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Over on Facebook, Marcus Elf posted several Ghana posters. Included were these four Stallone movie posters. Click on each to see it biggie-sized, then click over to see Marcus’ post.
Ghana posters are always crazy fun. Where else could you get Rocky slugging it out with Simon Phoenix? Or Tango & Cash starring Marion Cobretti and Jack Burton? How about Cobra as a slasher movie?
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Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Our POW [Picture of the Week] is a rare publicity photo of Sly and Wesley Snipes from Demolition Man. Click on the photo to see a bigger version.
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Yesterday at my blog we ranked every Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, today we’ll rank Sly Stallone’s prison movies. The idea came from Ryan Simon’s Every Sylvester Stallone Prison Movie Ranked From Worst To Best at ScreenRant. I imagine there are a couple of surprises in my rankings…
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8. Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) |
8. Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018): I agree with Sly’s assessment. |
7. Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) |
7. Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019): Sly & Bautista had chemistry and don’t that Stallone fight scene. |
6. Lock Up (1989) |
6. Demolition Man (1993): I like Demolition Man, but wish it had the same tone throughout as the opening helicopter scene. |
5. Judge Dredd (1995) |
5. Escape Plan (2013): I almost put this in the 4th spot. Sly & Arnold! |
4. Escape Plan (2013) |
4. Judge Dredd (1995): I wish they’d left out Rob Schnieder and played it straight. Armand Assante from Paradise Alley! |
3. Victory (1981) |
3. Tango & Cash (1989): Sly & Kurt Rusell in a fun action film! |
2. Tango & Cash (1989) |
2. Victory (1981): Not flashy, but directed by John Huston and co-starring Michael Caine! Also under-rated. |
1. Demolition Man (1993) |
1. Lock Up (1989): is under-rated in my book! |
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
Saeed Saeed, at The National News, posted his choices for Sly Stallone’s Most Underrated Movies. You know how I enjoy lists, so using just Saeed’s choices, here are how I’d rank them.
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1. Nighthawks (1981) |
1. Nighthawks (1981): Ahead of it’s time and solid through and through. |
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2. Cobra (1986) |
2. Cop Land (1997): One of Sly’s finest performances and he’s in with heavy hitters. Sly more than holds his own. |
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3. Over the Top (1987) |
3. Over the Top (1987): Granted it’s a sentimental story that stretches credibility, but it is not as bad as many would believe. That’s the definition of underrated. |
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4. Demolition Man (1993) |
4. Demolition Man (1993): The opening had so much potential but ventures too far into silliness for me. Plus fans love Demolition Man. |
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5. Cop Land (1997) |
5. Cobra (1986): Had soooo much potential. Cool character, cool idea for a movie but needed to be fleshed out more. Still fans dig it. |
Saeed’s list is a good one. If I had created the list I would have put Sly’s Get Carter in the first spot. Not only does it contain scenes with some of Sly’s finest acting, but the cast is solid, the story is strong and the director shows great flourishes. Get Carter is not a perfect film (few are), but in my opinion it is Sly’s most underrated.
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week: