I've always been a fan of Frank Stallone. Yes, he would not be anywhere if it wasn't for his brother. He was going nowhere when his brother put him in movies like the Rockys and Paradise Alley. But that doesn't mean he's not talented.
Honestly, if you see movies like Barfly and Tombstone, he's a very talented actor and should have had a much better acting career than he did. He's mostly done crappy straight to video type movies that no one has seen and that's too bad. There's no reason why he shouldn't have had parts in big budget real movies.
He is talented as a singer and his stuff on Rockys 1 & 2 are great. He had one hit, from Staying Alive. But let's not go overboard, his IMDB profile claims "Frank has garnered three Platinum Albums, ten Gold Albums and five Gold Singles" which isn't remotely true. Thing about the IMDB is you can put up anything on your profile and there is no checker to say "no, that didn't happen."
In the documentary we have all this stuff about his band "Valentine" finally reuniting, like this is some big band we've all been waiting to reunite when in reality the only people who care about this are the three band members. And don't get me wrong, Frank is a talented singer but all his successes singing are as a result of stuff his brother helped out. He had no big record that wasn't part of a Sly Stallone movie. The other thing I have a problem with is Frank is a producer of this documentary. Who produces a documentary about themself? It's like you're making a commercial about yourself.
Now the thing about this doc which is great, besides the fact it does have a lot of great talent in it - is the pace of this thing. This is how you make a compelling documentary. It moves. Super fast. There's no fat, coming in a 112 minutes. And that's good. I really enjoyed this. I think Frank IS a talent guy as a singer and actor. I'd like to see him get a good part in a real movie and have more success as an actor. He deserves it.
