

In one of the film's best exchanges, DaSilva clashes with a British terrorism expert who despairs the cop's queasiness, reprimanding his emotional pleas with a very British ruthlessness. He is made extra dangerous by Stallone's vulnerability as Detective Sergeant DaSilva, who has good street smarts but struggles to pull the trigger. debut) flexes his effortless villainy as Wulfgar Reinhardt, a terrorist bomber who kills mostly for fun, rather than any real political conviction. This is still an interesting cult film and one of Stallone's better movies. It comes together as a decent New York thriller, but it treads familiar ground and has no truly stand-out sequences.ĭon't let that dissuade you, though.

Second, the film is engaging, but unremarkable. The problem is that Stallone seems to make the biggest impression on mainstream audiences when his shirt comes off and stays off. This is a good thing because the actor does his best work when he leaves his ego at the door. First, Stallone's performance is not showy.
