First Blood (1982)

It's easy to forget that this Spartan, violent film, which begat the Rambo series, was such a big hit in 1982 because it was a good movie. Green Beret vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into the wrong small town to find a fellow 'Nam buddy and gets the living heck kicked out of him by the local law enforcement (led by Brian Dennehy). The vet strikes back the only way he knows how, leading to a visceral, if unrealistic, flight and fight through the local mountains. Based on the 1972 novel by David Morrell, this film saved Stallone's then-foundering career and the Rambo character became the inspiration for countless political cartoons. But this film is Deliverance without the moral ambiguity. --Keith Simanton Amazon.com

Movie: 4/5 Picture Quality: 3.25/5 Sound Quality: 3/5 Extras: 2.75/5

Version: U.K
VC-1 BD-25 080p / 23.976fps / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:33:07 (h:m:s)
Movie size: 19,783,827,456 bytes
Disc size: 22,651,466,802 bytes
Average video bit rate: 17.05 Mbps

DTS-HD Master Audio English 1834 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1834kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps)
DTS-HD Audio French 2046 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 2046kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps)
DTS-HD Audio German 2046 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 2046kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps)
DTS Audio Portuguese 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps
DTS Audio Spanish 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps

Subtitles: English / Dutch / Danish / Finnish / French / German / Norwegian / Portuguese / Spanish / Swedish
Number of chapters: 12

Version: U.S.A / Lionsgate
MPEG-4 AVC BD-24 1080p / 23.976fps / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:33:11 (h:m:s)
Movie size: 19,456,284,672 bytes
Disc size: 22,596,756,050 bytes
Average video bit rate: 21.64 Mbps
DTS-HD Audio English 3018 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 3018kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Subtitles: English / English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 30

Version: E.U / Studio Canal HD DVD
VC-1 HD-30
Running time: 1:33:02 (h:m:s)
Movie size: 15,682,226,176 bytes
Disc size: 16,458,405,647 bytes
Average video bit rate: 17.06 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 August 20, 2008

1st Blood

I still love and enjoy this movie everytime I watch it. Thanks to blu ray technology, it got so much better. Big improvement with the picture quality and sound. A great addition to your movie library. I recommend it. Enjoy! August 13, 2008

Involving survivalist flick

Although the next two Rambo movies get progressively sillier, this is a good movie that has a surprisingly moving finale.
Apart from the bull headed attitudes of the local cops, we see a veteran who is a genuine guy. And we see him hurting. The final scenes, after tremendous destruction and skills with violence, are thought provoking and emotional.
A surprisingly thoughtful movie. August 8, 2008

Pretty good action movie.

This is a pretty good action movie. Now you probably know that considering the title First Blood. But this movie is not only decent, violent, and cool, but it stars one the greatest actors ever, Sylvester Stallone. Now, this movie isn't my favorite, or the greatest action movie ever. But it has enough violence for you to like it, for those who like violence. It's not a total blood body count shooter like Scarface or The Punisher. You've probably even already seen this. It's sort of a classic. So, I really wouldn't consider this movie a top notch shooting movie. But it's a pretty good action film. I really liked it when I saw it. Any movie with guns in it has to be a good action film right? Yeh. If you know and seen the Rocky movies, imagine the Italion Stallion as John Rambo, an Ex-Green Beret congreshonal (I don't know how to spell it) medal of honor winner Vietnam Vet, returns to the states to find all his friends from the war. When he enters a small town, an officer sees his outfit and doesn't want people like him in his town, the officer insults Rambo, and starts to piss him off. When Rambo can't take any more s__t, he starts to piss off the cop, and is wrongly accused and arrested. At the department, the officers abuse him witch gives him flashbacks of Vietnam, bad flashbacks. After Rambo has had enought, he breaks free and goes completly insane with madness. Breaking out of the department, Rambo steals a motorcycle and takes off into the woods, followed by police cars. Now in the woods, Rambo is being hunted by the officers, and decides to play a little game with them. Rambo sets up traps and captures them all, but decides to spare them if they spare him. Back in the town, when Rambo's old Colonal, Colonal Trautmen arrives to try and lure back Rambo downtown, they decide to bring in the National Guard to try and get him down their. So, it's a pretty decent movie, if you haven't seen it, go ahead, it's not bad. July 11, 2008

first blood poor quality

there is nothing HD quality about this in any way. Your better off just gettin the DVD. I looks like they've edited some swearing /gore etc. Very dissapointing!!!!!!! May 7, 2008

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