Cheesy

Rating: 4/10 (20 August 2005)

God, did we fall for this ridiculousness? Looking back, we were so dumb! And now with our ballplayers taking steroids, it's all too much. "I will crush you" is the best line, but when you think about what a beautiful movie like Rocky has devolved into, you realize that Hollywood may, in fact, be the root of all evil. Still, as freezeframe of that year, when AIDS became known, the Soviet empire had half a decade left to go, when Live Aid and "We Are The World" was all the rage, and so were poofy-haired mullets, it's tough to beat for nostalgia purposes. But watching this movie, it's clear that Sylvester Stallone made a pact with the devil. But who did Brigitte Nielsen and Dolph Lundgren (an MIT engineer) make a pact with? It truly is a Surreal Life.