A review by papidoc
First Blood by David Morrell

3.0

Liked the book better than the movie, but enjoyed both. Sort of a reactionary fairy tale, complete with anti-hero who is both sympathetic and tragic. At the time, it appealed to the survivalist in me. Damaged veteran returns from the war, traveling through a small town finds himself persecuted by the police, and reacts out of instinct as he would militarily. The rest is predictable, but well-written, as he makes use of his well-earned survival and fighting skills to first escape, then survive, and finally hunt down his persecutors. Has undertones of anti-war sentiment, but generally is a good example of Morrell's adventure fiction.