ISN’T IT ICONIC?

Sly‘s in the current (issue 124) issue of IMPACT. It gives a career overview and comparison on Sly and Arnold Schwarzenegger in an article by John Bierly entitled … “ISN’T IT ICONIC”

For a whole generation of young film-goers Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the kings of the action genre. But, in a changing marketplace, whose career has best survived the years of crash and burn ? Impact traces their paths of destruction… Here are some excerpts guys…

‘”Stallone, meanwhile , had carved out a career with brains rather than brawn. ‘

“The Last Action Hero bombed in 1993, but 1994 Arnold found huge success again with True Lies. Stallone starred in one of his finest films, Cliffhanger, in 1993.’

‘ The difference , perhaps, is this : Sylvester Stallone is an actor, and Arnold Schwarzenerger is a star.’

‘I feel quite strongly that Stallone‘s performance in the 2000 remake of Get Carter is the best work off his career. He played Jack Carter as a real human being, whose single- minded quest for revenge instead brings him redemption. It’s a brave physical and emotional performance , and should have earned Stallone an Oscar nomination. ‘

‘ The bottom line is each man seems to be doing what suits him most. Stalllone is too good an actor to confine himself to bad action movies. ‘