Life Style: Review: Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Samaritan’ wastes its heroic potential

LONDON: Word that Sylvester Stallone was producing and appearing in a new superhero movie — and one that didn’t fall within the expansive Marvel or DC stables — gave rise to a sense of cautious optimism among movie and comic book fans. After all, Stallone has shown a real talent for breathing new life into grizzled characters — 2006’s “Rocky Balboa” and 2015’s follow up “Creed” are so good because Stallone was willing to acknowledge his own physical limitations, and let those movies become fascinating character pieces.