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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Tropic Thunder
Film credit
Sylvester Stallone
Also referred to as Sly Stallone, Stallone, Slash the Lone, Sly
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 14
- Movies in this archive
- 16
Rewatchables episodes featuring Sylvester Stallone’s films
Displaying episodes 1 - 12 of 14 in total
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:37:39Read transcript
- Stallone is declared the movie winner and receives an immediate definite agreement. — Kyle Brandt
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Sylvester Stallone
- Speaker not identified
- Sylvester Stallone
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:36:13Read transcript
- First Blood is the main Double Feature recommendation, praised for its wounded protagonist, thematic substance and nuanced Teasle before the sequel’s popcorn excess. — Bill Simmons
- Cobra is another Double Feature choice; Rocky IV is also floated as part of a larger Stallone run. — Kyle Brandt
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Stranding Trautman with Rambo; Murdock’s future; Rambo’s romantic history; Stallone versus Schwarzenegger
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:29Read transcript
- A question brought forward from Unanswerables imagines an injured Trautman stranded with Rambo. The idea is rejected because Rambo already has the POWs to protect and Trautman needs to confront Murdock back at base. — Bill Simmons
- An unanswerable asks what happens to Murdock; the answer imagines him failing upward into more powerful government positions rather than receiving justice. — Kyle Brandt
- Another unanswerable speculates about Rambo’s romantic and sexual history, with his quick attraction to Co offered as evidence of continued interest. — Kyle Brandt
- Stallone is preferred over Schwarzenegger. — Bill Simmons
- The other preference leans slightly Arnold; both stars are described as formative figures whose legacies are linked like Bird and Magic. — Kyle Brandt
- The hosts report Stallone tied with De Niro on thirteen Rewatchables films, behind Cruise at eighteen and Pacino at fourteen; Denzel has twelve and Schwarzenegger eight, from a stated total of 454 films. This is a short ranking, not a ten-item list. — Bill Simmons
- The hosts appreciate both aging stars continuing to work but object to Stallone recutting Rocky IV; Daylight and Lockup are discussed as future possibilities and movie selection is described as partly personal lobbying. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Sylvester Stallone in 1985; Ronald Reagan; Uncle Sam/America; Julia Nickson; the Cold War
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:18Read transcript
- Stallone receives affirmative Apex for 1985, jointly represented by this film and Rocky IV. — Bill Simmons
- Vietnam movies do not receive Apex here: late-1970s quality and Platoon’s Oscar-winning period are preferred, with Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War also discussed. — Bill Simmons
- Reagan, Uncle Sam/America, Julia Nickson and the Cold War’s 1985 pop-culture moment receive affirmative answers; the lack of nuclear-weapons discussion slightly weakens the Cold War argument. — Bill Simmons
- Martin Kove is placed at Karate Kid instead, and movie knives are placed a year later with Cobra and Crocodile Dundee, alongside knife advertising. — Kyle Brandt
Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot
Crenna pantsing Stallone and the retaliatory cream pie
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:03Read transcript
- The on-set prank story is suggested as a Steven Seagal unbelievable-on-set-story candidate, with doubt that Crenna would behave that way. — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Filming locations, fatal effects accident, video sales, Soviet ban, unverified on-set pranks and body count
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:58Read transcript
- Craig is said to be traveling and absent, so he has no flex selection. The first name alone does not independently identify a credited producer. — Bill Simmons
- Half-Assed Internet Research reports Mexico and Thailand locations, the fatal accident involving special-effects worker Cliff Wenger, 425,000 opening-day video units, high video prices and a Soviet ban. — Bill Simmons
- A claim about remaining Vietnam POWs is read from research, followed by explicitly unverified accounts of Crenna pantsing Stallone, a retaliatory cream pie and cast mud fights. — Bill Simmons
- The on-set prank story is suggested as a Steven Seagal unbelievable-on-set-story candidate, with doubt that Crenna would behave that way. — Bill Simmons
- The stated body count is 85 total and 74 attributed to Rambo; helicopter weapons are suggested as padding his tally. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Dolph Lundgren; Lee Marvin; local extras; John Travolta as Rambo’s partner
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:12Read transcript
- Casting What-Ifs includes Lundgren reportedly removed because of his Drago role, Lee Marvin declining roles across both films, and local Chinese-restaurant workers recruited as extras in Mexico. — Bill Simmons
- The producers reportedly wanted John Travolta as Rambo’s partner, an idea Stallone vetoed; the hosts enthusiastically imagine buddy banter and a Quarter Pounder and metric-system exchange. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:17:00Read transcript
- Both suggest a Stallone underacting award for the monosyllabic delivery, saying Cobra goes even further and Tango & Cash shows that greater expressiveness was available. — Bill Simmons
- The overacting category is repurposed as the Rambo II underacting award, returning to the earlier Stallone critique. — Bill Simmons
Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot
Stallone legend and losing daylight
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:25Read transcript
- Jack Black reportedly described his tied-to-a-tree speech as an homage to an explicit Sylvester Stallone microphone legend. — Craig Horlbeck
- Brandon T. Jackson reportedly said the San Antonio exchange was improvised with Robert Downey Jr. while the production was losing daylight. — Van Lathan
- Bill Hader reportedly described Tom Cruise recognizing him only after an impression and a briefing-like realization. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:49:04Read transcript
- Stallone wins for writing and directing. — Chris Ryan
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Sylvester Stallone
- Speaker not identified
- Sylvester Stallone
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:44:56Read transcript
- Sylvester Stallone wins emphatically, with a suggestion this might be the greatest movie win ever. — Bill Simmons
- Writing and starring as an unknown, then building a long franchise, makes the achievement unusually difficult to repeat.
- Tarantino, Palminteri, Roberts, Pacino and Welles are discussed as comparisons, with prior visibility limiting several parallels.
Podcast choices
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:36Read transcript
- Champagne Award Excellence in Smoking: Stallone; reportedly smoking so much for Rocky led him to quit, proposed related new award. — Chris Ryan
Displaying discussions 1 - 12 of 101 in total
Films in the archive
Cliffhanger
1993
Cobra
1986
Cop Land
1997
Creed
2015
Daylight
1996
First Blood
1982
Last Action Hero
1993
Over the Top
1987
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985
Rocky
1976
Rocky II
1979
Rocky III
1982