First Blood (1982) quotes

Director
Ted Kotcheff.

Cast
Sylvester Stallone.
Brian Dennehy.
Richard Crenna.

A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

 

You did everything to make this private war happen. You’ve done enough damage. This mission is over, Rambo. Do you understand me? This mission is over! Look at them out there! Look at them! If you won’t end this now, they will kill you. Is that what you want? It’s over Johnny. It’s over!
– Trautman
Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don’t turn it off! It wasn’t my war! You asked me, I didn’t ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn’t let us win! And I come back to the world and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Calling me baby killer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh? Who are they? Unless they’ve been me and been there and know what the hell they’re yelling about!
– Rambo
It was a bad time for everyone, Rambo. It’s all in the past now.
– Trautman
For *you*! For me civilian life is nothing! In the field we had a code of honor, you watch my back, I watch yours. Back here there’s nothing!
– Rambo
You’re the last of an elite group, don’t end it like this.
– Trautman
Back there I could fly a gunship, I could drive a tank, I was in charge of million dollar equipment, back here I can’t even hold a job *parking cars*!
– Rambo

I could have killed ’em all, I could’ve killed you. In town you’re the law, out here it’s me. Don’t push it! Don’t push it or I’ll give you a war you won’t believe. Let it go. Let it go!
– Rambo

We were in this bar in Saigon and this kid comes up, this kid carrying a shoe-shine box. And he says “Shine, please, shine!” I said no. He kept askin’, yeah, and Joey said “Yeah.” And I went to get a couple of beers, and the box was wired, and he opened up the box, fucking blew his body all over the place. And he’s laying there, he’s fucking screaming. There’s pieces of him all over me, just…
– Rambo
[Takes off his bandolier]
Like this, and I’m tryin’ to pull him off, you know, my friend that’s all over me! I’ve got blood and everything and I’m tryin’ to hold him together! I’m puttin’… the guy’s fuckin’ insides keep coming out! And nobody would help! Nobody would help! He’s saying, sayin’ “I wanna go home! I wanna go home!” He keeps calling my name! “I wanna go home, Johnny! I wanna drive my Chevy!” I said “With what? I can’t find your fuckin’ legs! I can’t find your legs!”
– Rambo

Teasle, you and all your men couldn’t handle him before what makes you think you can handle him now? Only God knows what damage he’s prepared to do.
– Trautman

They found Rambo’s body. As a matter of fact, it stole an army truck. Blew up a gas station the other side of town.
– Teasle
The kid is resiliant. Now why don’t you forget what you’re thinking and clear out while you can?
– Trautman

Let’s do some huntin’!
– Orval
Hunting? We ain’t huntin’ him, he’s huntin’ us!
– Deputy Mitch

Are you telling me that 200 of our men against your boy is a no-win situation for us?
– Teasle
You send that many, don’t forget one thing.
– Trautman
What?
– Teasle
A good supply of body bags.
– Trautman

I can’t get it out of my head. A dream of seven years. Everyday I have this. And sometimes I wake up and I don’t know where I am. I don’t talk to anybody. Sometimes a day – a week. I can’t put it out of my mind.
– Rambo

I came to get my boy.
– Trautman
*Your BOY*?
– State Police Capt. Dave Kern
I recruited him. I trained him. I commanded him for three years in Vietnam. I’d say that makes him mine.
– Trautman

In Vietnam, you can bet that Rambo and I got pretty confused. But we had orders. When in doubt… kill!
– Trautman

Covey leader calling Raven. Come on Raven. Covey leader calling Raven. Covey leader to Raven, talk to me, Johnny.
– Trautman

Setting him up for you? That’s like bringing the pigeons to the cat.
– Trautman