PTSD gone wild

Illogical that they would send a whole army and even helicopters to catch a criminal who's crime was simply of being a wanderer and resisting arrest but here we are. ***First Blood*** is PTSD gone wrong and I guess a cautionary tale on out of control pride—that has to be what drives these policemen in catching Rambo, right? I get that they needed him to be redeemable as a character but maybe a better reason to catch this guy would have been more realistic.

It's a very simple turn-your-brain-off action pop-corn flick, but a good one at that. I can't help but compare this to *Predator* (which came out after) but did it better on every level. The car/motorcycle chase was epic and comedic in a way. The explosions/fire looks amazing. The stunts are crazy, the score is thrilling, good acting, fun one-liners and such an iconic character.

Wasn't too crazy about the second act but the third act was epic, that machine gun looks like a lot of fun to use. Stallone doesn't open his mouth often in the movie but when he finally does at the end it was something. I wish I had subtitles though cause it was incomprehensible.

Also, this is a Christmas movie?!