Poor Sylvester Stallone. It must be dreadful to have been
one of two kings of 1980s action films only to suffer a swift and steep decline
through the 90s. Now well into his 60s, he is devoting himself to sad
knock-offs of the films that made him a superstar once upon a time. First was Rocky Balboa, the sixth installment in
that series, then Rambo, his fourth
film playing that character. This year he came back for more as writer,
director and star of The Expendables,
an action film which revels in cheesy schlock, washed up stars and dead bodies.
