Staying Alive (1983)
Average Rating: 2.6/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 20
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Movie Info
Director Sylvester Stallone proves you really can't go home again in Staying Alive, the absurd sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The story finds Tony Manero (Travolta) six years later working as a waiter in a nightclub while he tries to realize his dreams of dancing on Broadway (what tough street kid from Brooklyn doesn't?) He eventually makes the cut as an extra for "Satan's Alley" (billed as "a musical trip through Hell") and immediately sets his sights on the show's snooty prima-donna star
Jul 15, 1983 Wide
Oct 8, 2002
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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John Travolta
Tony Manero -
Cynthia Rhodes
Jackie -
Finola Hughes
Laura -
Steve Inwood
Jesse -
Julie Bovasso
Mrs. Manero -
Frank Stallone
Carl -
Steve Bickford
Sound Technician -
Bill Burns
Dancer -
Dennis Daniels
Dancer -
Norma Donaldson
Fatima -
Jess Doran
Mark -
Joyce Hyser
Linda -
Deborah Jensen
Margaret -
Reggie Leon
Dancer -
Ben Lokey
Dancer -
Robert Martini
Fred -
Sarah Miles
Joy -
Kurtwood Smith
Choreographer -
Peter Tramm
Dancer -
Charles Ward
Butler -
Tony Munafo
Doorman -
Nell Alano
Dancer -
Erica Jordan
Dancer -
Polly O'Malley
Dancer -
Ross St. Phillip
Sound Man -
Michelle Johnston
Dancer -
Pat Brady
Derelict -
Cindy Perlman
Cathy -
Michael Higgins
Dancer
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (20) | DVD (9)
The bottom line is that Staying Alive is nowhere as good as its 1977 predecessor, Saturday Night Fever.
Top CriticAll could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness.
A slick, commercial cinematic jukebox, a series of self-contained song-and-dance sequences that could be cut apart and played forever on MTV -- which is probably what will happen.
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work.
Tracking Travolta's adventures as he gets to perform on Broadway and falls in and out of love, director Stallone is in his mindless mode when it comes to characterization.
It all amounts to an embarrassing show of unrestrained, Hollywood-style egomania.
If not quite one of the worst sequels ever made, it's near the top of the list of all-time most disappointing sequels. Writer-director Stallone stupidly attempts to turn Tony Manero into a dancing Rocky.
Was this sequel really necessary? Nope.
Saturday Night Fever through the eyes of Stallone.
So horrific are the musical sequences in this movie that you'll swear you were having nightmares directed by Satan himself.
1.5
More like staying dead...a monotonous and unnecessary sequel that has all the grace and flow of a greased hog on rollerskates
The words 'directed by Sylvester Stallone' say it all.
This film constantly falls flat on its face.
Audience Reviews for Staying Alive
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- Tony Manero: Last time I came over, I almost got brain damaged. You guys party too hard; you ought to be a tag team.
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- Doorman: Are you expected?
- Tony Manero: To do what?
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- Tony Manero: Did you hear the way she talked? All intelligent like.
- Jackie: Tony, an accent doesn't make you intelligent. If it did, you'd be Einstein.
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Movie: ID: 10790 Title: Staying Alive Release Date: 1983-07-15 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 2 Status: 1
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Foreign Titles
- Staying Alive (1983) (DE)
- Staying Alive (1983) (UK)
