The titles refers to Sylvester Stallone's initial Rambo adventure, First Blood, which directly inspires ruffian Lee Carter (Will Poulter) and his puritan school chum Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) to make their own movie in the summer of 1982. Will's family belongs to a strict religious organization that forbids movies, television, and other forms of pop culture. Lee's own family is nonexistent. His parents travel often, leaving him in the care of an older brother who could care less.
Production Hammer & Tongs [gb]; Celluloid Dreams [fr]; Reason Pictures; Soficinéma 2 [fr]; Soficinéma 3 [fr]; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) [de]; arte France Cinéma [fr];
Cast Names Neil Dudgeon; Bill Milner; Jessica Hynes; Anna Wing; Will Poulter; Tallulah Evans; Emilie Chesnais; Paul Ritter; Finola McMahon; Rachel Mureatroyd; Taylor Richardson; Peter (XXV) Robinson; Charlie Thrift; Jules Sitruk; Sam Kubrick-Finney; James (XI) Clarke; Zofia Brooks; Denise Orita; Eric Sykes; Ed Westwick; Lee Long; Adam Paul Harvey; Atila Emirali; Dave Shaw; Adam Godley; Asa Butterfield; Adam Buxton; Edgar Wright; Imogen Aboud; Louise Jennings; Sam Spivack; Robert Styles;
Release Date 2007-01-22 (Sundance Film Festival) 2007-04-26 (Newport Beach film festival) 2007-05-24 (Seattle International Film Festival) 2008-04-19 (Minneapolis Film Festival) 2008-04-24 (RiverRun International Film Festival) 2008-05-02 (limited)
Genres Comedy; Drama;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for some violence and reckless behavior.