After ‘First Blood’ and ‘Rocky,’ Sylvester Stallone Fought for His Life in This Underrated and Utterly Forgotten ’80s Prison Thriller

Sylvester Stallone’s iconic characters always face insurmountable odds, whether it is a menacing opponent in the ring in the Rocky series or entire squads in the Rambo franchise. Such challenges made the legendary actor one of the world’s most recognizable underdogs in cinema history. At the height of his powers as one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars in the late ‘80s, Stallone dropped the boxing gloves and the big guns to fight his way out of an extremely violent New Jersey prison inLock Up.