Everyone has their favorite action heroes and we all watched them in our favorite movies growing up. This week I was able to review “The Expendables 2” and it gave me an idea for some great DVDs that you can find on DVD. My three favorite action heroes are Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis. It’s even rare that they are all in one movie together let alone others. I found some of their movies that some might may not have heard of and I had a ball taking a look at each one of them. Check them out and a “Toddster’s Take” on the new movie.
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Lock Up - (1989) (Sylvester Stallone) Stallone plays Frank Leone. Frank was a model prisoner who was able to get out on weekend passes to do what he wanted and to see his girlfriend. At the beginning of the week, though, he returned to prison. He was paying for his mistake and serving his time. His easy time is about to get harder when he gets transfered to a different prison ran by Warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland). Drumgoole was an old enemy of Frank’s and now the warden wants to make sure that Frank gets what he has coming to him. At least in his eyes. He’s put in general population and they will make sure that Frank has everything but easy. Frank sees no other option but to escape which is what he did before. Can Frank last long enough to escape?
Raw Deal - (1986) (Arnold Schwarzenegger) Schwarzenegger is an FBI Agent named Mark Kaminski who always did things his way. Doing things his way got him kicked out of the Bureau. Now he’s working as a small town sheriff. It pays the bills. Harry (Darren Mcgavin) was an old friend of Mark’s who thought he needed help and tried to do what he could to help him. At the time he couldn’t do much. All that is about to change. Harry’s son had just joined the FBI and was assigned to protect a witness about to testify against the mob. Harry wants justice and the best way is to call on his old friend who received a raw deal. Harry want Mark to go in and tear apart the people responsible for the death of his son and the witness who could have brought them down. Will Mark get the job done?
