Long ago, when Dennis Rodman was just your average NBA pro, there
was an outspoken and brash football player who was known worldwide
for his crazy haircuts and tell-all biography. His name was
Brian Bosworth. Like Rodman after him, some insane movie
producers decided to pay "The Boz" outlandish amounts of money to
star in his very own big budget action picture. Also like
the Rodman/Van Damme actioneer "Double Team," the film and its
star were panned both by the critics and the paying
audience.
Unlike "Double Team," however, "Stone Cold" gets better as the
years progress. I wouldn’t be surprised if it became a
full-blown, bonafide cult classic in the years to come. As the
eighties and early nineties become "retro" (and don’t think it
won’t happen), I envision Brian Bosworth rising from the ashes -
a burning phoenix of macho cool chic who will be revered as the
action god that he is (despite the "Razzie Award" he received for
Worst New Star of 1992) while Rodman once again contemplates
suicide.
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