First Blood (1982)

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04/30/09

James Berardinelli

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This action film hangs on an interesting reversal, taking the crazed-killer-in-the-woods theme from Friday the 13th and turning it inside out-- the psychopath is now our hero, a maladjusted ex-Green Beret played by Sylvester Stallone.

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03/01/07

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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Director Ted Kotcheff has all sorts of trouble with this mess, aside from credibility.

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03/01/07

Variety

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Sylvester Stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies, with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can't understand why somebody doesn't really get hurt.

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10/23/04

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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First Blood is ragged and flashy; it ought to be a big success with audiences that value action for its own sake.

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08/30/04

Janet Maslin

New York Times

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