André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, teacher, and blogger of all things pop culture.
Many iconic movies of the last 50 years have spawned at least one forgettable sequel. Grease 2, Speed 2: Cruise Control, and Basic Instinct 2 are just some examples of sequels that were missing the key elements necessary to be strong continuations. While 1983’s Staying Alive had John Travolta reprising his superstar-making role from 1977’s Saturday Night Fever, everything else that made the original movie special was lost thanks to its unlikely director: Sylvester Stallone.
Taking place roughly five years after the events of Fever, a more mature Tony, no longer smoking and cursing, spends his days bouncing around Broadway auditions while earning rent money at night as a nightclub waiter. He eyes an opportunity to audition for the chorus of a hellscape-themed production titled Satan’s Alley. Amid his pursuit of the gig, he’s caught in a love triangle between sensitive singer/dancer Jackie and the self-centered British dancer Laura .
'Staying Alive' Is More Tame Than 'Saturday Night Fever' With Stallone in the director’s chair, Staying Alive takes on a PG-rated direction instead of Fever’s hard R. For the Rocky star, taking a character audiences root for towards a dark path was simply not his nature from a creative standpoint. This is one of the reasons why Staying Alive is devoid of Fever’s troubling elements, including the sexual assault of his friend Annette and his friend Bobby C.
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