Stallone has always been an underrated actor. See him in First Blood, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky 2 & 3 (the crying scenes), and especially this film.......Cop Land. The guy knows how to act in accordance to character. And he always nails it! Give him a lot of credit. He is an Oscar winner after all.
I always felt that his best scene was with Adrian on the beach in Rocky 3. When he was pouring his heart out to her and expressing his vulnerability and fears. The movie was overall cheesy, but this scene gave us a glimpse of top notch acting from him. I've always had tremendous respect for Sly's acting abilities. It has always outshadowed other actors in his genre of action, beat em up, kick everybody's ass filmmaking.....which I love by the way.
Cop Land showed us what he can really do and what he is willing to do to make a fine performance memorable. He gained weight and was slovenly which we cannot bear to even think Sly would do, but he did it, and he did it full force. He lead this movie filled with iconic actors/actresses and did it with with gusto. He lead the pack. Kudos to him and for an Oscar-worthy performance in the underrated "Cop Land".
Bravo, Sly.
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stones78
11 years ago
No one mentioned another film in which he downplays his role, and also gave a great performance in doing so, called Nighthawks.
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