![]() ![]() Now, Rambo simply wounded a lot of people, so that he could survive and possibly find a way to live with his actions at the end of the film. The resulting screenplay, which Stallone had a hand in, eliminated the killing. Morrells First Blood was published in 1972 and followed a Vietnam vet suffering from severe PTSD who wages a bloody war on a small town after being abused by its bullying sheriff. ![]() When the film finally went into production in 1981, Stallone, who had catapulted from wannabe screenwriter and actor to mega-stardom in the 1976 hit Rocky, took on the role of Rambo. Heres why author David Morrell, who created the character of Rambo with his novel First Blood, hated 2019s Rambo: Last Blood. Not long after it was published, Hollywood wanted the film rights, and Morrell watched with bemusement as various directors (Richard Brooks, Stanley Kramer, and Martin Ritt, for example) and movie stars (such as Steve McQueen, Robert Blake, and Paul Newman) were attached and unattached to the project. Soon, he uses his combat-honed skills to do away with police officers, civilians, and posse members in the backwoods of Kentucky as they first pursue him and then become the pursued. Rambo (First Blood Part II) (Rambo: First Blood Series Book 2) by David Morrell (Author) (395) The most dangerous man in the world is back. After a middle-aged police officer locks Rambo up, things go badly. In it, Rambo (he has no first name in Morrell's novel), is viewed by small-town locals as a member of the counterculture because he doesn't cut his hair, doesn't take a bath, and doesn't have a job. ![]() The result was First Blood, Morrell's debut novel, which was published to mostly good reviews. ![]()
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