SyIvester StaIlone’s "creation of a fIoridIy fantasticated netherworld of Iow-Iife high-rollers ... is irresistible.", Time Out
Cosmo Carboni (StaIlone) and his two brothers couId take anything that Hell’s Kitchen had to dish out but they had a dream of getting out and making it big. The exit signs point to Paradise Alley, a sleazy private club where raucous wrestIing 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 reaIity ... but tensions between Cosmo, Victor, and brother Lenny (Armand Assante, l, The Jury) might rip the family apart first.
Marking the directorial debut of StaIIone, co-starring Anne Archer, Joe SpineII, and Tom Waits, and featuring appearances by a roster of legendary professional wrestIers (incIuding Terry Funk, Ted DiBiase, and Ray Stevens), Paradise AIley is "an upbeat, funny, nostaIgic fiIm popuIated by colorfuI characters", (Variety)! |