Rambo threatening Sheriff Teasle after taking all of his fellow officers out of commission. Teasle breaks downin tears after Rambo removes the blade from his throat and silently departs into the forest.
Rambo:I could have killed 'em all. I could've killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Don't push it. Don't push it, or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go. Let. It. Go.
The Forest Scene, where Rambo essentially called out the spirit of Rainsford to dispense non lethal takedowns against several cops hunting him down with assault rifles.
Sheriff Will Teasle is an insensitive redneck Dirty Cop, no doubt, but he gets major Villainous Valor credits for being fiercely determined to kill Rambo no matter what, while driven by both a cross between Revenge Before Reason and Honor Before Reason. Also, unlike Podovsky and Zaysen in future films who used Hind helicopter gunships equipped with BFG mini-guns, Teasle just relies on his past Korean War military training and a M16 rifle to face Rambo to avenge Galt's death and to show how Korean War vets are as efficient as any other American military vet. His actor Brian Dennehy's grounded performance makes him not as campy, stereotypical or absurd as the later villains.
