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

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.