Search: Directed by Sylvester Stallone

The Expendables (2010)

Review preview for The Expendables

This is a giant, proud B-movie, the kind of movie that Hollywood doesn’t put into multiplexes much any more.

Owen Van Spall · 2 out of 5

A group of mercenaries is hired to overthrow a dictator.
Rambo (2008)

Review preview for Rambo

This is brutal stuff, lashings of the old ultraviolence, with rivers of blood shed in the mud and the rain.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5

Rambo is called out of retirement to rescue kidnapped Christian aid workers from the Burmese jungle.
Rocky Balboa (2006)

Review preview for Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa does not disappoint when it comes to the staples of a Rocky picture - the hard-earned training (raw egg chugging and knuckle meat-tenderisers are welcome, present and correct) and thrilling fight footage

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5

Sylvester Stallone's prize fighter returns to the ring.
Rocky II (1979)

Review preview for Rocky II

Rocky’s necessary fall from grace back into the gutter makes us root for the big-hearted lug every south paw-jabbing step of the way.

Stephen Carty · 4 out of 5

The boxer is tempted back into the ring.
Rocky III (1982)

Review preview for Rocky III

Not full-on farce, but getting there.

Stephen Carty · 2.5 out of 5

When the boxing hero is beaten by a challenger his former rival offers to train him back to former glory.
Rocky IV (1985)

Review preview for Rocky IV

One for the eyes and ears instead of the heart and head.

Stephen Carty · 2 out of 5

When Apollo Creed is killed in a boxing bout, Rocky decides to take on the challenger himself.