6/1/2023 0 Comments Rambo first blood novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story of Green Beret Vietnam veteran John Rambo started way back in 1972 with David Morrell’s successful novel titled First Blood, and then it took ten years for it to make its way to the big screen, but what is fascinating is that though the movie is almost structurally identical to the book, hitting almost every action beat from the source material, tonally its differences are night and day.īoth the book and the movie start exactly the same way, Rambo ( Sylvester Stallone) is a drifter who while passing through a small rural community is rousted by the town’s sheriff for vagrancy, now the movie adds an extra bit where Rambo is looking for the last surviving member of his outfit from Vietnam, only to discover that he has died of cancer due to the military’s use of Agent Orange. ![]()
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