Pulp Fiction
Ezekiel 25:17 “The Path of the righteous man……. In October 1994 I went to the cinema to watch The Specialist with Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone and James Woods. The film was a dreary thriller enlivened only by an atmospheric John Barry score and Woods’ energetic performance. In the opening sequence there is a scene in which Woods pistol whips Stallone and kicks him a couple of times while he is on the ground. Test audiences hated seeing Stallone lose a fight so an addendum was added in which Stallone gets up, attacks Woods and beats him up badly. However the second portion of the fight was shot with each actor in different locations and Stallone has a different haircut. The use of doubles is obvious and as you would expect the result looks jarring. I found it appalling that something so sloppy could go into a major release. I have so much affection for the Rocky character that I always route for even non-Rocky Stallone movies. Stallone’s two movies from the p