Halloween Video Crypt

My favorite Stallone actioner, “First Blood” was the first and best screen appearance of Vietnam Green Beret John J. Rambo.  Rambo strays in to the wrong town when its hard ass sheriff takes an immediate dislike to him and throws him in jail.  Rambo’s treatment in incarceration brings on flashbacks of his torture at the hands of the enemy in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam.  All Hell breaks loose as Rambo busts out of jail and goes on the lam into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest.   The sheriff then takes his personal vendetta against Rambo to extremes and enlists an army of law enforcement to bring the fugitive from Justice in.  Great action sequences, some well staged chases, amazing, forested locales and some solid performances from the dependable thespians Dennehy and Richard Crenna.  I remember seeing this at a drive in and not knowing what the heck was going on as the forest settings proved too dark to translate well to a drive in movie screen.  LOL.  At least we were well stocked with booze!

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