Few actors have had as prolific and extensive a career asSylvester Stallone. Many of Stallone’s projects would help redefine genre expectations, character archetypes, and storytelling in general. Whether it was hisstar-making performance as Rocky Balboain the original 1976 drama that would earn him Academy Award nominations, or his work in the visceral action blockbusterRamboas the titular character, it’s hard not to see the impact the actor has had on Hollywood. However, as with any extensive filmography, there can be some unfortunate misses.
Stallone’s more recent work has been somewhat underwhelming, with sequels to his later action franchises like TheExpendablesandEscape Plannot receiving the most positive of receptions online. More recently,the actor’s 2025 film,Alarum, has come under fire, with the film boasting a 0% “rotten” rating on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, as all 20 reviews posted thus far have been negative. Sadly, the same can be said forhis 2024 filmArmor,a heist action movie that also has a 0% rating, with the story revolving around a standoff between security guards and a team of thieves led by Rook (Stallone), who are after the guards' armored truck filled with gold.
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Recently, the Corridor Crew YouTube channel uploaded a new video of their VFX Artists React to Bad and Great CGI series, in which VFX artists break down what works (and what doesn’t) in a movie. As it turns out, several key action scenes inArmorhave earned the ire (and confusion) of the VFX artists in the video, who were quick to point out many of the inconsistencies in the film.
‘Armor’ Shoots “Air For Water” In a Poorly Conceived Action Sequence
One scene in which the armored truck falls off a bridge and into a body of water is something that got the VFX artists the most excited about the film, specifically because of how poorly rendered the water in the scene is. It’s clear thatArmordidn’t put much of its budget intothe VFX for the water, creating a dichotomy in its quality that would be discussed by two of the VFX specialists, who would say the following:
Wren Weichman:I find the water to be really interesting here because it simultaneously seems really well done and awful at the same time.
Niko Pueringer: It’s like they got some decent fluid sims from somebody. They just motion tracked and it’s masked correctly. It doesn’t look very real at all, but like, the movement is good.
Another scene would show the truck underwater, with the guards attempting to escape the “submerged” vehicle by climbing out from the top. This sequence would also provideplenty of humor for the VFX specialists, as they would remark that the scene was filmed “air for water,” a variation on the phrase “day for night,” in which a production crew shoots a scene meant to be set at night in the daytime. In the case ofArmor, the scene was not shot underwater, but instead filmed as if the actors were pretending to be underwater while a poorly conceived filter was placed over the scene to provide a blue tint.
Overall, the humorous video breaks down everything that doesn’t work (and strangely does work) in the VFX for the project, showcasing something that’s not exactly seen every day in movies and television. Sylvester Stallone’sArmoruses poorly edited footage to simulate underwater movement, and the result is a hilarious film thatmight warrant a viewingbecause of its outlandish visual effects.
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