One of the worst movies....

Stallone? Are you serious? I can understand what you mean when you say 'he plays the same role', but doesn't Pacino, or Connery? When you think about it, all actors bring a sense of themselves in the characters they play, and when we as viewers watch more and more of the same actor's work, we tend to get the feeling that its the same character. It's only an illusion. Did you forget Rambo, the psyched out Vietnam vet, or Rocky, the simple-minded fighter with a heart of gold. Or Oscar, or Franky, or any other character Sly played over the years.
Stallone is one of the greatest actors out there. Not that he is fit for theatre, but he brings real emotion to the screen, as well as a great sense of humor and charisma.
His filmography speaks for itself. He brought characters to life and made them immortal (and I mean forever). He is and will always be the people's champ and favourite. You really can't find an actor that has had this much praise and respect from viewers , and for so long, than Sly. Actors come and go, but people will never forget Stallone whether you like his work or not.

As for why his latest work goes straight to video, well I'm not implying that I'm an expert, but hey its Hollywood. Things like this always happen, countless great works ending on the videorack.
But Stallone will be back, I'm sure of it. The tough, suave, classy Italian will be back.

One note on the movie, which I liked by the way (I class it as a romantic comedy, with great performances from Stowe and Stallone), It was a pleasure to see the late great Anthony Quinn for one more time. Now thats a guy who can't be ridculed for being in a movie that was released straight to video, can he?

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This was the worst movie I've ever seen. Sly's performance here was flat and uninspired. He looked like he didn't know what he should be doing through out the whole movie. There's no build up of his character, we are just to assume that because he's always a tough guy in movies that he will be in the one too. It's a real let down when he doesn't kill anybody the fun way, like in Rambo, or say any cool lines. He shoots a guy through a book. Big deal. The really crappy part about this movie is that he is the best part. Anthony Quinn got predictably killed, and he gave a lousy performance. I think the fat guy from the Delicio Pizza commercials is in this movie - he's eating a pizza or something. Madeline Stowe could't act her way out of a cardboard box. She made a bad movie even worse. I've seen better acting in Kindergarten plays. There's that stupid cheezy romance novel guy who should have the words "I'm going to try to kill you later on in the movie" tattoed on his head. On top of all the bad acting, they put in the stupid music at all the parts where there might be some suspense. It's the same kind of music you'd see in a disney movie when a mouse is sneaking behind a cat. It went straight to video, because it's such crap, but it shouldn't have even made it that far.

<<Was it just me or did this movie suck?!!? Stallone is the worst actor I have ever seen. He should just quit acting entirely. He plays the same role in every movie hes in. >>

I don't think that the characters from Rocky, Rambo, Nighthawks, Cop Land & Get Carter are all the same? Similar yes, to the fact that Sly enjoys playing the roles of the underdog in his films. I think it's more believable this way. Sly is not the worst actor...I think, as many people do, that he does a fine job. Why is he a bad actor, because the way he talks? If so, that's a bit discriminating, don't you think? Doesn't say much about yourself.

Instead of leaving negative posts about Sly, so leave positive posts about your favorite actors then.

I was kind of let down by this movie. I was expecting a serious action adventure with a lot of explosions and innovative whacking from Stallone’s character. But all I got was a romantic comedy with a mobster twist. The description made it seem like Stallone’s character would be out for revenge on the men who killed his father figure, Angelo in a vicious way while trying to protect Stowe’s character and not make the same mistake, he made when he failed to protect Angelo in the beginning of the film. Something like man on fire was more of what I was expecting from this film but obviously didn’t get.


I personally only like to see Stallone in action films and ironically action films are what two of his biggest hits Rocky and Rambo were. Maybe an action film with a good storyline and some side stuff would be better for Stallone rather than trying to play everyday characters in romantic comedy’s and family films.




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This is definitely one of the worst movies ever.

Not because of Stallone. Stallone's acting is fine.

The script, characters, and atmosphere of this film are all simply horrible.

I could not even bring myself to watch this whole movie. It was so atrociously bad that I could not stomach it.

This movie is an abomination that should be erased from history.

I am shocked that this movie has gotten a score of 4 from IMDb voters - it is nowhere close to being worth 4 points.

Any score above zero is being ludicrously kind to this piece of dung.

Oh, I disagree. It wasn't the greatest movie ever or anything but it was cute and I had fun watching it.

Sly is a great talent. He wrote Rocky. Starred in Rocky and keeps himself in shape. At 60 plus he could still out bench most guys half his age.
He is Italian icon. How many Italians (and a virtual unknown in the biz) get a chance to write and star in a movie. I'll go see this flick just cause he and the late great A. Quinn is in it.

Go Rocko!!!! Nuff said!!!