John Rambo - Personality and Appearance

Personality and Appearance

In the first novel and film, Rambo is displayed as a tragic hero and soldier who suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder and has difficulty adjusting to normal life. He is shown to be prone to violence because of the torture he suffered at the hands of North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War. In the next films and novelizations he is displayed as a man who wants to stay away from conflict but is willing to do anything to save his friends and the people he cares about from any danger. Due to his violent nature, many civil people tend to fear him. However, Colonel Samuel Trautman (who was his commanding officer in Vietnam and is probably his only friend) understands him and the pain and torture he had endured in the war and is the only one able to reason with him when he goes on a rampage in the town of Hope.

Rambo has a muscular physique due to his time as a soldier in the army and his intense training regimen. He has a high amount of strength and stamina. Rambo is an expert in surviving in dense forests against a large number of enemies due to his experiences in the Vietnam War. He is also an expert in guerrilla tactics and hand-to-hand combat. Rambo has black hair and brown eyes. His height is 5'10". In the DVD commentary for 'First Blood' Morell remarks that the inspiration for Rambo was World War 2 hero Audie Murphy