“ Both movies were true to the novels.”
First Blood ended with Rambo being killed by the Colonel.
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Yeah, I seem to recall that the movie folks thought of a few different endings, including the one where Rambo was killed before deciding upon the one that made the cut and the final release. I think they did a focus group testing to determine the ending that would be most agreeable to potential paid movie goers. Thus, we see the ending we all know.
Spoiler alert!!! Sheesh-jk
Hollywood could never kill off a franchise in the first movie could they? Lol!