Sylvester Stallone Says This Was His Worst Movie Ever

Philip Ellis
Photo credit: C Flanigan
Photo credit: C Flanigan

From Men's Health

Sylvester Stallone has had a long and storied career, from the original Rocky and Rambo movies to his more recent resurgence in Creed and The Expendables franchises. But there's one movie which the actor isn't so proud of, and he just took to Instagram to slam it as the worst working experience of his career.

The action star shared a video promoting his new movie, Escape Plan 3: The Extractors, a movie he's very proud of, but couldn't quite resist getting in a dig at the previous film in the series.

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Here I am with my lifetime friend , and Director , JOHN HERZFELD , Who directed the upcoming film Escape Plan 3 - The Extractors ! Escape Plan 2 WAS TRULY THE MOST HORRIBLY PRODUCED FILM I have ever had the misfortune to be in , but this new film was made in an extraordinarily short amount of time , 17 nights , dusk till dawn , no breaks , we ate while we worked!!!! The Crew were under unbelievable pressure. . Proud of them! But I wanted this battle be as realistic as possible. I showed up on the site for the big final fight scene that takes place in a very very old cell that is 9‘ x 7 ... they had spent all this time choreographing this Martial arts type of combat. I said forget it. Why don’t we go in there and just let it rip. Like a real fight!!!! . Nobody does this anymore ... NO CUTS! ONE LONG TAKE - No choreography, so you don’t know what’s coming until it hits you. I asked the other actor who has a lot of guts,Devon Sawa , If he was game? I said it’s gonna hurt and he replayed “ bring it “ . So what you see us a portion of the brawl that is completely non - choreographed , spontaneous , again, with no cuts , And no idea , and what punches were coming! The other actor Devon , plays the killer who has accused me of murdering his father which is not true ! Without a doubt the only fight I’ve ever done in my entire career without choreography or without knowing what’s coming !! No one does this anymore - gotta a little adventurous !!! And nuts ... This was tough but worth it! And what I believe makes the audience APPRECIATE the effort and authenticity .... Arriving July 2…. AND It is available on pay-per-view ! KEEP PUNCHING ! #Escape plan 3 THE EXTRACTORS #GrindStone #LionsgateFilms

A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone) on Jun 27, 2019 at 9:42am PDT

"Escape Plan 2 WAS TRULY THE MOST HORRIBLY PRODUCED FILM I have ever had the misfortune to be in," he wrote in the caption, before going on to praise the work ethic of everybody involved in the third instalment. "This new film was made in an extraordinarily short amount of time, 17 nights, dusk till dawn, no breaks, we ate while we worked!!!!" He said. "The Crew were under unbelievable pressure. . Proud of them!"

The first Escape Plan movie came out in 2013, and starred Stallone as a structural engineer who specializes in testing security systems and who ends up having to find a way out of the world's most advanced prison, nicknamed "The Tomb." Escape Plan was the first movie to star both Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger as c0-leads.

The sequel, Escape Plan 2: Hades, followed in 2018, with Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista joining the cast. And Stallone wasn't the only one who had issues with the movie: David Erhlich at IndieWire called it "a bootlegged ripoff of its own franchise."

But it looks like Stallone is back on board with this third movie in the series; in the Instagram post he enthusiastically recalls how he and co-star Devon Sawa eschewed traditional stunts for "non-choreographed, spontaneous" fight scenes in long single takes. Viewers can decide for themselves whether The Extractors is any better than Hades when the movie is released on pay-per-view on July 2.

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