![]() ![]() ![]() That being said, it’s not the worst and it’s exciting to see two former “rivals” together, even if they're just hitting things.Dachshund puppies for sale in albuquerqueDogs for Sale in Albuquerque (1 - 15 of 4,214) $500 Brindle Pug Pug ![]() We’ve got Stallone and Schwarzenegger doing what they do best-hitting things-but why not stretch their abilities and go for the gold? Why couldn’t their first film feature a plot worth writing about, rather than a tired plot about yet another impossible-to-escape from prison that-gasp- can be escaped from. It’s an interesting prison break movie, but nothing terribly exciting happens. Unless you count that one scene from Last Action Hero where Schwarzenegger sees the cardboard cutout of Stallone as the Terminator and says “I love that guy!” That being said, Escape Plan probably happened 30 years too late. Aside from The Expendables, this is the first true movie co-starring the two action heroes. ![]() Stallone and Schwarzenegger: together (again) at last! It’s fair to say that this movie falls into the category of forgettably good. Arnold will never be too outlandish, that’s just the way he is, damn it. They want to see a guy who can throw a bad guy through another bad guy. The problem was people wanted over-the-top Arnold. The director deliberately toned down Arnold’s role to make him less over-the-top and more believable. The only problem is that’s it not especially funny. Does mayhem ensue? You bet your ass it does. We’ve got your basic “buddy cop comedy” plot: a Russian cop is forced to team up with a cocky Chicago detective to take down a Georgian drug lord. Danny DeVito, Brigitte Nielsen, and James Belushi? Belushi on his own is a pretty questionable star, but when stuck on screen with Schwarzenegger in Red Heat, he’s completely overshadowed. Here’s the thing about 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger-he was fantastic, brilliant, strong, and scary, but those fat-cat big-wig movie studio executives were just dead set on sticking him in movies with the most unlikely co-stars. ![]()
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