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Entries Tagged as 'Sylvester Stallone'

Judge Dredd (1995, Danny Cannon)

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I saw Judge Dredd at a sneak preview. It was the first time I ever saw anyone walk on a movie.
It fits into a rather interesting category of disastrous would-be blockbusters–joining Flash Gordon, The Black Hole and Dune–where there’s this largely international cast–why are Jürgen Prochnow and Max von Sydow playing, basically, New Yorkers–and an overblown […]

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Tagged: Buena Vista Pictures· Carlos Ezquerra· Danny Cannon· Ewen Bremner· James Earl Jones· James Remar· John Wagner· Jürgen Prochnow· Max von Sydow· Michael De Luca· Steven E. de Souza· Sylvester Stallone· William Wisher Jr.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Demolition Man (1993, Marco Brambilla)

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Umm. Yeah. Where to start with Demolition Man. Stallone’s really personable in it. It might be his most personable, because the viewer automatically identifies with him as the modern (mostly modern) guy in the strange future.
The real star is Sandra Bullock, whose performance is far from perfect and her character is poorly written, but she’s […]

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Tagged: Daniel Waters· Marco Brambilla· Peter M. Lenkov· Robert Reneau· Stuart Baird· Sylvester Stallone· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Taxi 3 (2003, Gérard Krawczyk)

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Taxi 3 starts with a superior set-up, a James Bond-esque chase scene through Marseilles, the good guy on a bicycle, running from the bad guys (on rollerblades). It’s goofy and funny–the best part being the bad guy running into a plexiglass (being carried on the street, a riff on the standard glass) and bouncing off […]

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Tagged: ARP Selection· Gérard Krawczyk· Luc Besson· Sylvester Stallone·

First Blood (1982, Ted Kotcheff)

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Maybe if it weren’t for the Stephen J. Cannell television techniques (cars flying through the air or exploding on impact), the asinine, comedic banter between the deputies, some poor writing and Richard Crenna, First Blood might have been okay. Ted Kotcheff isn’t a good director though, so maybe not. Kotcheff shoots exteriors well (the stuff […]

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Tagged: Brian Dennehy· David Caruso· David Morrell· Michael Kozoll· Orion Pictures· Sylvester Stallone· Ted Kotcheff· William Sackheim· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Daylight (1996, Rob Cohen)

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Stallone is Kit Latura, disgraced EMS chief (he cared too much). Besides the name, Stallone’s just the disaster movie lead and not even any interesting one (besides the caring too much). There aren’t even any Stallone grunts in the movie and he plays it straight and as well as anyone can play the terrible script. […]

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Tagged: Dan Hedaya· Leslie Bohem· Rob Cohen· Sylvester Stallone· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Rambo III (1988, Peter MacDonald)

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

According to IMDb, Rambo III was the most expensive movie ever made at the time of its release. It shows. Enormous sets, lots of vehicles–Rambo versus a helicopter, Rambo versus a tank, Rambo in a tank versus a helicopter. For all the money, it ought to look fantastic–except director Peter MacDonald, a camera operator and […]

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Tagged: David Morrell· Kurtwood Smith· Peter MacDonald· Sheldon Lettich· Sylvester Stallone· Tri-Star Pictures·

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, George P. Cosmatos)

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Rambo’s pretty awful. It’s not terrible–not too terrible to watch anyway (at least once, though New York Times critic A.O. Scott should probably be fired for supporting it to any degree). The main technical fault lies with George P. Cosmatos, who somehow managed to stock the crew with capable people (editor Mark Goldblatt is no […]

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Tagged: David Morrell· George P. Cosmatos· James Cameron· Kevin Jarre· Sylvester Stallone· Tri-Star Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

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