Brian Dennehy, Cassie Yates, David Huffman
Sylvester Stallone stars in this hard-hitting, boldly ambitious drama that powerfully reveals a significant slice of American history. As union leader Johnny Kovak, Stallone's performance confirmed hi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005
Stats: 60 reviews
Rocky becomes a union leader, while Norman Jewison steals scenes directly from Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life) and Vittorio de Sica (Bicycle Thieves). Absolutely brutal.
dramatic storytelling of how the teamsters was born..Stallone achieves a surprisingly meaningful performance, and is backed up by the excellent Steiger, Lo Bianco and Boyle...this movie has an epic feel and provides an interesting insiders look how the union came to be....a bit v...( read more)
better than i was expecting. it starts out good then drags on for another hour. Still recommendable though.
Definetely a great Sylvester Stallone film. I don't know he just has that certain coolness factor about him. Rent this movie!!!
An unjustly forgotten gem from early in Stallone's career, F.I.S.T. is a fine drama that deserves to be re-discovered.
F.I.S.T is one of the best Sylvester Stallone movies I've ever seen. Everything about it is great. Stallone's performance is great. I really wished F.I.S.T. would have been noticed more when it was made. F.I.S.T. also makes me wish that Stallone would have stuck to Drama movi...( read more)
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