When small town washington sheriff will teasle brian dennehy detains a vagrant drifter for resisting arrest, little does he realise that he has set in motion a series of events that bring mayhem and bloody reckoning to his community'. '.strtoupper('t')he shabby vagrant is in fact former green beret john rambo sylvester stallone, a hero of the vietnam war who has returned home to find america no longer wants him.responding to brutal treatment from teasle's deputies with sudden ferociousness, rambo makes a daring escape from the town jail, steals a motorcycle and roars off towards the wilderness with the sheriffs not far behind..'. '.strtoupper('b')ased on the bestselling novel by david morrell, filmed during a brutal winter in british columbia, first blood is a breathtaking portrayal of america at odds with itself.rambo takes the '80s part 1drawing first blood making ofalternate endingouttakedeleted scene dream in saigonoriginal trailerhow to become rambo part 1the restorationthe real namforging heroessylvester stallone audio commentaryscreenwriter david morell audio commentary