John Rambo is Sylvester Stallone's most famous character aside from Rocky Balboa, so how do the five "Rambo" movies stack up?

Rambo's first movie, a critically acclaimed 1962 movie told a story extremely similar to the one seen in First Blood.

The First Blood scene, where Rambo tries to escape the town of Hope, Washington, on a motorcycle he steals like it's GTA, features 885 Water Ave. As our hero has already endured traumatic experiences ...

In First Blood – which channeled the anger and disillusionment over Vietnam – Rambo was a victim, unable to switch off the war or shake the image of his friend’s guts exploding over him.

Rambo: First Blood Part II takes the series in another direction, one that would prove immensely, if temporarily, popular.

As Stallone’s second-biggest box office success outside the Rocky franchise, the sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II was only inevitable. Rambo was in many ways the ultimate loner in cinema history.

Preview: A ‘Rambo’/‘First Blood’ prequel is in the works. It’ll follow John Rambo’s days in Vietnam. 'Sisu's Jalmari Helander is aboard to direct.

If you're interested in exploring Rambo's origins, Morrell's First Blood novel remains popular to this day, and you can easily pick up a copy if you want to read it for yourself. Amazon offers the ...

But that John Rambo (his name in the films) is far cry from the tortured, damaged, much more realistic man who David Morrell first introduced to the world in his 1972 novel First Blood.

Action vets Millennium Media, known for the Has Fallen, Hitman’s Bodyguard and Expendables franchises, are launching John Rambo at the Cannes market, a prequel to 1982 action classic First Blood.