BACK TO THE OLD SCHOOL, WELCOME TO THE 80's

During a recent interview for a popular magazine, legendary famous action director, William Kootcheff known for directing Rambo series, recalls the action flick of the 80's. according to him directing 'Rambo' with Sylvester Stallone is one of the best decisions he has ever taken in his life.

The era of the 80's was known as the golden period of action cinema. the 80's were the times when new rules were written in the action gene of the cinema, the movies like Rambo, Rocky,Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Code Of Silence and Indiana Jones to name a few were successful in changing the landscape of the film industry forever. There were more explosions, more abuses, more deadly and high tech wepons and to top them all brilliant stunt work. All of which was done with "a wink and nod to the audience" but all these are now things of past because i personally along with legends like William Kootcheff think that Hollywood now just doesn't make films like  that anymore. the films now have too much of glamour and too much of hi-tech equipment but no mind boggling stunts.

Actors like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundergren and Jackie Chan were the flag bearers of the action cinema. Stallone and Arnold also got their famous aliases of Rambo and Terminator respectively after the success of the Rambo and terminator series. All there action movies also had a huge impact on the world of wrestling. Wrestlers like Stone Cold and Bret Hart were also seen in the spin off of Stallone'd "Rambo" and Lundergren's "The punisher".

If we look at the current trend in the movies, although the technology is much more advanced than the 80's but still there is a dearth of quality action movies. According to Stallone, " Hollywood would really have to work hard to regain the lost momentum in the action genre ". The new breed of action stars like Jason Statham, Chris Evans, the wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson etc are very talented and also have proved there mettle. 

In 2010, Stallone frustrated by the action movies of today directed, "THE EXPANDABLES" to pay a tribute to the action films of the 80's. The movie turned out to be a blockbuster and hence was followed  by a sequel EXPENDABLES 2 which would be followed by, "EXPANDABLES 3. In EXPANDABLES 3 all the stunts are performed by Lundergren himself without any protection gear and when a journalist asked him why he did it? he said,"I am back in the old school and i don't want to miss it ". This very statement tells us why the movies of the 80's were legendary.