First Blood
December 11, 2025
8:00pm | SIFF Film Center
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema and Wyrd War
Former US Army Special Forces soldier and Vietnam veteran John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into a small town in the Pacific Northwest only to be harassed by the local sheriff (Brian Dennehy) and his deputies. When Rambo's flashbacks and emotional trauma take hold, he begins a one-man war against the police. Presented in a 4K DCP.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this screening.
"Stallone brought intense physicality, obviously, but also hangdog vulnerability to a character who takes revenge on a cruel, unfeeling establishment and utters some of the most iconic lines in shoot’em’up history."—Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)
- Director: Ted Kotcheff
- Principal Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Michael Talbott
- Country: USA
- Year: 1982
- Running Time: 93 min.
- Language: English
- Format: 4K DCP