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Just putting this one out there. I remember it being in theaters, but have yet to see it (will soon, it's on the Encore schedule), but I wanted to throw it out there since Stallone will soon become king of HDTGM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6UNQB1Lo1s

Not sure how a film with a character named "John Grizzly" who drinks motor oil has escaped the suggestion box.

Stallone is a former CIA explosives expert going after his former mentor James Woods with the help of skanky looking Sharon Stone. She wants revenge against the mob family that Woods works for, especially Eric Roberts who killed Stone's parents, who in flashbacks has not aged a day while Stone ages a couple decades to current time. This was made in the time that Stallone was IN LOVE with computers and the internet, similar to plotlines in Assassins, which is made more hysterical by the fact that Stallone looks completely out of place when using any sort of technology that isn't a car or a gun.

I'd like to know what everyone's opinion is on Rocky 3 -- this is my first recomendation on this forum, but I don't see any discussion of this classic in the Rocky pantheon. I rewatched Rocky 3 recently and so much of this movie is legitimately bonkers -- endless montages, the birth of Hulk Hogan: public figure, Mr T playing a legitimately terrifying character, the casual racism of 80s Hollywood, plus boatloads of half-naked men drenched in baby oil. But there is a sincere theme in this movie. Rocky goes soft after tasting success, he is deluded that he is still good, and then he fails when his mettle is truly tested. Everything is thrown into doubt for him -- was he ever good, or was he merely lucky? And then cut to more training and fighting montages. Mr. T's performance in this film cannot be overstated. For someone who became a beloved public figure know for being gentle with children, Mr. T as Clubber Lang is --holy shit-- a masterpiece in the characterization of the black rage of the 60s and 70s, class rage, defiance, and will. Please Please consider this movie for HDTGM, preferably with Matt Jones as the guest.

First off, you guys have yet to do a Stallone movie. Second, both of these movies are incredible. Over The Top has a Kenny Loggins song written for it and the guy arm-wrestles for the love of his son. Tango & Cash may have the first script whose dialog is composed entirely of zingers. There is not a scene in the movie where Tango & Cash do not trade some kind of smartass remark.