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In this corner, with the Mohican-style hairdo and the beard, is the challenger, Clubber Lang, played by Lawrence ("Mr. T.") Tero. In the other corner, with the ruddy cheeks and the winning smile, is the champ. Rocky Balboa, played by Sylvester Stallone. The two slug it out in Stallone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 11, 1981 | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

HOW much longer are film audiences to endure the tall, silent figure of Sylvester Stallone looming across New York in an endless repetition of the tough-guy-with-a-soft-spot role? Nighthawks, a meaningless jumble of The French Connection. Serpico and The Supercops, gives us the Italian Stallion in...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Nightmares | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

The best thing that can be said about Nighthawks is that it's short. Imagine Billy Dee Williams as Sergeant Fox and Sylvester Stallone as Sergeant DaSilva roaming the streets of the Bronx and combing Central Park, as decoy cops in a simpleminded parody of The Supercops and Serpico. We...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Nightmares | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

Nighthawks boils down to just another cop-cum-chase scene thriller, with little action, less plot, and no originality. It is a pity that the film was released now: it might have made good drive-in fare. At last, we see the truth about the Italian Stallion: Rocky was a...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Nightmares | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

The Soviets claim cnly to have "access" to bases in Viet Nam. The installations there, they insist, are still very much in Vietnamese hands. Not so, say U.S. experts. Aerial photography has discovered that the Soviets are building and operating a support pier to tend the nuclear-powered submarines that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: The Soviets Stir Up the Pacific | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

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