Rambo is a film series based on the David Morrell novel First Blood and starring Sylvester Stallone  as John Rambo, a senior troubled Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand-to-hand combat and guerrilla warfare. The series consists of the films First Blood (1982), (1985), Rambo III (1988), and Rambo (2008).