F.I.S.T. [DVD]

I saw this movie some years ago on TV & was keen to see it again. This release from Koch Media once again shows how good Germany is at doing top-quality blu-ray transfers.The film itself is a superb study of how corruption destroyed the trade unions in America. Sylvester Stallone is superb & has excellent support from the likes of Melanda Dillon, Peter Boyle & especially Rod Steiger as the senator who has every intention of getting to the bottom of it all.The action genre (especially Rocky & Rambo) may have been where Sly made his name, but you can't help but wish he'd done more movies like this.

I am not a Stallone 'fan'. I am not concerned with H-wood ego's, whether Stallone or Norman Jewison wrote the script I don't care. Whether it was 14 mins shorn I don't care. What I care about is history. This is a warts 'n all depiction of American Trade unionism in the Age of Capital. The Big bosses, who would send in the bully boys, and the cops who were on the Capitalist pay-roll, killing or sacking whosoever got in the way of the profit imperative. This is a great film. Beats Rocky all ends up. The Yank middle class nay sayers, they are apolologists for Capitalists who were happy to pay for Fascist bully boys but not pay for social programs. This must be understood in the context of 'Organised crime', the Sicilian Mafia, the mob were fighting their own class war. After all what is Capitalism but organised crime but they have the Fascist State, the Guns the Bombs the Drones on their side. This is a great film. It would not be made today. The American white middle class pussy foot around this issue. watch this film if you want to have an inkling what they are pussy footing around. Forget the 14 min's. the Stallone romantic inserts. When the base ball bats and the bullets are flying. This beats 'Reds' any day of the week for a social history of the American Working Class.

Great Stallone performance on Blu-ray. just a few pointers about the Disc/Packaging. You only get the Blu-ray disc no DVD as stated on the artwork. The artwork has been changed and the disc no longer states blu-ray and DVD on the front.The product itself is from T2 Entertainment Soul Media.the synopsis on the back is in Dutch i think or Scandinavian.Picture is 1080/50i MPEG - 4 AVC, Sound Dolby Stereo, no special features just subtitles.I must say this is the best picture i have seen from this film and it's worth the purchase, it plays on UK players as stated on the back as region B.

IT'S MR STALLONE WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY FANTASTIC MOVIE GRITTY AND AS NORMAL BRILLIANT ACTING BY SLY AS JOHNNY KOVAKS WATCH AND ENJOY

The product arrived on time and in great condition

Yes it did, brilliant film and enjoyed watching it again after all these years, (one of the best Stallone films in our opinion), worth buying and really great story line to it.

This film makes a better job at detailing the Checkered History of American Union/Teamsters than the more drawn out Hoffa ever could.You get Stallone in semi Serious mode (By that I mean its hard to take the Boxer/Gun toting Killing Machine in a role like this) as well as the Great and Hammy Steiger. One of Stallone's Best.

got this film for my daughter ,she loves stallone film so cant go wrong getting them but i think you have to be a fan of him