This week on Scottscope Talk Radio, we be contemplating the twilight of the
1980’s action heroes! First, we’ll be
reviewing Sly Stallone’s latest, Bullet
to the Head. Does Stallone still
have what it takes to headline this kind of film? Is he past the point where he can carry this
kind of movie on his own? Does it
measure up to his best work from the 1980’s, or even to some of his middle tier
efforts from that same period? Does it
even hold a candle to some of his more recent efforts, namely the two Expendables films and the fourth Rambo movie? Are the sensibilities of director Walter Hill
antiquated? Should this have been a DTV
release?
We also look at the
recent and disastrous developments in the careers of both Sylvester Stallone
and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Both The Last Stand and A Bullet to the Head opened to heavily disappointing box office
returns. Audiences clearly were not
interested. Is the 80’s action hero
revival officially over? Were these
films truly bad enough to warrant such indifference? Should Stallone and Schwarzenegger hang it up
and let it go? Should they simply make
better films? Should they stick to
gimmicky ensemble pieces like The
Expendables? Is there anything that
can be done to salvage their careers at this point?
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