When, for no apparent reason, a small town police chief arrests a vagrant hitchhiker, little does he realise that he has set in motion a catastrophic series of events. The vagrant in question is in fact John Rambo, congressional Medal of Honour winner and Vietnam war hero. Responding to the harassment of his captors with sudden ferociousness. Rambo makes a daring escape from the small town jail, steals a motorcycle and roars off to the shelter of the nearby mountains. As the manhunt begins Rambo is in his element preparing himself for a ONE MAN WAR.