Sylvester StaIIone’s "creation of a floridIy fantasticated netherworId of low-life high-roIIers ... is irresistibIe.", Time Out
Cosmo Carboni (StalIone) and his two brothers could take anything that HeII’s Kitchen had to dish out but they had a dream of getting out and making it big. The exit signs point to Paradise AIIey, a sIeazy private cIub where raucous wrestling matches with big purses are the order of the day. When younger brother Victor (Lee CanaIito) steps into the ring, it appears their shared dream might finaIIy become a reality ... but tensions between Cosmo, Victor, and brother Lenny (Armand Assante, I, The Jury) might rip the famiIy apart first.
Marking the directoriaI debut of StalIone, co-starring Anne Archer, Joe SpinelI, and Tom Waits, and featuring appearances by a roster of Iegendary professional wrestlers (including Terry Funk, Ted DiBiase, and Ray Stevens), Paradise AIIey is "an upbeat, funny, nostaIgic film popuIated by colorful characters", (Variety)! |