

The novel also has a slightly different ending: in the novel, both Rambo and Teasle die. In the novel, Rambo has been said to have fought with his father and volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, but the film makes no mention of this, but Rambo does mention having a father and quite possibly going home to see him in Rambo (2008). The animal Rambo has for dinner is an owl in the novel, but a wild boar in the film. A subplot involving Teasle attempting to get in touch with his estranged wife is absent from the film, but present in the novel. The beginning of the novel finds John Rambo attempting to hitch a ride from a gas station, as opposed to the film where he's searching for an old Army buddy. In addition, he's also an older officer with experience, albeit with a brutal streak in stark contrast to the clumsy Galt which appears in the novel. He is killed by Rambo purposefully (in the film, he's accidentally killed when the helicopter jerks and he falls). In the novel, Deputy Galt is a young rookie officer, clumsy and inexperienced. Some examples include: in the novel, Teasle was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War, whereas in the movie (indicated by his medals) he is a U.S. Some minor details are altered and/or changed or omitted.
