First Time Watching *RAMBO: First Blood (1982)* and I'm confused | Movie Reaction | REVIEW

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[@Wildboyz6913]

Great reaction. Try all Rambo movies then try the Mummy from 1999 with those two gorgeous hot women including the one with the body paint.

[@rafaelrosario5331]

in the usa crackle is a free streaming app...rocky is there

[@MrJaybon]

hai sis, pls react movie ''PREY 2022'' thank you 😁

[@zperdek]

But do you understand that your deeds will have consequences? Now you have to watch Rambo 2, Rambo 3 and of course Hot Shots! Part Deux :D

[@GauntRainDrop26]

Are you dating anyone right now

[@toshomni9478]

Great reaction. People had much less awareness of what PTSD even was back in the 1980's. It's likely that Rambo himself didn't understand what was wrong with him.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, that term wasn’t even used in 1982, at least not commonly. A lot of people still called it ‘shell shock.’

[@travisfoster1071]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 battle fatigue back then.

[@Indiana_Jones-Z]

He knew there was something wrong with him, just didn’t know it was called PTSD. The lines at the end, after his friend gets blown up, where he says, “I can’t get it out of my head. I’ve dreamed this seven years. Everyday I have this. And sometimes, I wake up, and I don’t know where I am.” 😥

[@JakkFrost1]

It doesn't help her understanding of true PTSD when people these days claim they have gotten it just from some mean words on twitter.

[@angelone1839]

@@JakkFrost1 ikr haha. People always go to the extreme with there feelings these days

[@cavalryscout9519]

Yeah, this movie was surprisingly deep. You think you're in for a testosterone-fueled action movie, but the actual "climactic battle" of the movie is a HUG. It had an impact because at the time most people weren't aware of PTSD. The Vietnam veterans were not well-liked at home, and had extremely high rates of crime, suicide, homelessness, etc. People were aware that they could be unstable, and didn't want to hire them or associate with them. That was starting to change by 1982, and Rambo helps by taking a character who fit the scary stereotype of a Vietnam vet, and humanizing him.

[@FrancisXLord]

In fact in the novel First Blood (written ten years earlier) Rambo is on a murder spree, and its Colonel Trautman who kills him in the end. That difference between the novel and the film echoes the change in attitudes towards Vietnam vets over the decade between book and film.

[@Col_Fragg]

Sorry, but you're just repeating a falsehood created by Conservatives to drive a wedge between anti-war protestors and veterans. Polls taken at the time among returning Vietnam vets showed that 99% felt they were treated well by the public upon their return. Key leaders of the Anti-Vietnam War movement were, in fact, Vietnam Vets. Then, as now, the mantra of those who oppose war is "Support the Troops, Oppose the War." There are ZERO contemporaneous reports of Veterans being "spat on and called 'baby killers.'" There are no newspaper articles, no archived news footage, no diaries, no journals that make any mention of this. Researchers have looked and have failed to find any mention of this "urban legend" prior to 1980. Just ask yourself what would happen if John Rambo just returned from fighting the war in Vietnam and is walking through the airport and some Hippie spits on him and calls him a "baby killer." It's completely absurd. That Hippie would get his ass kicked. Never mind that Hippies are well known to be pacifists. Why would they of all people spit on a Veteran who, in all likelihood, was drafted and sent to Vietnam whether he wanted to go or not. www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/opinion/myth-spitting-vietnam-protester.html

[@laustcawz2089]

Yes, Vietnam was a very unpopular & controversial war. In the WWII era, traumatized soldiers were said to have "shell shock". By the time of Vietnam, there was another term used that was more euphemistic (can't recall what that was), then, in more modern times, it all became known as "PTSD", which is a very innocuous &, ultimately, very insulting way to refer to the effects the horrors of war can have on someone. I was never in combat or even in the military, so my knowledge of the various wars that have been fought is pretty limited, but, for about a decade, from about '77 to about '87, there were at least a dozen major movies that addressed the situations involving Vietnam & the veterans who fought there. "First Blood" is just one of them, though definitely one of the best. Others include "Heroes", "Coming Home", "The Deer Hunter", 'Apocalypse Now", "Platoon" & "Full Metal Jacket". A Vietnam vet named Ed Bankston created a musical project called "Over There...& Over Here" under the name The Red Rippers, with songs all about his experiences in the war. He sold the album independently starting in 1983 & it's been intermittently available through the years.

[@swisscheeseneutral6820]

Vietnam was something many Americans didn’t talk about for over a decade. The only depictions of it for a while were entirely critical against the soldiers fighting in it. Movies like this broke that stigma

[@DanJackson1977]

Or, did it make vietnam vets like my seem like crazy loose cannons with rage issues, and were usually written and directed by guys who never set foot in vietnam? Only guy who made a vietnam movie that was actually there on the front lines was Oliver Stone.

[@allenruss2976]

This was pretty much a reaction to Apocalypse Now.

[@AdamRee-lx8uh]

@@DanJackson1977 What are you talking about?

[@danjohnson2986]

That last scene is what makes people realize why it’s such a great movie. It’s a stereotypical action movie through the middle. But the first scenes and the last scene tie it all together. A tragic tale of a damaged man.

[@joebloggs396]

The middle scene talking to the Colonel on the walkie talkie also links to that theme.

[@Jimothy-723]

@@joebloggs396 the Rambo in this movie is a completely different character from all the other films.

[@BrokeSpike]

At the time, it wasn't stereotypical, though. It wasn't exactly groundbreaking but it's style and execution was still fresh.

[@shawnkroll3950]

Loved your reaction. As a veteran myself. I followed in my grandfathers and father's footsteps of serving. My grandfather was WWII vet, my uncle was Vietnam vet (POW), my father and his brother were Korean War vets, My cousins and myself also veterans. I deployed to multiple times to the Sandbox and two deployments to Korea. I can truly say why John doesn't talk is the American people treated Vietnam vets as failures, baby killers, etc. Vietnam vets have easier time talking to other veterans. This is representation of how the American people treated Vietnam vets back in the day. The literally were despised. It was sad time in our history and I for one always thank them for their service because without the generations before me serving I could not understand their sacrifices and what an honor it was to serve after them. This movie really hits me in the heart because yes, the sheriff was wrong. But truthfully why they pushed him knowing what he went through was wrong. "It is a mistake to push a man to violence, when violence is what he spent his life perfecting."

[@newtonburr3123]

Thank you for serving our country, Mr Kroll. God bless you!

[@paulgardner5079]

I had one grandfather that served in WWII( 45th infantry) and my other granfather served in vietnam when it was still called french indochina. My dad joined the Navy at the Tail end on Nam and I was a Guardsman in the 90s. There were no mjor conflicts going on when I was in but If I had stayed in I could have very easily been activated and deployed overseas( but with a non combat MOS I doubt I would have ever seen battle up close)

[@peterwilson1663]

The knife has a hollow handle with a cap on the end. You can put needles, fish hooks, a small compass. They were either very cheap or very expensive. I filled mine with candy.

[@danjohnson2986]

Helluva pez dispenser 🤣

[@Thundarr100]

Actually the cap WAS a compass (at least it was on mine, and I believe also on the knife used in the movie). Interesting fact: The survival knife was actually designed specifically for this movie. It didn’t exist before First Blood came out. Then after the movies success, everyone wanted one so multiple knife manufacturers began making replicas for commercial release.

[@shawbros]

@@Thundarr100 I used to see those knives at lots of knife stores and flea markets. I remember the compass was pretty junky on all of the ones I saw.

[@timreno72]

True, I use to have one of these knives. A cheap one but included all the above.

[@timreno72]

True, I use to have one of these knives. A cheap one but included all the above.

[@paulmartin2348]

Your reaction at the end was real. You were started to understand what the movie was about. Soldiers returning from Viet Nam were often hated and treated like this. He was trying to defend himself as when they were going to shave him with the straight razor it brought him back to the cutting and torture he suffered during the war.

[@cleveroliveira6727]

"_ I didn't come here to rescue Rambo from you. I came here to rescue you from him." One the best lines ever. In the beggining of the prodution, Rambo should have more lines, but Stallone changed the script, turning Rambo quieter.

[@hughjorg4008]

At 22:37 "this could be avoided so easily." No, RAMBO has the right to have a meal in any diner in any town in America, especially after his service to the country in the Vietnam war. No sheriff should tell Rambo to walk 30 miles on the highway (48 kilometers) to have a meal in a diner off the highway.

[@bobdroll6381]

Saying he had PTSD wouldn't have accomplished much, may even had made things worse. They already knew he was a veteran and psychologically troubled. Precisely the type of person (and people) they didn't want taking refuge in their small, quiet town. This was 40 years ago, where little compassion could be found in police departments wanting to keep their crime ledgers clean.

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

Exactly

[@Dilirium23]

Back then it wasn't called PTSD, it was Shell Shock. And they blamed the soldier for being weak and demonized them for it.

[@bobdroll6381]

@@Dilirium23 PTSD was coined in 1980. This movie was released in 1982. Further, my comment was pointedly connected to her commentary, where she understood the condition to be "PTSD".

[@Dilirium23]

@@bobdroll6381 understandable. My comment was not meant as an admonishment, but rather further clarification. PTSD wasn't in the common lexicon until the 90's, and at least in the south where I was raised, they still treated it as a stigma rather than something to be treated.

[@bobdroll6381]

@@Dilirium23 I understand. But you're still wrong: "The term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become a household name since its first appearance in 1980 in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-lll) published by the American Psychiatric Association."- NIH National Library of Medicine. Further, WHATEVER Rambo chose to call it, the message would've been unmistakably conveyed. Also, stigma vs. treatment/compassion was precisely the point of my op. Not sure why you continue repeating it as if it's news to this thread.

[@douggetchess4732]

I saw this in the theater when I was 17, one year before I had to register for the draft and the Cold War was still very much on everyone's mind. It had a huge impact on me and my friends at the time.

[@carrot708]

A big reason why Rambo never tries to play nice or explain himself in the beginning is his active disdain for civilians that's touched upon at multiple points in the movie

[@ronp1903]

I agree with you, the movie delivers a powerful message at the end. It starts off with Rambo being pushed to the limit until finally he can't take no more and all hell breaks loose. I have watched the movie a few times before, but it was a joy to watch you and your first time reaction. And how your frustrations turned into sympathy for the out of place warrior. You even made me tear up at the end. It's so great to see you again and I will be looking forward to more of your reactions! 👍🎥❤️

[@bigjoeofthe707]

The monologue at the end shows that Stallone can indeed act. It was emotional showing the pain he feels after he returned from Vietnam and got treated badly.

[@Indiana_Jones-Z]

Rambo did nothing wrong in the beginning, and after receiving a ton of hate from Americans after returning home from Vietnam, the sheriff refusing him a meal in his town was just the last straw. He had every right to go back to that town for a meal. Guy was a war hero, and a lot of his fellow Americans were literally spitting on him for fighting in a war that he probably had no control over going. It’s sad. Glad we respect our military a bit more, and know a lot more about PTSD. My late grandfather was a WWII veteran, and I never asked him about it, because I didn’t want to have to bring up awful memories for him. 😥

[@Thundarr100]

And to think that all of that carnage could have been avoided if the sheriff had simply gone to the DQ drive through and bought Rambo a cheeseburger, fries, and a chocolate milkshake (seriously, you can see a DQ in the background as they’re driving down the street). He could have sent Rambo on his way with a full belly and no hard feelings. 🍔 🍟 🍦 🥤 Okay, now I’m hungry for DQ.

[@markbrinton6790]

To think the whole war was started on a lie. Thousands and thousands dead over the powers that be wanting more. It continues to this day.

[@65cj55]

The spat on claim is a lie, and PTSD doesn't give you the right to kill and destroy a town.

[@Indiana_Jones-Z]

@@65cj55 Did I say he had the right to destroy the town? No. I said in the beginning he did nothing wrong. But by the end, as much shit as he had been put through, I can understand why he wanted to destroy that sheriff’s town.

[@65cj55]

@@Indiana_Jones-Z They were both arrogant in the beginning, Rambo and the Cop, the point is, it's not accurate, and just perpetuated a lie.....but Stallone made a fortune from the crap.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Another awesomely animated movie reaction! Yay! You are a breath of fresh air. Sylvester Stallone changed the script to make Rambo seem more sympathetic and human. He thought the audience would start believing Rambo was a psychopath and the message of disrespected Vietnam veterans would get lost.

[@DrFeelgood1127]

Yeah good thing, in the book he kills EVERYBODY.

[@JacobSantillan]

First Blood is this action-packed, almost stereotypically 80s action movie until the end. Then it hits you different and deep in a “holy shit” way.

[@DrFeelgood1127]

You thought Stallone’s crying scene at the end was bad acting? Most people would disagree…

[@formatique_arschloch]

Yep. Amazing acting.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I certainly would. I thought it was tremendously powerful acting.

[@joebloggs396]

It's an extreme scene but I felt it had been prepared for, particularly with the talk with the colonel earlier. I suppose its not really expected of Stallone, so that could throw some off.

[@DrFeelgood1127]

@@joebloggs396 I’ve read your comment like 10 times and still have no idea what you’re trying to say.

[@jamesfrench7299]

Yeah that rubbed be up the wrong way. It was an A grade performance.

[@gregvanmatre5068]

The knife that Rambo is using, is called a Survival Knife and the handle is hollowed out so you can have needles and medical thread as well as matches and other things. The top of it is a compass and that is what he keeps looking at.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

People treated vets pretty badly after Vietnam for a while. It wasn’t until the 80s that turned around. I’ve heard stories about the people at the airport calling vets “baby killers”.

[@OnceUponaReaction]

😱😱😱

[@samovarsa2640]

I dunno... I felt that the first Rambo was very much UNLIKE that, since it was about the prejudices of inherent powers structures working against those who had been already out through the meat-grinder by similar power structures. It's not just about one sheriff with a chip on his soldier vs. Rambo, but the whole state machine against him.

[@robertschlemmer6032]

That happened to my father when he returned from the war. It was a bad time.

[@douglascampbell9809]

​@@OnceUponaReaction To put this into perspective the Vietnam war was highly filmed. Both by camera and film. There were few filters between the American public and these images. Some of the most widely published were of what the war did to the Vietnamese children. Including a series of photos of the civilian victims of a US napalm strike. One is of a young girl running down the road and her entire back has 3rd degree burns from the napalm. (Napalm girl) Another has a mother carrying her dead infant with most of his lower extremities charged by napalm. Did all the men in the war do this no. But they all were blamed for what was seen on the news amd in print.

[@65cj55]

Most of the bad treatment is lies, and people had every right to protest them, they should not of been there, in many cases, those that refused to go, were treated worse at home.

[@raydurz]

I bought myself one of those Rambo survival knives in the late 80s. And it had a little compass, a wire saw, matches, fishing line with a hook, etc. I wish I knew what happened to it

[@Indiana_Jones-Z]

My parents got one for my brother and I. It was so cool!

[@jasonalcantara8380]

THAT was the Tickle Me Elmo for boys when I was growing up in the 80s!

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

They were fun until the blade snapped off the tiny tang.🤣

[@danjohnson2986]

Rambo did for survival knives what Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from top gun did for ray ban sunglasses. True story. Rambo II Did it for compound bows. Lol

[@ckobo84]

Maverick had nothing on Iceman. 😎

[@xylok_dnb2444]

@9:00 PTSD wasn't a thing in the 80s like it is now. even if it was, i doubt the sherriff would've given a crap -- would've just told him where the VA hospital was and told him to get the heck out of his "perfect" little town.

[@emucat1]

see George Carlin on Shell-shock, it's been recognised from at least WW1

[@crunchking9931]

In America ptsd didn’t really come into the public eye until ww1 but wasn’t taken seriously until after the Vietnam war which is the war Rambo is a veteran of

[@massimosuklan3046]

In all the world

[@markcarpenter6020]

When this movie was made people really didn't know much about PTSD. Heck even a lot of doctors didn't know much about it back then. It was actually all the Vietnam vets dealing with it that brought PTSD into the attention of the general population.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

Read a book called "On Killing" it is a study on the history and causes of PTSD in the military.

[@burniejarvis9298]

I remember being a child watching this movie with my uncle. He was a Vietnam vet. And during Rambos story he just watched silently and cried. You could see he was hitting something deep inside my uncle.

[@handsomestik]

Stallone did films in the 80's the same time Robert Zemeckis made a film in Colombia called Romancing the Stone.

[@reneescala7526]

Romancing the Stone was filmed in Mexico. It was easier there.

[@shainewhite2781]

They messed with the wrong war veteran in this action adventure thriller! Harrison Ford, Jon Voight, Tommy Lee Jones, Charles Bronson, James Caan, James Garner, Burt Reynolds, Steve McQueen, Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro were almost cast as RAMBO.

[@doreybain]

In Rambo 9, MacDonald's gives Rambo cold french fries so he destroys Chicago.

[@micktrinus]

This movie was made in 1982 and PTSD had not been truly recognized as a specific disorder until 1980, before that it was called "shell shock" "combat fatigue" "war neurosis" and sometimes even “Vietnam Stress” and “Vietnam Syndrome”

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

What’s so confusing about the movie? It’s a guy who walks from place to place, has no family or friends and try’s to live his life without being messed with. and Rambo wasn’t a criminal until they pushed him.

[@svendeitenbach6967]

You did a good job 👍🤣. I've never laughed so much at this movie. Your attitude when commenting was so special I've never seen in a reaction video. That was really very entertaining, thanks for that and Greetings from Germany

[@k.delpino1124]

Almost 40 years ago. Released the same year as Rocky III. Based on the novel by David Morrell. This is the beginning of the film series with more action-oriented sequels. But the first installment is an blend of action, drama and greatly psychological tones. From the mistreatment of vietnam veterans to uncalled for actions of opposition forcing a humble being to fight back. Rambo definitely gave this town something to think about. One of Stallone's best performances. Richard Crenna as Col. Trautman was perfect casting, putting a face on what makes a mentor and being Rambo's only real friend. The sequels do make Rambo more of an action hero. But to purely understand the mind of such a character is to view the original.

[@groothewanderer3710]

The movie is called First Blood,..Rambo is not a part of the title. It was a book first. A lot of young folks always call the first film, Rambo, in some shape or form. Nope.

[@McPh1741]

I still wish they would make a good prequel movie or series to this movie. Have it more centered around Col. Troutman and his time in Vietnam with all of Baker Team including a young John Rambo.

[@paulobrien9572]

This was six years after Rocky which is also a film he wrote for himself. In Rocky he was a pretty much unknown actor but insisted that he star in the movie that he wrote when he pitched the script to studios

[@DreDay7888]

Love your reaction to this movie and as always you never disappoint. Your right, Rambo’s message at the end was deep and very sad. 😞 I’m glad you did a reaction to this movie. Love your channel and Keep up the good work. Can’t wait to see your movie reaction. Keep them coming! 😊

[@douglascampbell9809]

That's a survival knife, They have a hollow handle that is water tight. The cap has a compass, Inside the handle has fishing hooks, a needle, fishing line etc. The scabbard for the knife has a sharpening stone and a fire starter usually.

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

Kirk Douglas was originally cast as Troutman and he saw him as the hero and Rambo as the villain. There was a early draft of the script where Troutman betrays Rambo and kills him. Stallone disagreed...Douglas left, the script was rewritten with Stallone's input. Early previews had Rambo killing himself...the audience hated it and a new ending was made. You can view the original ending on KZbin.

[@thegorn68]

LMAO! I had to pause your video to answer the door and it was around 38:36 when you were making your lips vibrate. Hilarious!!

[@Sherman1fan]

Thank you for not stopping in the middle, this was how vets in the 80's felt.

[@shawnwacek6791]

I'm glad you appreciate the time and work that went into making this movie what it is it gives you perspective on Vietnam vets and what they had to go through and plus at the time they didn't know what PTSD was for soldiers which is sad think about and people hated them at that time too! But Stallone did a phenomenal job making this possible making people realize what we're doing to our vets at that time and it still happens today

[@Jackd-lz2hn]

I just sub. I love your accent in this reaction was doing very well keep up the good work I like you

[@wahswolf88]

Wow I love the evolution of your thoughts on this movie. I never thought if it the way you did, glad I watched this.

[@BlueSummers101]

Awesome film choice

[@thejamppa]

During 80's it was started to get idea of PTSD but it would take years more before it was understood and years more before treatments were made. My Grandfather served as Medic in WW2. After the war he drank himself every night trying to avoid nightmares. He lasted 2 years after the war before taking his life because nightmares of the war continued hunt him and he just couldn't bear it anymore. This is why this film hits me so hard, especially the end part. One of the best action films. It truly shows Sylvester's acting talents.

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Not exactly, PTSD was well documented as early as WW1 just under a different name it was called shell shock back then. It just wasn't taken seriously until the 80s before then men were basically expected to hide their symptoms and those who couldn't would be considered crazy. Which like your grandfather hiding the emotional pain would lead to many drinking themselves silly and taking their lives.

[@michaeltabor4176]

There is quite a difference in the novel regarding Sheriff Teasle. The movie sort of glosses over that Sheriff Teasle is a Korean War vet. If you look in his office you can see that he has a Silver Star on display. The Korean war is also known as the “Forgotten War” because it was largely overshadowed by WWII and Vietnam. So, in addition to how controversial the Vietnam war was, the perception of being "forgotten" further enhanced Teasle's resentment of Rambo.

[@stang5755]

The whole point of Teasle being a Korean War vet and it factoring into his (added) contempt for Rambo was indeed something I missed for a long time - the movie portrays it barely at all indeed. I wouldn't know of it myself 'til I bought the 'ultimate edition' DVD which has 'dossiers' on the characters and goes over some of the their backgrounds - Which I checked against material from the book (I've yet to read it properly). Anyway, for the longest I just thought (as I'm sure many did) that this was just a simple straight up power-trip/ego battle here - He's the 'king shit' Sheriff in his nice little orderly community and this hobo is gonna cause trouble, serviceman or no. Likely not the first 'smart ass drifter' he carted out of a town with a spiel about the only place to eat being several hours' of walking away, or locked up when that wasn't enough. 'I get paid to keep it that way' - Swearing an oath to the law and Constitution and all be damned, it's a fiefdom for him he runs things as he sees fit with impunity. Which makes for a perfectly believable basis of conflict all its own - Worse shit has sprung out of much less. BUT that there is a 'rivalry' with him and Rambo regarding the two wars they fought in does add another dimension to the whole thing, makes it a bit deeper and provides a bit more context for Teasle's treatment of Rambo. Doesn't make it any more acceptable, mind you - If anything being a vet himself he should be the one to know what troubles men in combat go through there and even back home. For the grace of God he easily could have been in Rambo's shoes so in that regard it makes his actions toward Rambo even more reprehensible still.

[@allenmudslinger3399]

Therapy. He was traumatized due to people who think such as you judging him.

[@joebloggs396]

Some great villains in this. Not silly comic book villains, real ones.

[@bninem1397]

little details like Rambo catching the motorcycle rider so he doesn't hit his head is a great point in showing he's not just attacking randomly without thought

[@kevinerose]

Great reaction. You reacted exactly how the movie wanted you to react. It is crazy and chaotic and doesn't make sense. And at the end we get a small taste of how a person feels when they come back from war or a combat situation.

[@jessecaldwell6776]

Thank you for sharing your positive energy with the world !

[@MKF30]

Great movie and reaction. Must be cold where you are huh? Nice sweater😊

[@MFSMUG]

When Rambo breaks down at the end, guts me every time.

[@twoheart7813]

I always love your reactions & your fresh perspective of this movie is awesome. By the way, I know I will see you on the big screen someday 😉

[@wingman4356]

When you were getting frustrated and asking questions I thought I might comment, "part of the reason it's a great movie is because it makes you think like you're thinking." But then like 2 seconds later your perceptive started to change and you got it. I don't remember the first time I watched it, but I might have gone through the same process. In the end you said "interesting" and "Damn. Damn." That sums it up pretty well I'd say

[@jackcarterog001]

"Rambo is mental" Hahaha. We loved it as kids in the 80's

[@angelone1839]

Loved your reaction. Subbed 🙂

[@BackwardTravisty]

A simple act of kindness could have prevented all this. Even indifference by the Sheriff would have better than disdain. A hot meal and a little compassion for a traveling stranger could have prevented this disturbed government weapon from exploding all over this town.

[@robincraft4682]

Exactly! Given the sheriff was probably a war veteran himself, you'd think he would have been empathetic.

[@erictrout873]

I enjoy your reaction videos and I want to help with more movie ideas. Halloween season is coming up and here are some movies that would be fun to react to; THE BLOB (1988), FRIDAY THE 13TH, CRITTERS, DOLLS, LEPRECHAUN, POLTERGEIST, SAW, plus some more Stephen King titles like; MISERY, THE MIST, PET SEMETARY, IT (REMAKE), and CUJO. CASPER isn't a scary movie but it works for Halloween time.

[@oobrocks]

Brian Dennehy was a perfect representation of a “barrel chested man”

[@Cheers_Mcgee]

Great reaction, and the realization in the end of the movie you had is why this movie is amazing. Watch the others!

[@joeschwartz1009]

That jump into the tree He Actually Broke Ribs doing that. That scream reaction was real deal.

[@subliminallime4321]

Stallone also wrote the screenplay for Rocky & was nominated for the Academy Award for writing.

[@jamesfrench7299]

That's how be shot to stardom. They wanted his screenplay so badly they relented when he would only sell it if he starred in the title role.

[@markhayes2265]

Back then there was very little therapy for PTSD,it was called shell shock. Even what we know today may not have been much help for that kind of trauma. Loved your reaction! You really show your emotions throughout the movie, unlike Rambo who saved it for the end!

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

In America, you can be arrested for doing nothing!!! Land of the free...

[@quixote6942]

Rambo had a Survival Knife. Inside it has A Compass, Matches, a Fishing Hook and some Fishing Line (The hook and line are what he stitched himself up with). A Person doesn't Know they have PTSD, all they feel are the Symptoms. And Since they have Aches, Pains and Emotional Trauma they've been Dealing with already, they just pass it off as "something to deal with" for the rest of their lives.

[@Odessa-James]

A big difference to the novel, there Rambo was shot in the End! There is even a Deleted Scene of it!

[@MrMoggyman]

It is hard seeing the last scene not to shed a tear for Rambo, for all those who served in Vietnam and were never well received home, and for all those guys who spilled their guts and died there. I knew a Green Beret who served in Vietnam as a platoon sergeant. He was one of only two who were selected out of an intake of one hundred wannabe's for the coveted Green Beret. This soldier did two tours in Vietnam and was awarded two purple hearts, as he was wounded in both tours. During his second tour he entered a village with his platoon, saw a guy in a white T shirt cross the straight road that ran through the village, after which all hell let loose with automatic machine gun fire. In the ensuing fire fight three of his men died, sixteen North Vietnamese Army guys died, and he was wounded three times and medevacked out to Japan. He did not return for a third tour, as he was medically discharged because of the severity of his wounds that took months to heal. In his right arm, which lost a lot of the top arm muscle mass, you could actually see the path of the bullet. This man told me, 'Do you know, you are the first person I have ever told what happened.' I felt privileged to have been told. All the men from the Vietnam were suffering from PTSD, and add to that their reception back home, plus their inability to gain jobs because of their service in Vietnam and you start to understand their upset and dismay. These men were true warriors, but were treated like crap in the US when they returned home. It changed later, but much later, and that is the greatest pity of all.

[@orvoloco8261]

5:25 "i hate the abuse of power" Live in Colombia. ok.

[@OnceUponaReaction]

That's exactly why I hate it

[@bradley4808]

My dad was a Vietnam vet. When he came home, my mom saw a hippie tell him, "welcome home baby killer!!" She was furious!! He was called that several times but he said nothing. It was a different story with my mom. She stood up for him more than once.

[@RedEdgedSavage]

Mine also. It was a wake up call for sure when I asked how he got this slash scar on his abdomen and being told it was a bayonet.

[@ange1098]

Galt is a typical order follower, enjoys the power

[@visionaryventures12]

This was based on a novel in which the colonel shoots Rambo at the end out of mercy. They filmed that, but Stallone decided to film this ending, too. The sheriff was a Korean war veteran in the novel.

[@nathanielseymour8108]

I actually hadn't seen this movie before. Until now I'd just watched the Saturday morning Rambo cartoons back in the 80's (The Force of Freedom). As always....I enjoyed your reaction and hopefully when you see "Hot Shots part deux" you'll have a better idea what movie they're referring to, like they did with "Top Gun." :)

[@Thundarr100]

She’ll need to also watch Rambo: First Blood Part 2 in order to fully appreciate Hot Shots Part Deux (and maybe Rambo 3 as well, as there were some references to that sequel as well).

[@nathanielseymour8108]

@@Thundarr100 Very true. I actually realized that after typing my comment.....oops. :\

[@Thundarr100]

@@nathanielseymour8108 hopefully she reads our comments and takes our suggestions to heart.

[@nathanielseymour8108]

@@Thundarr100 I'm confident that she will.

[@christopherbrown6049]

Every FRIGGUN time that ending tears me up, every time!

[@vicjr74]

Great reaction. I think this was one of the 1st movies I ever saw that delt with PTSD. He was do traumatized from the war he couldn't deal with his emotions. Definitely wstvh the redt of the movies. Keep up the great reactions. 😊

[@michaelriddick7116]

Great reaction to a FANTASTIC movie! :)

[@dextermilo4668]

Your ENERGY is amazing!

[@heat_still141]

One day when you can do a reaction to honey I shrunk the kids 1989 its on Disney plus and where the red fern grows 1974

[@Jackd-lz2hn]

I'm just now seeing that y'all reacted to this I hope you do it justice because this was one of my favorites that I watched you with my dad and when I had the money I bought him the movies before he passed away 2004

[@anthonybonato3943]

Great reaction 👍... I love it 😉

[@Out-Cast75]

The book is crazy! Out of all the Rambo movies this one is the most grounded and realistic. Personally I love 1 and 4.

[@thomaskobe]

That's a hell of a turtle neck sweater your rocking! How cold is it there?

[@jameshaynes6992]

Yes, it’s a survivor knife. In the handle, it unscrews and it had a # of things, matches, fishing like, hooks, etc.

[@dellcoc]

The sequel, which is really called Rambo, is the one that made him a household name.

[@tyrone7635]

I love when you ask how is this going to end and all I can think of is how this is one of the best endings in any movie ever❤

[@bobdelp2023]

SUCH A GREAT GREAT FILM GIRL!!!😊 AND YOU GOTTA DO 2 AND 3 ALSO😊

[@Spikeelsucko]

the knife John has is a specialized field knife that has a waterproof storage in the handle, typically inside there are indeed things like needle and thread, a small compass, medicine, or anything else you can think of that can fit inside.

[@thomasfrei7711]

💪💪 Rambo 💪💪 is 💪💪

[@benoitcecyre7081]

PTSD wasn't a commonly used term or generally understood back then. This movie was one of the first movies to deal with the subject and help create a better awareness on it.

[@MasaM-c2c]

Yes, this is my favorites movies about Sylvester stallone, been since 80's. This is masterpieces, maybe this is best action movie in 80's ever

[@slongf15]

I was waiting for that last scene and what your reaction was going to be. Everybody reacts about the same as you did.

[@nightgoblin29]

I've seen lots of your video's.. but this one... this is my split winner with Encanto ..What a masterpiece of a movie.. thank you for this awsome reaction!

[@christopherrobertson8098]

The scene of Stallone stitching his arm is real he still has the scar. He did part of the stunt fall through the tree. But the prep team hadn't cut through one of the branches far enough and it didn't break as planned and caught his arm.He also ruptured a tendon and cracked 3 ribs, this is mentioned by Stallone in a new interview that features on the 40th anniversary 're release on blue ray dvd.

[@StorytellerDan]

1st movie & the last one were the best. You look so funny when you get pissed! lol

[@broodhunter2]

Survival knives have a removable top (which is usually a compass, that has fish hooks, fishing line, matches, etc.

[@jpalan]

Traffic was probably the main cause of death for the 80s movie characters, because even the slightest fender bender made everything explode.

[@paulieluppino1856]

Hay otros medios para ver películas que no son plataformas de streaming..... otros métodos más..... "caribeños" (guiño guiño)

[@hank964]

Long time no see missed your reviews. Check out Rambo:First Blood Part 2 (1985) I enjoy being a Patreon supporter

[@lazyperfectionist1]

4:34 Let me just compare these two characters for a moment. The man on the left is John Rambo. He's a veteran of the war in Vietnam. He's also been trained as a Green Beret. He's been decorated numerous times for his performance in that war before being discharged, mistreated and ultimately forgotten by the country he went over there to serve. He suffers from PTSD that has rendered him unable to hold a job in the civilian world, no matter what he does. The man on the right is Sheriff William Teasle. It's a little known fact about him that he _too_ is a veteran; of the _Korean_ War. Now you would _think_ this combination of facts would render these men able to get _along._ You would think that Sheriff Teasle would _recognize_ a battle-hardened veteran, down on his luck, just looking for a place to eat and would do _better_ than just escort him out of town. You would _think_ Sheriff Teasle would _take_ Rambo to a restaurant, _have_ a meal with him, swap a few stories with him about what life was like in Vietnam as opposed to what life was like in Korea, pick up the check at end of the meal, then make sure Rambo has a few _bucks_ in his pocket when he send him on his way. There's no reason these men shouldn't get along. There's no reason veterans shouldn't support each other.