Rambo: First Blood

Fresh: First Blood is ragged and flashy; it ought to be a big success with audiences that value action for its own sake. – Janet Maslin, New York Times, Jul 16, 2008

Fresh: Sylvester Stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies, with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can't understand why somebody doesn't really get hurt. – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 7, 2010

Fresh: The darker tone, somber subtext, and generally non-exploitative violence allow viewers to enjoy the film not only as an action/thriller but as something with a degree of intelligence and substance. – James Berardinelli, ReelViews, Jul 25, 2010

Fresh: This action film hangs on an interesting reversal, taking the crazed-killer-in-the-woods theme from Friday the 13th and turning it inside out-- the psychopath is now our hero, a maladjusted ex-Green Beret played by Sylvester Stallone. – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader, Jun 24, 2010