First Blood

First Blood (1982) is director Ted Kotcheff's action thriller starring Sylvester Stallone — watch online on iFILM. John Rambo is a decorated Green Beret back from Vietnam with nothing waiting for him: no job, no friends left alive, no place that feels like home.

A small Oregon town gives him a cold welcome. Sheriff Teasle runs him out, then locks him up on a vagrancy charge. Inside the cell, the rough handling triggers something the war drilled deep into Rambo's muscle memory. He breaks out and disappears into the surrounding mountains. What follows is a one-man guerrilla campaign against an entire county's law enforcement — and eventually the National Guard. Colonel Trautman, Rambo's former commanding officer played by Richard Crenna, is the only person who grasps the danger: they drew first blood.

Based on David Morrell's 1972 novel, the film turned a pulp premise into a blunt critique of how America treated its Vietnam veterans. Ninety-three minutes, no wasted scenes. Stream First Blood (1982) online on iFILM in high quality.