The plot is preposterous, but director Ted Kotcheff knows how to stage an action scene with flair and keeps the film moving along at a rapid clip. Boasting some of the best use of rugged landscape since the westerns of Anthony Mann, FIRST BLOOD is an effective, if outlandish, picture that exists merely for its big-screen thrills. Stallone barely says a word in the entire film, save for one long and laughably pat speech about how the Vietnam War has affected him--a monologue that comes tumbling out in the last five minutes.
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