In an age where Hollywood blockbusters consist mostly of remakes, sequels, mediocre comedies, action films that focus more on computer-generated effects than more genuine effects, and horror films that they rely more on jump scares than suspense, Personally I side with the older films, especially those released a couple of decades ago. When someone is asked what their favorite film is, many people's favorites will have been made in the 1980s, including Star Wars Episode V, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and Die Hard. For me, one of my favorite films is First Blood, released in 1982, starring Sylvester Stallone. This film was the first and most critically acclaimed in the series, as subsequent sequels and remakes had negative critical reception, mostly because they focused more on how many objects can be detonated in the running time than on a coherent plot or a cast of interesting characters. From reading the general consensus on the Rotten Tomatoes review for First Blood, the critics involved share my opinion that it is a film "much darker and more sensitive than the sequels it spawned" ("First Blood (Rambo: First Blood) - Rotten Tomatoes"). I only saw the film once while renting a DVD at a Blockbuster store before it went out of business, but it left a lasting impression on me. As I recall, the film opens with Rambo, a Vietnam War hero who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, traveling to the small town of Hope after finding out that a friend of his has died of cancer due to exposure to the warfare herbicide known as Agent Orange. He returns home only to find that he has been mistreated by the sheriff, only to be arrested. Meanwhile, we see that Rambo has been tortured in a Vietnamese prison (POW) camp, and he... midway through the paper... the body count and amount of blood only increases with each sequel (Mueller ).Antiheroes similar to John Rambo are prevalent in all types of mythology, and ancient Greek mythology is no exception. A great example is Achilles: of course, he has his ever-famous heel, which is his main flaw "First Blood (Rambo: First Blood) - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten tomatoes. Repairman. Network. April 6, 2014. Mueller, Giovanni. "Dead and Deader - Los Angeles Times." Los Angeles Times 20 January 2008, n. page Press. ."Rambo: First Blood - Part II (1985) - Synopsis." Internet Movie Database. Amazon and the Web. April 6, 2014. Wales, George. "The 50 best cinematic antiheroes | TotalFilm." TotalFilm: the modern guide to films. Future Publishing Limited, 26 December 2011. Web. 6 April 2014.