THE SPECIALIST
I love cheesy action movies... especially those from the 80s and 90s. And let's face it... the royalty of action movies has to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
I had seen The Specialist a long time ago, but I didn't remember much about it... apart from the most famous scene in the movie.
I really enjoyed it... it was good action and also a good thriller too. This was made when Sylvester Stallone was in his prime in my opinion. He made some classic films in the 90s. One of my favourite movies of the 90s is Demolition Man.
This is not one of his best movies, but it is still a very good one. In case you don't remember it, the story is about a guy who is a trained killer hired by the government who goes into retirement after an innocent person gets killed by mistake. He gets hired by a lady who saw her parents get murdered when she was a little girl, to kill the guy who killed her parents. He is the son of a mafia boss. The problem is, Stallones old boss now works for the mafia.
The acting is pretty much what you would expect from a cheesy action film. It's alright but some of it is comical. Sharon Stone plays the lady that hired him and she does a great job in this. But then back in the day I liked her as an actress. She has made some great films. Eric Roberts plays the guy that Stallone is after. Eric is really good at playing a bad guy... although I think he was really good in Best of the Best. He has been is so many big movies, yet doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves. Rod Steiger plays the mafia boss... he is funny. His accent just sounds so fake that every time he spoke I smiled. J
I will give this film a 7 out of 10.
I really liked it, but Stallone has made better.
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I love cheesy action movies... especially those from the 80s and 90s. And let's face it... the royalty of action movies has to be Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.
I had seen The Specialist a long time ago, but I didn't remember much about it... apart from the most famous scene in the movie.
I really enjoyed it... it was good action and also a good thriller too. This was made when Sylvester Stallone was in his prime in my opinion. He made some classic films in the 90s. One of my favourite movies of the 90s is Demolition Man.
This is not one of his best movies, but it is still a very good one. In case you don't remember it, the story is about a guy who is a trained killer hired by the government who goes into retirement after an innocent person gets killed by mistake. He gets hired by a lady who saw her parents get murdered when she was a little girl, to kill the guy who killed her parents. He is the son of a mafia boss. The problem is, Stallones old boss now works for the mafia.
The acting is pretty much what you would expect from a cheesy action film. It's alright but some of it is comical. Sharon Stone plays the lady that hired him and she does a great job in this. But then back in the day I liked her as an actress. She has made some great films. Eric Roberts plays the guy that Stallone is after. Eric is really good at playing a bad guy... although I think he was really good in Best of the Best. He has been is so many big movies, yet doesn't seem to get the recognition he deserves. Rod Steiger plays the mafia boss... he is funny. His accent just sounds so fake that every time he spoke I smiled. J
I will give this film a 7 out of 10.
I really liked it, but Stallone has made better.
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