This movie literally could have been made in the 80's.
It has the look, feel and music of an 80's action film.
It has no real plot.
Worst of all there are no likable characters at all in this film.
Stallone's character is horrible - he is a hit man without a conscious, a father who does not care about his daughter, and has no moral code other than kill anybody that pisses him off.
His partner is one of the weakest characters in any film I have seen. Woody Allen is more macho than this guy, and is a cop who buddies up with Stallone!
The nudity literally epitomizes gratuitousness, as does the violence.
That being said, I thought Stallone actually was good in this film- he just didn't have a lot to go on.
The film did have some high points - Stallone did get to say some funny one liners, one of the bad guys (there were actually THREE in this film!) was pretty good, and the last fight scene was ALMOST worth sitting through the rest of the film.. Almost..
There just wasn't anything really to this film. No plot. no characters. Nothing that made a lot of sense. Unlikable characters. Weak co-stars.
I kept on thinking "why was this film made?"
I really can't believe my wife and I paid $20 to see this.
For a $1.50 redbox rental, it would be a very weak recommendation.
To pay top money to see this in a theater?
My opinion - see something else.
It has the look, feel and music of an 80's action film.
It has no real plot.
Worst of all there are no likable characters at all in this film.
Stallone's character is horrible - he is a hit man without a conscious, a father who does not care about his daughter, and has no moral code other than kill anybody that pisses him off.
His partner is one of the weakest characters in any film I have seen. Woody Allen is more macho than this guy, and is a cop who buddies up with Stallone!
The nudity literally epitomizes gratuitousness, as does the violence.
That being said, I thought Stallone actually was good in this film- he just didn't have a lot to go on.
The film did have some high points - Stallone did get to say some funny one liners, one of the bad guys (there were actually THREE in this film!) was pretty good, and the last fight scene was ALMOST worth sitting through the rest of the film.. Almost..
There just wasn't anything really to this film. No plot. no characters. Nothing that made a lot of sense. Unlikable characters. Weak co-stars.
I kept on thinking "why was this film made?"
I really can't believe my wife and I paid $20 to see this.
For a $1.50 redbox rental, it would be a very weak recommendation.
To pay top money to see this in a theater?
My opinion - see something else.