Rocky (1976)

  A small-time mob muscle man and an aspiring boxer, Rocky Balboa, spends most of his time practising and unsuccessfully hitting on his friend's sister. Life gives him a chance to make it big when a world boxing champion wants to meet him in the ring. While this is a suicide mission, Rocky has to prove to everyone that there is always point in trying your best...
  This is one of the landmarks of modern cinema! Sylvester Stallone really risked his life trying to get this movie screened and that is something you can actually sense throughout the film; an air of fighting freedom, when there is nothing left to be lost so one can only win. John G. Avildsen and his directing helped put all the emotions in an acceptable order and the result is as beautiful as a flawless uppercut. the film also boasts vivid imagery throughout the film (the slums, the gym, the miserable housing, the fights) and the intense feelings get even more intense. All in all, Rocky is an icon and this film is a pure example of how all success stories have to begin, endless fight and hardships with sprinkles of persistence through bad luck.
  Stallone is not the finest actor in general and he is not the best actor in this film either. Not trying to undermine Stallone but the rest of the cast is actually more impressive! Tali Shire manages to uplift her role to a whole other level when you see her character actually evolving from a shy girl to a full woman next to Rocky. Burt Young plays one of those lowlife guys who snatch away at anything small-time to get by. And I tell you there are a few guys who can play that part that well! Carl Weathers is a good example of a character spinning around his own success and seeking his demise while Burgess Meredith is the finest of them all. The most cult, the the most insulting, the most raw character/actor in this film and you can't but love him!
Must watch this :  right before you make the final decision of really stepping forward in your life. Mix up "The Champion's Breakfast" right after the film and go out to face the world and own it!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075148/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I got a pop corn sittin' right here

You know, you can take off your coat. I won't judge

Hey,Moe. Got any of that green stuff?!

Death Race 2000 (1975)

  In a dystopian 2000, a cross-country automobile race is held as an annual national event. Contestants are supposed to kill as many civilian pedestrians as they can in order to collect points that will help them win the race and shake the President's hand. Driver Frankenstein has other ideas...
  Directed by Paul Bartel and produced by Roger Corman, this one weird film. It starts off as a rather interesting Sci-Fi race movie but suddenly it reveals it true cult nature. Pedestrians as targets, unconventional characters in weird things that look like cars, nudity and a rebellion in hand. Impressive comic-like sets and effects really give a more light mood to it, too! It doesn't get any cheesier than that, not when you have Corman producing it!
  David Carradine plays Frankenstein, the seemingly evil driver and by his side Simone Griffeth, a rebellion fighter undercover. This film even has Sylvester Stallone as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo, as the aggressive driver whose only point in life is to win the race and beat Frankenstein. All actors do a great job and act as if they would in a mainstream film and so, the film has an "arrogance" of better-than-B-Movie! A must watch!
Must watch this : with the dudes and a club sandwich each. Laugh with the gory murder scenes like the little sadists you are and after the film get in a car and start following a random car as if in a race. Don't die, though.
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/

I'll be a great actor! Say it!

Oh no, the baby!

I would fuck right now if it wasn't for that whole-body condom I am wearing

 

First Blood (1982)

  John Rambo, a Vietnam war veteran, returns to the states looking for a new start but all he finds is disappointment. When a small town sheriff arrests and abuses him, everything changes. War memories, still warm, fight their way out and Rambo is out for revenge. They will be sorry they drew first blood.
  The one, the only, the pentacle in 80's action films and a basis for every other action film that followed. Rambo, directed by Ted Kotcheff, with enough doses of drama and social concern but with even more doses of hard-boiled action and suspense. A country trying to heal its social wounds from a fresh war, a loner with no point in life, the thin line between these two and pure violence! That, my friends, is exploitation!
  Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy and Richard Crenna in the middle. The good , the bad and the diplomat. A challenge of who has bigger balls only this time they take to until death, all harmonically twisted in rural America. This movie is so full by the testosterone of their performances that ladies may be in danger of growing facial hair while watching it. If you haven't started needing a razor, this might be a good start.
Must watch this : with tons of beer and even more tons of pizza, on a rainy autumn night with the dudes. Adding some girls to your company may be fun as they will make fun all the time. But that is fine because you can shut them up with your excessive testosterone!
*Specially devoted to Silent Guardian
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/

Getting real tired of yo shit, fat boy

Tank top in -2 Celsius? Who gives a fuck?

Imma blast yo ass

Cobra (1986)

  A group of lawless anarchists go on a raping and a killing spree, wrecking havoc in town. A female victim manages to escape the ordeal and is protected by police forces. It is time for Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti to take the law in his hands and take out the gang and save the city! No one fucks with the Cobra!
  Ok, I said no Hollywood shit but not all shit is bad.You just have to twist your angle a bit. So, here we have a movie no guy can hate. Unless, he is not a man. George Cosmatos did not direct many movies but this one here makes up for it. He takes Stallone and his muscles, puts him in a role he knows well and the rest is only an ode to badassery. Like many others in this genre, this movie should be like a test for manliness and a guide for how to act around bad guys and hot ladies (unless you wanna be a cop,then it is weird if you take this as a guide). It may seem mainstream at first but it does not fail to satisfy a cult viewer's niche.
  Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni. First one gets the girl, girl  does not complain., there is a lot of shooting and even more cheesy looks and lines and all ends well. Two male leads and a female ; a classic Hollywood mix, only when it started it wasn't bad. It was afterwards that it got boring. And the good thing with this is that it can't get wrong.So sit back and enjoy.
Must watch this : with dudes,beers and a collection of delivery food from at least 3 different take-outs. After the movie, you go out and perform athletic poses and a muscle and beer belly competition.Man up!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090859/

Cult enough?

How to not look like a professional police officer

Fuck the law.Oh,wait I am the law!