The deep theme of the film - against war and calling for peace

Keeley 2022-01-26 08:03:50

Rambo symbolizes Vietnam and the small town police station symbolizes the United States.

You dominate the town, I am king in the forest - this line was said by Rambo to the sheriff. At that time, the sheriff was subdued by Rambo on a tree, which means Vietnam's response to the US aggression. You are a good city in the United States. What are you doing to stay in the woods and invade Vietnam? In the city your weapon is the king, but in the jungle guerrilla warfare I am the master. A group of policemen fought with Rambo in the jungle, showing that the US military was trapped in the quagmire of the Vietnam War and could not extricate itself. The United States is a country of immigrants, there is no nationality, so there is no cohesion.

Even if a great country has advanced weapons, no matter how developed its economy is, it will never be able to defeat a backward nation. Young people must have national consciousness but not only national consciousness.

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Extended Reading
  • Keeley 2022-03-22 09:01:21

    It feels like a hybrid of two films with different styles and genres. One is an old action movie and the other is an old and somewhat literary drama. Today, it seems that the film has no merit.

First Blood quotes

  • Teasle: [after dropping off Rambo outside the city limits] If you want some friendly advice, get a haircut and take a bath. You wouldn't get hassled so much.

  • Trautman: You picked the wrong man to push.

    Teasle: No, Trautman. HE picked the wrong man!

    Trautman: That boy's a *heart attack*! He may be the best the Special Forces ever trained. Anything *you're* gonna throw at him, he's been through a hundred times worse! In WORSE places than this!