be feeling about... I can go on... But I wish to keep those lectures as face-to-face therapy... Not all need to know the secret to survive... I don't wish to encourage monsters/terrorist who lie a lot... There is a difference!!! They don't posses the values of a warrior or soldier... The terrorist are cowards... As I always think... The way terrorist think of taking lives, you are numbed with hate and vengeance and your methods to kill takes one second to push of a button... It's not brave!! It's cowardice... A soldier/warrior stand through battles and seared with scars (visible or invisible) and still comes out alive... So I cannot teach how to survive this...

[@newking70]

WOW, THAT'S DEEP. 🙏

[@garyrossetti2443]

What a scene Richard Crenna did not know what say when Rambo talks about his buddy being killed, I would be speechless too hearing that.

[@Salrous]

This scene is the best scene ever , no movie will ever capture this emotion

[@thecountofmontecristo2796]

I say this is the best Rambo film.

[@DashingSteel]

Did you notice how he says "the box IS wired" and not "the box WAS wired"? Might just be me reading into it too much, but do me it says that on some level he's still there, in this moment, watching Danforth go to pieces.

[@pjakep]

This and Cop Land proved Stallone had some serious acting capabilities. Its a shame we havent had more like this

[@GruesomePizza1992]

I understand this scene so much now "Where is everybody" makes me breakdown I miss my boys!

[@patriknilsson3375]

Incredibly Intense! Even big guys have there breakdown, so much pain that he put it inside!

[@sychkid]

The glaring irony of the film series is the first movie had only one casualty (Galt) and that was arguably an accident. The rest of the films kept pushing the death count.

[@thatdude5353]

The sequels also made Rambo into a government sanctioned hero used to help people. Here he’s a regular guy pushed his limit by the government

[@Lvl1.Sentry]

​@@thatdude5353 More so pushed by an asshole sheriff that deserved to die.

[@Retro-Future-Land]

@@thatdude5353 The second movie was to help POWs and get his 12 yr prison sentence commuted I believe. 3rd was to rescue the Colonel and the 4th was to kick some Burma general's asses.

[@girthBrookssss]

i see the entire series as a vet trying to find peace only to get dragged back into the shit again... this one def hits the hardest tho

[@Yakubian1995]

The army is great at creating killing machines just not great at turning them off and retiring them. I think the best quote is from specops the line "Home? We can't go home. There's a line men like us have to cross. If we're lucky, we do what's necessary, then we die. No, all I really want, Captain, is peace."

[@jasondiaz8792]

I feel his pain. Thank you for your service to all the veterans

[@robertlauncher]

“Can’t put it out of my mind…” Dang that delivery is heartbreaking

[@Salrous]

This movie gets better and better with time

[@vwharman]

This is such a heavy scene. Sly really laid it to bare on this one. Great movie.

[@G01NGP0ZT4L]

jesus christ i’ve never had a movie scene make me fully cry before

[@johnmellor932]

This happened to a friend of mine in Afghanistan. He was yards away when a colleague stepped on an IED. Blown to peices and had to carry his body parts, he also had to escort bodies back to the UK. When I see him for a beer he's always stoic and says he's fine but I do worry about him in future years. Man the shit he's done and seen. I sometimes wonder if he's a high functioning psychopath or something. He's also a paramedic in civilian life, it's just non stop. Fucking scary.

[@TheTarbender1]

And all these stinking, useless, unnecessary wars just to make a bunch of worthless, lousy bankers, manufacturers and oil companies rich! Sorry about what your friend had to go through.

[@Hongobogologomo]

Him being a paramedic makes sense. There is the emotional reality, and theres just reality. We're bodies. We can break, and its a mess, but being traumatized everytime you encounter that reality doesnt help you and it doesnt help anyone around you. Drive on, and try not to think about what happened but what you can do about it, and at the end of the day I think the answer is, I did all I can do and thats alright.

[@davecrupel2817]

Don't stop being there for him. And don't stop letting him know you're there for him. Whether or not it actually helps him, that's the best thing you can do.

[@cameronzero]

Can't even watch this clip completely... Watching him break down reminds me of people no longer here... Vets whom tried to make a life afterwards... Graves I've saluted...

[@calebcp505]

Man I tell you to this day Stallone will go down in history as one of the best actors ever. I swear this role is just so serious and down to the point. It just takes you back so much. It’s so sad but action packed to prove a point. He did.

[@vanjabarudzija]

War is full of broken men. Sly is acting this brokenness so authentic its really making me sad to watch.

[@philh8829]

Sly’s best work. It will be true for eternity.

[@Stuart267]

He gets a lot of flack as "not being a good actor" he was amazing in this & the Rocky films too. He's more versatile than Arnie by a long way.

[@ryanknox6285]

Just looking at ya profile pic and thinking if those 2 were in alliance in the late 30s mid forties it would have been world domination

[@luciolynx5443]

NOTHING IS OVER! NOTHING! YOU JUST DON’T TURN IT OFF! - John Rambo

[@survivalanimations]

Love this movie, but damn no matter how many times I’ve seen it, this scene never gets easier to watch.

[@VARJAGAMINGENTERTAINMENT]

He's right. Nothing is ever being over.

[@Darkasknightfall]

Being older watching this movie, it just hits different. PTSD is scary. Stallone should e received an Oscar for this scene. In my humble opinion, this movie is a masterpiece.

[@Weebs82589]

1:16 NOTHING IS OVER, NOTHING! YOU JUST DON’T TURN IT OFF!

[@Dee_Nice89]

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!!! THEN I COME BACK TO THE WORLD AND I SEE ALL THOSE MAGGOTS AT THE AIRPORT PROTESTING ME, SPITTIN, CALLING ME BABY KILLER AND ALL KINDS OF VILE CRAP!!!! WHO ARE THEY TO PROTEST ME, HUH?!!! WHO ARE THEY, UNLESS THEY'VE BEEN ME AND BEEN THERE AND KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE YELLIN ABOUT!!!!!

[@SilentHillsJamesSunderland]

Was my first time seeing this because my brother told me to watch the movie and the way he was saying how the story was, it gravitated to me and I watched it. This is sooo sad. Almost cried during this scene. Great movie.

[@chiefbigbeef52]

Stallone is hands down one of the top 3 greatest actors of all time.

[@rynes.rai7er993]

"I could drive a tank, I could fly a helicopter. I was in charge of million dollar equipment but now I can't even hold a job washing cars!!!

[@jericdenvercoles6968]

He actually said "Parking Cars".

[@allsloppynojoe4011]

​@@jericdenvercoles6968 Thanks Mr Perfect

[@Aaron-ej9ql]

No MOS in the world is trained to do all of that

[@SIickTurtIe]

@@Aaron-ej9qlsolid snake could 💪🏾

[@Aaron-ej9ql]

@@SIickTurtIe "Hey.....you're pretty good!"

[@cgh7337]

I saw this movie when I was a kid in the early 80s. I loved it for the action, explosions & violence. Years later I caught it on TV. Specifically, this scene. I was so moved to the point of tears trying empathize w/ someone who fought in that bullshit war & how they were mistreated & forgotten after Vietnam ended. Through the years, Stallone has been in some really awful movies or given awful, mailed in performances. This is not the case in his performance in First Blood First Blood proved he can for real act.

[@FabledHeroes3351]

This is why Rambo is an amazing character 😢

[@NewNicator]

I’m not a war veteran, so I cannot understand how traumatising this would be for anyone, but I can imagine how painful and low you would have to feel to be absolutely done.

[@Klowner777]

Such a powerful scene. Resonates with those who served and did their duty, they triumphed but at what cost, remembering those who fell in their stead.

[@EL-COMMENTATOR]

This monologue is one of the greatest monologue in cinema history !

[@tyrone7635]

This is such a heartbreaking masterpiece of pain that doesn't just reach out for soldiers in this war of Chaos but for all of us that struggle in this life that we just want to be okay i n

[@landonbenford8369]

Very few movies get better with age. This one is at the top of the list!!!!!❤

[@sipioc]

We aren’t free of this. More Soldiers coming home broken and abandoned. Betrayed and forgotten.

[@dreamhobbiz]

Yes, like tools. That's why some people turn rogue, they feel betrayed.

[@spacegoblin8463]

This scene unironically makes me cry harder than any heroic sacrifice or "i love you" speech.

[@frankcastle6003]

one of the most underrated scenes ever

[@josephcollins628]

Probably one of the best moments in movie history!

[@skullmexa9651]

I think we all need a hug at some point

[@goljom]

You're right let's hunt some hugs now!

[@Blizzard0fOz93]

As a guy who has family that has served in various forces and countries, and especially whose grandpa was in the army during Vietnam, this scene is extremely heartbreaking. I myself have severe ptsd, despite not having been in any service, so I understand, to an extent.

[@adamrobinette6832]

I have no idea how the series turned into such a ridiculous parody. An entertaining parody, but still a parody. But this was truly a great film that drew attention to PTSD of Vietnam Vets at a time that people still didn't appreciate them.

[@johnmellor932]

I can skip II and III and go straight to Rambo 2008. The true sequel to First Blood.

[@zedc6072]

“Man, poor Rambo seems real torn up about Vientnam. Maybe if we send him back and he wins this time he might feel better!”

[@fwwaller]

they still dont appreciate them, they call these people privileged and part of a patriarchy.

[@PoketMon1008]

Stallone as Best American Green Beret Rambo......hes totally right. I 110% Agreed. Rambo you gotta feel his pain. He has soft side too. Oh by the way how can he go to jail? He has done nothing wrong. He is a free man. FREE. GOD BLESS YOU SON. I Feel this American Green Beret Fiction Film his very true pain.

[@yuriyurson6483]

When I was younger Rambo III was my favourite because of all the cool fighting scenes but now I'm much older and Rambo I is above any other part because of the message it's carrying.

[@tonyrocco6981]

As an army veteran 19KILO which means I was on a tank M1A1 I remember when I first got out it was hard to find civilian work I mean my army training to use a tank in combat doesn’t have much of a need in the civilian sector, I did eventually find the right career for me at a cop the brotherhood is almost as close as it was with my platoon.

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Well done Rocco!

[@Fighterfreak247]

Thank you and to all Vietnam vets for your service!!

[@tyrone7635]

One of the best acting scenes in the world

[@abdulqudz89]

r.i.p. richard crenna and brian dennehy. i can't help but think how bad teasle must've felt when he heard what rambo experienced in the war after the way how he treated him in the movie.

[@bretttroutman1039]

This is like 2020 and 2021 my rough years I lost everything I have been through a lot this I lost every one I loved in my life in 2020 and 2021 nothing is over 2022 this just don’t turn off in 2022 you watch back i watch yours in 2022

[@MichaelEmmanuelArriaga]

"It was a bad time for everybody." True then and now.

[@marshalltravis3217]

Took me 10 years to be able to take off my dog tags after I got home. I was almost to the point of ending it all, I had a dream about my funeral, where I was looking down at my body in a casket and my family crying. The fact that I had come home to a family that I didn’t know, my friends were in the Army. And I was alone. But my family stuck with me and supported me through all the turmoil. My sister gave me a camera and told me to go take pictures…. And that saved my life!

[@elmexiyankee]

The Director and Stallone did an awesome job to capture the audience attention, I totally forgot Sheriff was still there laying on the ground witnessing everything.

[@abemontes2518]

Rambo 1 and Rambo 2 were the best Rambo movies.

[@davidkoone2286]

First movie to talk about PTSD before it was known

[@uriah4470]

Such a powerful scene as you see the colonel step forward you can see on his face he wasn’t expecting Rambo to break down, but at the same time he wants to know why, and as Rambo explains to him what he went through as hard as the colonel is, he starts to understand to sympathize with this machine that he created in the emotions and the feelings about the Vietnam war that he himself suppressed. And never thought about. Very moving.

[@jeffhulrich]

Something I always wondered when I watched this scene … I wondered what the sheriff was thinking as he laid nearby and listened to what Rambo said to the colonel. We know the sheriff was still alive and right there. After everything the sheriff did to escalate the situation, what was he thinking as he listened to what he had not yet heard from this war-torn veteran whom he persecuted? Such a powerful scene from several aspects.

[@goofnutgav]

The Sheriff is implied to be a Korean war veteran because of the medals that were seen in his office, which would explain his attitude to Rambo since a lot of Korean veterans resented Vietnam veterans at the time because the Vietnam war got more attention than the Korean war did, making Korean war veterans feel as if everything they endured in that war was completely meaningless so they needed something to blame. My opinion is that hearing Rambo's angry rant and emotional breakdown might've gotten him to consider if maybe he was the one at fault instead of Rambo, though there's no telling what happened to him after the events of the movie so it's really up to interpretation at this point.

[@jeffhulrich]

@@goofnutgav This is a great insightful response. I visually miss a lot of things in movies because of my terrible eyes. I never noticed those metals in his office. My dad fought in the Korean “war.” Back during Vietnam, I recall him speaking as you described concerning Korea vs Vietnam. He particularly resented that Vietnam was called a war while Korea was officially a “conflict.” Dad served on the front lines and was there when the Chinese nearly overwhelmingly poured in. Dad is still alive. I’m going to ask him what he thought of the original Rambo movie and his thoughts about Rambo’s rant at the end. Warm regards. Thanks for the reply!

[@goofnutgav]

@@jeffhulrich No problem.

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Probably having a 'Come to Jesus' moment is my guess. A courtroom drama of this should have been a spin-off. Imagine the witness testimony alone being high-octane!

[@gangsterskull3357]

This is basically PTSD if it was a movie

[@Brian-yt8fu]

Back here there's nothing..as a Vietnam vet i can relate to that.

[@Fighterfreak247]

I’m so sorry for everything you and every Vietnam war vet went through. You guys didn’t deserve to be treated like dirt by a bunch of ungrateful idiots. Thank you and the rest of our Vietnam vets for your service. You guys did what you could.

[@danjohnson2986]

I’ll go to my grave thinking he should have gotten an Oscar on this monologue alone. Hits EVERY time.

[@ak102986]

The scene always made my dad, a Vietnam veteran himself cry. He lived this. However, he and I agreed. Rambo, against the 200 police, would still win.

[@kingofdragontown9680]

This scene not only captures the Vietnam crisis, but just PTSD in general

[@ToothnClaw]

It's Okay To Cry, Rambo. It's Okay.

[@hawkinatorgamer9725]

Trautman rocking a CIB with a star, what a bad ass. Also, having seen tuff men cry my first tour for the first time, it haunts you.