TMZ Presents: Arnold & Sly - Rivals, Friends, Icons

2024

Action / Biography / Documentary

8
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 285 285

interview rivalry aging actor business competition 1980s 1990s

Plot summary

TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to two Hollywood icons forever being friends and brothers in arms.

Director

David Thies Photo
David Thies

Top cast

Sylvester Stallone Photo
Sylvester Stallone as Self
Arnold Schwarzenegger Photo
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self
Harvey Levin Photo
Harvey Levin as Self - Host
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397.79 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
12 hr 43 min
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816.62 MB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
12 hr 43 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 5 / 10

A somewhat wasted opportunity...

Right, well when I stumbled upon this 2024 docunentary titled "Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons", there wasn't even a split second of doubt whether I should watch it or not. I mean, growing up with the action movies of the 1980s from both Stallone and Schwarzengger, of course I had to watch this.Sure, it was entertaining and enjoyable, but... Yes, unfortunately there is a but here. I feel that the documentary was a bit rushed and superficial. It was as if Stallone and Schwarzenegger weren't really given the opportunity to just open up and share whatever they wanted. It was a very one-sided documentary, where the host, Harvey Levin, sort of steered the direction with a bit too much of an iron grip.I missed more insight into the rivalry, what drove them to do things that they did, and what they did to overcome the rivalry, the reason for becoming friends, and such. It wasn't really brought into the light throughout the course of the 43 minutes that the documentary ran for. It felt like the documentary didn't really bring new information out into the light, but instead playing it safe by sticking to stories already told.It wasn't all bad, because there definitely were nice parts to the documentary as well, no doubt about that.Watchable for what it was, I feel that "Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons" was a missed opportunity, because these two mastodons of action movies most definitely had a lot of tales to tell.My rating of "Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons" lands on a five out of ten stars.
Reviewed by Badlands1 4 / 10

Missed opportunity.

Yet again, we see all too many times the producers wedged themselves into subject matter they don't belong to.Here we have Harvey Levin dictating and dominating most of this documentary. We have the two greatest action stars in history presented in a way that seem rushed, chopped up, and overtaken by Harvey.A very short documentary at 43 minutes. Even though all the rights to the movies were paid off, we could've had a little bit more movie references and footage, it was nice to see the family life of both people.Harvey went over many of the same revelations we already know. But overall, it just seemed very watered down, redundant, and PG.
Reviewed by mchl88 7 / 10

Very Interesting

There is no doubt that Stallone and Schwarzenegger changed the movie industry. Whether it was a change for the better or worse is subjective.The fascinating thing to me is that they were rivals, not only aware of the other bit driven to outdo the other. This led to bigger guns in their films and higher body counts.I've seen both of their recent documentaries so I was aware of all this, but this interview was still interesting to me. Harvey Levin did a great job of bringing these two icons together and fleshing out their relationship; both the adversarial part as well as the admirational part. The story about Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot was the best part of this interview.If you grew up like me, watching all the Rambo and Terminator movies, you'll enjoy this interview.
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