Assassins

Assassins (1995) was minor fare, presenting Sylvester Stallone as the world’s number one assassin, which makes him a target for an up-and-coming hit man (Antonio Banderas). Far better was Conspiracy Theory (1997), which featured Gibson as a New York cabbie who sees conspiracies at every…

…Mariachi, a gun-toting musician; and Assassins (1995). In 1996 he starred with Madonna in the musical Evita (1996), portraying the role of Ché, the film’s narrator. Accused by some critics of overexposure, Banderas conceded that he was ambitious but said that in Spain actors prove their success in this manner.

…also cowrote, The Specialist (1994), Assassins (1995), Judge Dredd (1995), and Get Carter (2000). Although most of those films had only limited success at the box office in the United States, Stallone’s ability to attract audiences overseas proved enormous. In 2010 he cowrote, directed, and starred in The Expendables, a…