You would figure Sylvester Stallone would get the clue that he’s old and no one wants to see his movies anymore, but you can’t convince him of that.  Stallone is trudging out 2 of his most popular film franchises for new sequels.  Rocky and Rambo will be making their return to the big screen, and I wonder why?  Stallone’s career has noticably waned in the last decade, but given the fact the guy is 59 you’d figure he would accept the fact that he can’t play these roles anymore.  Having watched all the Rocky movies you can say they all got subsequently worse, leading up to Rocky 5, the stinkiest of the whole series.  I’ve only seen First Blood(the original Rambo film) and can’t speak of the quality of the other 2 films. 

It seems really sad that Stallone’s career has reached the point he has to grasp at straws like this.  You can definitely draw parallels between his career and many boxers who stayed past the prime of their careers.  Hollywood has plenty of examples of actors who’s careers remain active as they advance in years(see Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford etc.).  The difference between them and Stallone is they actually have the ability to act.  They choose their roles carefully and realize they aren’t the headliner anymore and step into supporting roles, letting younger actors take the lead while still turning in shing performances.  Stallone has never been a great actor, so avenues like this are closed to him.  Obviously his ego still feels he should be a marquee name in Hollywood, so he’s chosen to go back to what made him famous, almost 30 years ago.

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