Staying Alive 1983 by AverageMansReviews

Staying Alive 1983 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/domestic violence/sexual harassment

Satan's Alley: briefly; again we meet Tony Manero [John Travolta:] he is now a waiter and dance teacher, until he gets a part in this dance performance play called "Satan's Alley," he and a very close friend  Jackie [Cynthia Rhodes:] she is very good dancer, but she is a much better vocalist for this band, Tony treats her like garbage and he knows she is in love with him, not only do we have to put up with Tony's bad and/or outdated behaviour, we also have to put up with this individual is well by the name of Laura [Finola Hughes:] she is a highly skilled dancer led gets the lead female role in this play, a wealthy person that comes from the UK and doesn't mind screwing with Tony's head [this is where I should point out I am not condoning or/and excusing Tony's behaviour because he is a dick in his own right and finally we have the person on the street that Tony bump's shoulders with [partly Screenplay writer/Director/partly Producer/cameo: Sylvester Stallone:] the person I watch some of this content with pointed him out to me.

Generally speaking: the script, framework and pacing of this 96 minutes film is just awful; now I have seen this film I can't believe it is 96 minutes long, even though before watching it I knew it was 96 minutes long, but it just feels so much longer, on reflection I am feeling actually I know it has something to do with the fact that there is a much actually going on

Art and action; yet again on reflection; the art is how can put this nicely?: Detestable I know, I know it is from the early 1980's, but there is a difference between detestable and just plain tacky and other them the band and Jackie singing I could gradually leave the rest to be honest with you and for the actions we just have training montages.

Character developments and performances; the background characters are good solid versions of what they are meant to be and their performances reflect that, the only one that deserves to hold their head high is Cynthia Rhodes as Jackie: as I referenced earlier she is a honest, warm person that works hard and deserves much better than Tony. But seriously what the hell happened to John Travolta as Tony Manero: straight off the bat did Travolta actually want to be a part of this sequel? Because Tony is meant to be Italian-American which he had an accent in the previous film title, but in this sequel minus one occasion his Italian accent is nowhere to be seen/heard other than one occasion where he gets angry and you can hear it, so in reality it may as well have been Tony Manero as John Travolta and on top of that de-evolution of Tony is staggering as the coming of age component from the previous project has been completely destroyed and taken away, to be replaced with he is most definitely a male chauvinist pig in this sequel: as it is absolutely fine for him to behave a certain way but if Jackie moves on it isn't acceptable, okay he does apologise to his mother for his behaviour, but as a joke, but not really, he confesses to I am going to put this really nicely in a paraphrased version: he knows he isn't a nice person and seems happy with it, I mean yes he does it with Laura as well, but hopefully you would have come to the conclusion Tony and Laura are very much deserving of one another so if they want to do their petty garbage it is up to them just leave Jackie out of it and they have no on-screen chemistry between them either as characters or/and performers.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; it just isn't a pleasant film to watch as the person I watched this film with and I referenced multiple times whilst watching this title in one way or another such as for one example; this sequel should have never been made and also checking on how long we had left of this film to watch. This film has some wards accredited to its name such as 6 Nominees Positive: Golden Globes, USA 1984 Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture Frank Stallone Vince DiCola Song: "Far from Over" [Frank is Sylvester's younger brother] and Young Artist Awards 1984 Young Artist Award Best Family Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Negative: such as but not limited to Razzie Awards 1984  Razzie Award Worst Actor John Travolta Shared with: Two of a Kind and Worst Supporting Actress Finola Hughes