Editing First Blood (section)

== Plot ==
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In December 1981, [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[Vietnam veteran|Vietnam Veteran]] [[John Rambo]] discovers that he is the last surviving member of his outfit after learning an old war buddy died from complications related to [[Agent Orange]] exposure while they were deployed. Without direction, Rambo arrives in the town of Hope, Washington on foot, where he is accosted by local sheriff Will Teasle, who judges him harshly and presumes him to be a drifter. Teasle escorts Rambo out of town and tells him to move on. Feeling slighted, Rambo begins to return to town, where Teasle quickly arrests him and leaves him to be processed under the supervision of Teasle's cruel Chief Deputy, Art Galt. Galt and other deputies abuse Rambo, which [[Post-traumatic stress disorder|trigger flashbacks]] to [[United States prisoners of war during the Vietnam War|torture Rambo endured in Vietnam]], leading him to fight his way out of town with his field knife into the surrounding mountains.

Teasle organizes a search party with his fellow deputies, air support and dogs; Galt ignores Teasle's orders and attempts to shoot Rambo from a low flying helicopter, but falls to his death when Rambo throws a rock that causes the pilot to lose control. Teasle soon learns that Rambo is a former [[United States Army Special Forces|Special Forces soldier]] and recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]], but refuses to call off the search. Not wanting to cause more trouble, Rambo attempts to surrender, but is fired upon by the deputies, causing Rambo to flee into the tree line. Rambo uses [[bushcraft]] to create traps to subdue the pursuing officers, threatening Teasle at knifepoint to abandon his pursuit before fleeing further into the woods. [[Washington State Patrol]] Officers and [[Washington National Guard]] Forces are dispatched to assist with the search, alongside Rambo's mentor and former commanding officer, [[Sam Trautman|Colonel Samuel Trautman]]. Trautman advises Teasle to stand down, to which Teasle refuses. Over radio, Rambo refuses Trautman's pleas to surrender, condemning Teasle and his men and insisting that "they drew first blood."

Rambo falls back to an abandoned mine, where National Guard units fire an [[M72 LAW]] to collapse the mine after suppressive fire fails to force Rambo to surrender. Teasle and the others initially presume Rambo to be dead, but Rambo escapes the mine through a ventilation shaft, and returns to town after hijacking a military transport truck, intent on confronting Teasle. Trautman again fails to convince Teasle to let it go, while Rambo creates a distraction by blowing up a gas station, cuts power to most of the town, and destroys a gun store. After shooting up the sheriff's office, Rambo shoots Teasle in the leg, grievously injuring him with an [[M60 machine gun]] the former took from the military truck. Trautman arrives and appeals to Rambo, who finally relents and surrenders after breaking down about the experiences he suffered in the war and his treatment upon his return home. Trautman comforts Rambo, before escorting him into federal custody, the latter trading a passing glance with Teasle, who is taken to an ambulance for medical transport for his injuries.