Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Desertman84 Paradise Alley is a film about three brothers in Hell's Kitchen, New York City that become involved in professional wrestling during the 1940's.It stars Sylvester Stallone,who also acted as screenwriter and director of the film.Cosmo Carboni and his brothers Lenny and Victor reside in the poor section of Hell's Kitchen. Cosmo is determined to get out of their depressing situation.When he discovers an illegal wrestling match,he realizes that Victor could beat the champion and gets motivated when he sees lots of money being passed around.Later,Cosmo's brother joins in by acting as the manager.When pressure builds and the stakes grow higher especially when the mob gets involved,it becomes apparent that Victor must fight for his life.It was Stallone's directorial debut.It was an enjoyable and entertaining dated film from the 70's.Some parts become unintentionally funny.Obviously, it was also predictable and clichéd in the end.But one thing that stands out is the theme of brotherhood especially when the relationship of the three brothers remain a focal point of the story.That alone makes it better than an average film.

Mike Garcia From the beginning of the credits scene, we know that we are about to see a very interesting story..Stallone(the most underrated actor in movie history) directs,writes,produces,stars and even sings on the credits song of this marvelous film and he does energetically. this film is nostalgic, beautiful and powerful.In my opinion it must have been a longer film,and Stallone should have developed the brothers characters and the relationship of his brother with the Asian girl a little bit more.But anyway everything on the film works perfect.This movie was made after Rocky, is the debut Stallone as a director,this film is been unjustly forgotten and it must be rediscover.Sylvester Stallone is a great actor, director and writer and is unfair how the critics have been treating him during the years.Paradise Alley is a great film.

Aaron1375 Apparently this movie was not beloved by critics like the original Rocky, and I had personally never heard of it. I just happened to catch it on television once and decided to watch it and while I am not the biggest wrestling fan this movie kept my interest. Wrestling is more of a side note anyways, it plays an important part in the movie, but the main focus is on these three brothers and that is what makes it enjoyable to watch, the last wrestling match in fact detracts from the movie as it was less entertaining than seeing the interplay between the brothers as they try to make their lives better. Like I said nothing all that great, but it held my attention while it was on and you get some spots from actual wrestlers Ted Debiase and Terry Funk, there may have been others, but they were the only ones I noticed, but like I said not the biggest fan of wrestling. If they could have substituted street brawling or something in its place it may have worked better as a movie, but as it is it is okay.

rb-211 I don't know what happened to Stallone after he made this movie. He showed so much talent in this movie that was never to be repeated. I keep seeing Cobra, what a joke. How can the same guy be in both movies? Did he get a head injury or something? My favorite part is when Victor drops the ice down the stairs. Very symbolic, sad in a way. He finally realized that he was wasting his time on the "straight" life. In all, a very enjoyable movie. I have seen this movie about 5 times, and I plan to watch it again when it comes on. The problem is that the people who control the programming want Rambo and Rocky. Good movies in their own way, but both lack the depth of Paradise Alley. OK, the first Rocky was pretty good. I wont discuss Cobra, it's not worth discussing. Watch this movie if you get a chance, it's worth your time..