It probably would have been best to let John Rambo get a meal at the local restaurant.
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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 07:55 PM)
Calling Teasle a "no-good stinking jerk" does the movie a disservice by missing the point. To quote one of my favorite Wilford Brimley lines, from "Absence of Malice":
"He was a nice guy.
He just forgot about the rules."
Teasle is too wrapped up in his own viewpoint to see that he is trampling on the rights of a citizen by running Rambo out of town. Despite the statement he makes while in the cruiser, he is NOT the law.
It is in fact HE who is breaking the law by violating Rambo's civil rights.
Whatever. I don't find him that sympathetic. He certainly isn't as sympathetic as his novel counterpart.
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armhammer — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 06:12 PM)
There's another scene later in the movie where he claims to be, " The Law! " It's in a tent, in a conversation with a State Police officer, where he's trying to justify the abuse his deputies perpetrated against Rambo. He says ( paraphrased), " I'm the law ! When someone starts f..king with the law is when all hell breaks loose!" Absolutely hypocritical or what ?
" Wrapped up in his own viewpoint " is an understatement ! How do we first see his character? Emerging from the police station, inhaling, savoring, absolutely full of his position and self-importance which was ultimately his undoing.He was obviously a man of extreme pride and he would let nothing get in the way of saving face.
The only other character more despicable was his apparent second in command, Galt!
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brokedickdog7 — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 07:14 PM)
He made a big error in judgment. A police officer can't just tell someone they have to leave a public town without some sort of legal reason.
Technically you are correct but it does happen in small towns in the USA.
Residents want a small quiet town. You might say "boring". So they hire a Sheriff/Police Officer to keep it that way.
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fiero-49251 — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 12:34 AM)
and you see what the town got for their narrow-mindedness? The whole place was bombed; nothing left in 1 piece in downtown
"hillbilly-land!"
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Verdugo85 — 9 years ago(November 14, 2016 01:23 PM)
Yes. If Teasle had let Rambo eat something then maybe Rambo would've hit the road but since Rambo looked like an outsider and wearing a military jacket with the USA flag on it waltzing through town Teasle wasnt having it.
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 9 years ago(January 07, 2017 03:30 PM)
If Rambo hadn't attacked the police he probably would have had all of the charges cleared and may have been able to sue the police department. After you start assaulting police officers you make yourself less of a victim.
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strntz — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 08:25 AM)
If Rambo hadn't attacked the police he probably would have had all of the charges cleared and may have been able to sue the police department. After you start assaulting police officers you make yourself less of a victim.
Rambo had his issues, but resisting arrest was more the catalyst than just being arrested for vagrancy. Someone above posted the judge would probably have dismissed the charges, but he might have been just as much as a tool as Teasle.
If I'm the sheriff, I take Rambo to a diner and let him eat, then drive him out of town. Problem avoided, but of course no movie either..
In any case, I remember being stunned by the scene when Rambo found the ladder leading up out of the cave and instead of escaping to safety, decides to hijack a truck and start assaulting people and the town.
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ryan-anderson — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 02:16 PM)
It probably would have been best to let John Rambo get a meal at the local restaurant.
Considering the events that transpired later Teasle made a slight error in judgment.
Correct?
Slight? In retrospect: I would have taken him to the nearest steakhouse..and it would be on me!
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