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

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 ...

In the early 80s, production company Carolco — which would later put out James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," the ...

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 ...

Sylvester Stallone takes "great pride" in having portrayed John Rambo — a Vietnam War veteran suffering from PTSD. Before the project was presented to Stallone, nearly a dozen top Hollywood actors ...

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, ...

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 ...

1982's First Blood helped make Sylvester Stallone and John Rambo household names. "He’s so much a part of world culture that when I sign copies of First Blood, I often call myself 'Rambo’s father,' " ...