DS3520 Without a doubt, "F.IS.T." Is not merely Stallone's finest film performances, but one hell of a knockout performance! A thinly veiled account of the career of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa, this film is engrossing from beginning to end. The entire cast give believable performances, but it is Stallone to whom acting honors must go! Even the makeup job on cast members is believable, as the characters age over the years from "Kovack's" (Stallone's character) early rise to the time he reaches the pinnacle of power as a controversial national labor leader. The story holds your interest, as he makes his way up the ladder, first as a reluctant union organizer to finally heading up the most powerful labor group in the country. "F.I.ST." Is a picture that is not to be missed. No movie lover can fail to appreciate a film that has all the elements of fine movie-making........compelling story and excellent performances

Desertman84 F.I.S.T. is Sylvester Stallone's first film after gaining success and stardom in Rocky.In it,he plays Johnny Kovak, a Cleveland warehouse worker who becomes involved in the labor union leadership of the fictional "Federation of Inter-State Truckers" or F.I.S.T. He finds that he must sacrifice his principles as he moves up through the union and attempts to expand its influence. Among them is getting involved with the mob.It was loosely based on the Teamsters union and their former union president,Jimmy Hoffa.It was definitely an enjoyable and entertaining film as the viewer get to see Stallone play a different role that relies on his capability as an actor rather than an action star.He did well as a Kovak.Also,the film provides great insight on unions and how the mob gets involved with it through its detriment.This also is a signature films for unions and union members.As for the performances,the rest of the cast played their roles with conviction and director Norman Jewison was steady behind the camera.

Karl Ericsson This is a movie about worker's right against owners. This is a movie about slaves protesting their utter humiliation against owners, whose abominations know no end. This is a movie about power-society.What is the solution against people who think it's all-right that they have everything while others have nothing? What is the solution against people who look at you as if you were vermin, since there is no other way they could look at you when they think it is quite OK that they have everything and you nothing? The Nazi's looked at the unfortunate Jews (the rich ones were in USA and did not have a record of outdoing themselves for their racial brothers - look at "Amen" by Costa-Gavras) as vermin and as long as they could look at their brothers human beings that way, they had no trouble to exterminate them. Some realized their mistake and killed themselves afterward.Will the owners realize their mistake? Don't count on it, as this movie shows! Violence give rise to counter-violence if you cannot activate a whole population as in Venezuela or Gandhi's India. Yes, if the owners will have the whole population rise against them, they may, paradoxically, survive! If they just get a sufficient large minority against them, they will have the French Revolution and will maybe not survive. I guess they haven't thought of that one - or maybe they have, if you consider recent developments.There's no difference in what you take with you when you leave this world abut a giant difference in what you leave behind.

muzafar.h.bokhari (amraampk) This is in my opinion an almost forgotten kind of film which is itself is marvelous and unique in a way that for the first time it really showed the metal of Stallone 's inside acting talent which was later faded due to his personification of roles like Rambo , Rocky etc. Some how Sylvester Stallone really managed to throw some power performance in his serious complex character of this movie. I with very difficulty found this film , but before watching an old clip at the you tube i truly understood that it would be the movie containing Stallone s original acting capabilities. Now i wonder why Stallone did nt get any academy award nomination for his performance. Those who are his critics now must realize that Sly always had capabilities of being an actor , the thing happened was being labeled and stamped as a pure action hero after appearing in full action flicks like Rambo ,demolition man ,tango & cash.