Staying Alive

John Travolta. Dancing. Run away.

Maybe you need to have liked Saturday Night Fever. Maybe you really need to like John Travolta. I couldn't tell you, but this movie is derivitive and quite poor. There was something that made Fever a good movie, this movie is lacking it. The last line in this movie is just so bad, and self referential, I want to gag - "You know what I want to do?"; "What?"; "Strut."; Ugh.

Arriving 6 years after the phenomenon that was the original it's easy to see why this wasn't just disappointing but considered awful. The unpredictability is gone, the interpretive dances are repetitive & much of the music that accompanies them is awful. Still, this isn't as bad as its rep. Manero's still an asshole (& he comes across even worse here since he's given such a sweet girlfriend), which feels unique & honest. If only the film realized that he's worse than Hughes' ostensible villain.

Ahahahaha, this movie is WAY too so-bad-it's-good for me to rate it any lower than this. Stallone is legend. "Do you KNOW what I wanna do?!?! ... Strut."

Nothing happens in this movie other than fuck buddies being selfish, followed by b-roll of dancers for the last half hour. There aren't even any tits to jack off to. Sylvester Stallone was the James Franco of the 80s.

"Ok everyone, I have an idea! John Travlota uses his dancing prowess to take broadway by storm!" This writer should have been shot on the spot! Taking the coolness and just overall great character of Tony from the original Saturday Night Fever, then throwing it into a leatard is a crime! I watched it because of my respect for the first movie, nothing more.

I should have known as soon as I found out it's written AND directed by Sylvesr Stallone it's totally craptacular. Brother FRANK Stallone has a piece in the soundtrack, as well as a performance as part of Cynthia Rhodes backing band. It's as bad as the film itself. Everything the original wasn't and SO much more. Toe knee :-)

This movie never should have been made.

bad movie

This is how my grandmom died...cancer.

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Sylvester Stallone's Frank Stallone soaked 8 SONG sequel D: A journey through hell to an ascent into heaven. The final 90 seconds are so damn good that it's from a whole other movie.

Everything that's wrong with the 80s

I enjoy bad movies but this one is not entertaining to view on any level. The movie is 75% dancing, the music is atrocious (FIRE! DANCE! repeat), dialog was thrown together at the last minute. There are a few unintentionally funny moments but it's not worth the time.

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. It's bad even for a sequel.

(Viewed on 27/04/11): Saturday Night Fever is no classic, but it captures the spirit of its time well enough to be a pop culture document of considerable nostalgic significance; Staying Alive captures absolutely nothing. The focus on movement is not enough to disguise the cliched love triangle narrative. The final dance sequence might aim to symbolise Manero's struggle to resolve his personal conflicts via performance, but it plays more like a bad soap opera than a genuine cathartic moment.

Young Travolta's charisma is the most endearing thing going for the movie. It has a few of what I can only imagine are unintentionally humorous moments as it tries break the mold of being a drama/romance.

This sequel to Saturday Night Fever is shockingly embarrassing and unnecessary, trading the original's dramatic depth for a series of uninspired dance sequences.

Dancing 80's! This movie is so bad it put a big grin on my face. There is something unnatural about seeing Travolta dance in tights and those Japanese schoolgirl type of socks.

Poor.