This is so true and now I want to own the movie. Think I'll take a look at Amazon and see if they have it for a reasonable price. The movie has a tremendous masculine presence and you really get into the story and the fine actors in it. It is what you say, truly, one of the best movies around.
Blue Czar Correction, we wouldn’t struggle to make them if we didn’t struggle to support them in the first place. Maybe that was what you meant? The 60s produced some of the most gritty drama in cinema from the UK and we did it regardless of commercial interests. I honestly can’t understand what the hell British cinema is doing these days. It seems like an extension of theatre luvvies vanity projects or else a straight to video potboiler factory. Where are the Saturday night and Sunday mornings, the loneliness of the long distance runners, the Kes of today? I haven’t enjoyed a British movie in I don’t know how long. Maybe topsy turvy? That’s twenty years old. And to be honest it was all tongue in cheek. Too much of that around.
I thought it was a fantastic film also. I just watched it again and they are not making movies like this anymore. All that I am just seeing is animation movies and silly, very silly movies being made. Where are the DeNiros and the Ray Liottas, Harvey Keitel of this generation? There are just no powerful figures in movies anymore. This generation doesn't have them, they just don't and for that concern, I don't watch movies, I don't go to the movies like I used to. There's nothing out there, the well is dry. Storytelling is gone and so are really riveting actors. It's just gone.
Unfortunately, his reputation has been severely compromised by the fact he directed the fifth Indiana Jones, which was idiotic, unnecessary, and absolutely disrespectful to the fans of the previous entries as well as the original creators, especially since Steven Spielberg had no involvement with the movie at all. Furthermore, the movie got made by the dimwits at Disney and was not made by Paramount Pictures, the TRUE home studio of the franchise.
Loved this movie when I first watched it, Stallone really showed his range (which we kind of already knew, but felt like it had got lost over the years) and it introduced me to a lot of other amazing actors. I haven't watched it since but started watching clips of it so will need to sit down again with it. I was more surprised when I looked up the director and realized what he went onto do and the quality of those movies. Logan may be one of my favorite movies even though I find it hard to watch (for good reasons) and basically as good as "Unforgiving" and in a similar vain.
I know what you mean, I miss movies like these and I was just telling the others that I just watched this movie again today and took it for granted that we would have good actors like this forever, but we don't and I don't like what's out there today. The actors in this film are gone and not doing anything like this anymore, Today it's kiddie movies and a bunch of CGI and garbage that I can't relate to. I wish they would make good films like this again.
Love the movie! Amazing performances! I think Sly did an especially good job against type. It is a shame that it’s not only underrated, but somehow even maybe forgotten.
Well, add this one to the list of must rewatch as soon as possible. I literally haven’t seen anything that has moved my care metre in years. Just constantly going back and re-watching classics.
Copland got mixed reviews from the hack critics but it was awesome. James Mangold only makes good films but sometimes they're great too, like this, Identity, Logan, etc.
Rocky is one of my top 5 favorite films so I made sure to see this on the big screen and I was blown away by how good the entire cast was in this. The sound editing in the final act when Freddie loses the rest of his hearing during the gunfight was brilliant. I was on pins and needles.
Arthur Nascarella played Carlo in The Sopranos, his NY accent maybe has prevented him from getting diverse roles but he's a very good actor here too holding his own with all the Heavyweights on screen.
Robert Patrick had a few short lines in T2. "Nice bike." and "Get out." are the first ones that come to mind. Also, he talks to kids at the video arcade and John Connor's foster parents.
This movie was filthy with Sopranos cast members, was even being filmed in Fort Lee around the same time the Sopranos pilot was being filmed in Newark in 1997
I saw this in the theater when it came out. I was 13. It had good scenes but moved soooo slow and left me feeling groggy. If you watch individual scenes on RU-vid they’re good, but the way they stitched it all together for the movie was exhausting.
I was born 1984. And if there is a movie which had affected my life to a significantly tremendous extent and made me rearrange and reconsider my commitments, convictions and habits irreversibly, this movie would have been to mention in the first place with a couple of others, but surely extremely few...
I felt the same,although I like slow movies. I was also about 13 I went with my mother thinking it will be like a lot of explosions like other Stalones movies.
Logan (Movie) 2017 Two of a Kind - 2013 Road Trip - 2013 Solid Citizens - 2012 The Wolverine 2013 Knight And Day 2010 3:10 To Yuma 2007 Walk the Line 2005 Identity (Movie) 2003 Kate & Leopold 2001 Girl, Interrupted 1999 Cop Land 1997 Heavy (Movie) ......Hope you have fun watching any of these other of his movies.
I agree it was fantastic and gritty and I watched it again today that's why I am here and am glad that they made this documentary for it because it added layers to why this movie was made. It's worth having in your collection and shouldn't be forgotten because they don't make good movies like this any more. The well is very dry and in shortage of really great acting like DeNiro and Liotta. I miss it a lot and you can't find it today because this generation can't produce great actors and fine story telling. So when you say that its an epic movie, you are right, it is.
If I love this movie..listen to Robert Patrick's latest interview on Michael Rapaport's podcast just came out.Both were in the movid.Tremendously insightful and hilarious.Thank me later!
Oh I wish I had the podcast and would be able to listen to this. I love the insight of actors and great films and it would have been a treat just to listen to what they had to say. I thank you now because it exists.
Keitel was an asshole in this movie, but he did in his own way understand the ugliest of the world around him and the sometimes terrible measures one takes to push back threats
5:54 Sly really didn’t sound thrilled to be doing this movie. It looks like he was desperate for a pay check. I kind of wonder if he did something wrong in his career and had to do this and some kind of favour but it ultimately didn’t pan out. He didn’t star in anything big until he made Rocky Balboa and Rambo on his own dime 10 years later.
He wanted to do a role where he could demonstrate his acting capabilities, as opposed to just using his physique as a human special effect in a brainless action flick.
...and I LOVE Harvey Keitel - but I didn't buy him as Ray...ironically, he wasn't menacing enough...just my opinion...Stallone was above average, Liotta was great, even Rappaport held his own...
