First Blood Observation

Just watched this with my 11 year old son. I have watched this movie countless times over 3 decades but it just dawned on me tonight that there was not one female in the movie except for the opening scene when Sheriff Will Teasle is leaving the station to get in his Sheriffs car. He says good morning to a lady pushing a baby carriage down the sidewalk. Never is a female in a scene after that. Just found that interesting. I can't recall another movie made in my lifetime without a female ever uttering a word in the entire movie.

Also, the movie is refreshing because there is not a bunch of meaningless fluff BS dialogue. It is centered around 3 main characters and the movie revolves around their interaction the whole time. The makers of the movie focused only on the drama that unfolded the moment Sherrif Teasle pulled up beside John Rambo on the highway. No romance. No comedic asides in the script. No meaningless discussions between characters to fill time. They just let the drama unfold and enhanced it with the same repetitive piano theme when no words were needed. It was well done.