The surprising success of last year's Rambo proved that today's theatrical audience is being underserved when it comes to neck-crunchings, arrow-piercings, and exploding heads, which is why for the last few months Sylvester Stallone has been deeply ensconced filming The Expendables. A deliberately old-school action extravaganza with a seventy million-dollar budget, the film boasts an all-star roster of action notables that includes modern stars like Jet Li and Jason Statham as well as classic action...
Yeah, I don't think I had thought of Schwazeneggar & Stallone in it but I had always thought Contra to be a cool idea for a film... I do remember really loving Ikari Warriors because it was so clearly based on Rambo.
I gotta admit I'm pretty excited for The Expendables! To see all these guys giving it a go again, how can you not?!
I've always thought his best role was Rocky IV. He was one of the scariest bad guys ever, and I've seen a lot of movies.
I like how he answered about the dick measuring. You'd think a lot of that goes on, but I guess they have to squelch their egos when working with each other.
Have you guys tried to interview Aleksei Balabanov yet? His movies Brother, Brother 2, Of Freaks and Men, Dead Man's Bluff and Cargo 200 are all excellent and he has a huge following in Eastern Europe-- his movies are really damn good! I think he likely has a good support base among the SG-types who are into film, he's really one of the more interesting film makers at work today in Europe. Sure, his movies have some poppish elements, and always ridiculous action, but they're extremely well-made and he seems to be getting into more and more refined philosophical and technical territory the longer he makes films. Just an idea. I would certainly like to see him interviewed here on SG.
A little mate, but better late than never: I loved this interview. I never really put much thought into how far ahead of their time movies like Rocky 4 actually were. It's cool to get a Dolph's Eye View on things. He's a pretty interesting fellow!
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MAY 31, 2009 06:00 AM