“100% Legit:” What Made Sylvester Stallone’s First Blood So Good Explains What Went Wrong With The Rambo Sequels

First Blood's high accuracy rating proves that the Rambo franchise completely forgot its original story with Stallone's increasingly absurd sequels.

April 11, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · Karen Taylor

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Rambo III turned Stallones character into a James Bond-esque super-spy sent to the Middle East to intervene in Afghanistan.

As early as 1986sRambo: First Blood Part II, Stallones character had changed considerably.

2008sRambowas a shockingly gory reboot that ramped up the grotesque violence and abandoned any attempts at realism.

First Blood (1982) - Poster - Silvestre Stallone Holding Rifle

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Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo stands in the jungle beside a bamboo cage from First Blood Part II

Sylvester Stallone looking stern in Rambo Last Blood

Headshot Of Sylvester Stallone

Headshot Of Brian Dennehy

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First Blood

Rambo