First Blood (R, 1982)

This is a film protesting wars and shows how war has a big psychological impact on the soldiers. To my surprise this was the first action movie I've ever seen (and my favorite genre is action) that had an tender, emotional ending that is heart wrenching rather than a blow 'em up ending that is gut wrenching.

The violence in this movie is actually pretty much PG-13. Not too gory, only two scenes are bloody: John Rambo dressing his own wound and in a flashback Rambo is cut with a knife resulting in blood (It's brief). Also a corpse with a bloody face is shown. All this is PG-13. There is average R-profanity (f*ck, sh*t) but this is not why i rated this 15. The movie, especially the end, is very emotional. VERY intense and hard to handle for anyone below this age. Nothing violent is shown but the dialogue is very VERY violent and incredibly sad. I watched it at the age of 15 and i could handle it. Everyone i know has seen the movie at the age of 14 or even 13. But i think not everyone at this age will handle it. (The movie itself is very good and not as action-ish as volume two and three) Violence: 12 Sex: for all ages Profanity: 12 Drugs: for all ages Intense/emotional scenes: 15

I thought this movie was OK, but it got very sad towards the end. The violence is nothing compared to many other movies, but it still might be enough to bother children. Heck, this movie might have been rated PG-13 today if not for the F words. There is also a bare butt shot of rambo.