Stallone may be setting the stage to return as the next big action star of a new kind. Old. Charles Bronson was older when he did all of his hit action films, so why not. It only seems fitting that it looks like stallone may remake a Bronson movie.
Not long ago, Stallone expressed interest in remaking Death Wish, and now Dark Horizons tells us the aging action star will star in a remake of the 1972 Bronson flick, The Mechanic
I was never a Charles Bronson fan. He sure is one scary looking guy I wouldnt want to meet in a dark alley but I felt he really lacked any real “personality” to the screen.
My father on the other hand thought he was great. So most Bronson films that I have taken in were by osmosis while I played with my legos and dad watched this badass calmly kick the shit out of the badguy.
Stallone is getting on in the years so he had to find a role of an aging action star. Bronson films would seem to be right up his alley. In The Mechanic Bronson was 51, but with that leathery face Stalone’s current fit 61 he could easily pass.
Stallone had already said Rocky and Rambo were done. Then we heard news that he was setting up for at least two more flicks. (I am sure he was counting his money during that announcement) but people assumed it was going to be Rambo or Rocky again. This is good news to me to see that he is leaving those franchises alone as he seemed to have set them up as finales.
Continuing a movie that had a clear “finish” to it is just suicide. Remember? “There can only be one? I rest my case.
