Aside from Rocky Balboa, John J. Rambo is Sylvester Stallone's best-known role, and like 1976's "Rocky," the inaugural "Rambo" film had to overcome so many hurdles, it's a wonder it was ever made in the first place. The script for 1982's "First Blood" seems to have been one of the most problematic screenplays in Hollywood history (alongside the script for the John Travolta sci-fi flop that haunted its writer for years ). Not only did Sly completely rewrite the screenplay after coming on-board to star, it seems Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas dropped out of the project due to creative differences with that same script.

"First Blood" sees Stallone's Vietnam vet and former Green Beret return home to a United States that isn't all that happy to see him. After he escapes police custody and abs

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