It is a good sign for an undrafted NFL rookie when the head coach notices him enough to bestow him with a macho nickname.

The Rambo movies have gone through their fair share of ups and downs, but the series' lowest point is exactly what's going to save the franchise.

So, before watching Rambo: First Blood Part II, my feeling about it was that it was a big, dumb, patriotic pro-Reagan shoot ‘em up with John Rambo marching into Vietnam and rescuing American POWs.

Rambo's first movie, a critically acclaimed 1962 movie told a story extremely similar to the one seen in First Blood.

Journalist Nat Segaloff—author of 30+ books on subjects ranging from John Belushi and Stan Lee to the Exorcist and Scarface ...

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) is the film that made the character an action icon and influenced dozens of films, television shows, and video games in the aftermath. Director George P. Cosmatos ...

The First Blood scene, where Rambo tries to escape the town of Hope, Washington, on a motorcycle he steals like it's GTA, ...

Suddenly, Rambo became a conservative icon, a hero name-checked by then-President Reagan when discussing what he would do in the event of another Iranian hostage crisis.

If Rambo was made for the first time today, I don't think we'd get this movie. We wouldn't get a movie about a frightened man, trained to the point of brainwashing, fighting to survive, only to ...