Five Sylvester Stallone films better than Bullet to the Head...

Rather than obsess over how weak and amateurish Stallone's newest action film happens to be, I thought I'd take some time to pick out some better examples of Sly's surprisingly interesting filmography.  These five films aren't so much the best or even the most underrated, but merely five films that merit discussion and are worth digging into just a little bit more than usual.  Agree?  Disagree?  You probably do, because I could have easily done such a piece on ten Stallone films worth briefly dissecting, but I imagine I can only punish my readers for so long at one time.  You'll get your chance below, but for now enjoy these mini-essays of well, uh, let's just call them five Sylvester Stallone movies that are much better than Bullet to the Head.

First look at Karl Urban as Judge Dredd.

This one comes out from Lionsgate in 2012, and this still comes from Aint It Cool News. Looks pretty convincing to me. I've always had a soft spot for the original Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd from 1995. Sure, it's kinda terrible, but it's amusingly progressive for an action picture (Dredd learns that compassion and due process are pretty cool), and it's insanely violent. I'm pretty sure that, save our three heroic leads, every single character with a speaking part dies onscreen. I love that Stallone apparently thought that it had a shot at a PG-13 at the time, but then Harrison Ford thought the same thing about the blood-soaked Air Force One.

Scott Mendelson