In the movie, however, Teasle is hardly a character, functioning more as a plot device than a worthy adversary, while Rambo is portrayed as a victim rather than one who is equally in the wrong. These two starkly different experiences of war are what shape what each character represents: while Teasle is strict authority, Rambo is the bestial wild. Rambo, on the other hand, looks back on his time as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War as surviving through hell, as he was forced to live as an animal when he was captured by the Viet Kong. Teasle sees his service in the military as something honorable, expressing great pride for his Distinguished Service Cross, which he earned for his valiant leadership on the battlefield. Their differences come with their respective philosophies, or in other words, the reasons they use to justify their mistreatment of each other. Both former military soldiers, they crave the action they experienced in the field, and so antagonize each other further and further until they’re each given an excuse to try and kill the other one.
In the book, Rambo and Teasle are simultaneously polar opposite and very similar characters.
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