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You’re never too old to play a superhero. That’s the main takeaway from Samaritan, the new film starring 76-year-old Sylvester Stallone as an aging former vigilante with special powers who has quietly settled into retirement. Except, as such former Stallone characters as Rocky and Rambo have proved time and time again, retirement doesn’t always come easy for former warriors.
At first glance, Joe Smith (Stallone) wouldn’t seem to be the aged version of Samaritan, the former protector of Granite City, who disappeared 25 years earlier after fatally dispatching his evil arch-nemesis, named…Nemesis. (Screenwriter Bragi F. Schut, who later adapted his screenplay into a series of graphic novels, clearly isn’t too concerned about coming up with imaginative names for his characters). Joe, a garbageman, shuffles around the dangerous, run-down urban environs sporting a heavy grey beard and perpetual hoodie,...
You’re never too old to play a superhero. That’s the main takeaway from Samaritan, the new film starring 76-year-old Sylvester Stallone as an aging former vigilante with special powers who has quietly settled into retirement. Except, as such former Stallone characters as Rocky and Rambo have proved time and time again, retirement doesn’t always come easy for former warriors.
At first glance, Joe Smith (Stallone) wouldn’t seem to be the aged version of Samaritan, the former protector of Granite City, who disappeared 25 years earlier after fatally dispatching his evil arch-nemesis, named…Nemesis. (Screenwriter Bragi F. Schut, who later adapted his screenplay into a series of graphic novels, clearly isn’t too concerned about coming up with imaginative names for his characters). Joe, a garbageman, shuffles around the dangerous, run-down urban environs sporting a heavy grey beard and perpetual hoodie,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal City, California, December 19, 2019 – With the clock ticking down, an NYPD detective is plunged into the midst of a large-scale conspiracy, while trying to bring forth justice in 21 Bridges, arriving on Digital February 4, 2020 and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on February 18, 2020 from STXfilms and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 21 Bridges is a gripping thriller that keeps audiences captivated with its twists and turns as the gray area between cop and criminal becomes more apparent. Hailed as a “battering ram of a movie” (The New York Times), the suspense and nonstop action of 21 Bridges allows viewers to take part in uncovering the many layers of the conspiracy themselves.
Led by Chadwick Boseman as the film’s fearless protagonist, 21 Bridges features an all-star cast with Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Emmy Award® winner Keith David with Taylor Kitsch and Oscar® winner J.K. Simmons. 21 Bridges is directed by Brian Kirk and written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Adam Mervis.
Led by Chadwick Boseman as the film’s fearless protagonist, 21 Bridges features an all-star cast with Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Emmy Award® winner Keith David with Taylor Kitsch and Oscar® winner J.K. Simmons. 21 Bridges is directed by Brian Kirk and written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Adam Mervis.
- 12/23/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
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