John Travolta,
Cynthia Rhodes,
Finola Hughes,
Steve Inwood,
Julie Bovasso
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Director Sylvester Stallone proves you really can't go home again in Staying Alive, the absurd sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The story finds Tony Manero (Travolta) six years later working as a waite... read more
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Release Date: July 15, 1983
DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (639)
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September 28, 2009I actually liked this sequel. Seems like I?m the only one though! I had no idea Sylvester Stallone directed it though. I suppose it's quite similar to Rocky in many ways!
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January 4, 2008I usually expect sequels to pale in comparison to the original. I have lowered expectations when watching such movies. For instance, one of my favorite movies of the 80s was Karate Kid. The Karate Kid part II, while not nearly as good, was a worthy sequel. Same thing with Rambo, ... read more
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August 3, 2007From the gritty electricity of "Saturday Night Fever" to sweaty Broadway dancing? It just doesn't carry over very well as a sequel. It felt a bit gay. I liked some of the music in it.
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July 20, 2011Saturday Night Fever is more of a time capsule than a movie. The characters don't so much tell a story as they simply exist in it. It so perfectly captured late 1970's America, that it had once been the 12th highest grossing movie of all time.
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July 3, 2011Six years after the events of Saturday Night Fever, 25-year-old former disco king Anthony "Tony" Manero, has left Brooklyn and is now living in Manhattan, staying in a flophouse while he works as a dance instructor and as a waiter at a dance club, looking for his big break in the... read more
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July 20, 2008Just re-watched this today on tln. A great sequel none the less that shows that travolta at that time really didnt need movies if he wanted a career in dance! The broadway show at the end was fantastic!
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August 24, 2011Also known as Saturday Night Fever Part 2, this film (surprisingly written and directed by Sylvester Stallone) continues the story of Tony as he pursues his dream of becoming a dancer on Broadway. I remember seeing this movie in the theater in 1983 at seven years old, and was co... read more
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July 18, 2011I loved Saturday Night Fever, I love Stallone, but sometimes, a Great movie should just be done at the end of it, period, no sequel. Sorry , but that is the case here, nice try though
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March 14, 2011Ok, it sunk at the box office, and not alot of people liked it, let alone heard of it, but I love it because it revisits Tony Monero, and you just gotta know what he did with his dancin'
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April 27, 2009Not bad. Didn't get the support it should have in its time, but comparisons to SNF are really unfair.
Critic Reviews
October 24, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A slick, commercial cinematic jukebox, a series of self-contained song-and-dance sequences that could be cut apart and played forever on MTV -- which is probably what will happen. Full Review
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times
A sequel with no understanding of what made its predecessor work. Full Review
February 25, 2009
Film4
Tracking Travolta's adventures as he gets to perform on Broadway and falls in and out of love, director Stallone is in his mindless mode when it comes to characterization. Full Review
February 25, 2009
TV Guide's Movie Guide
It all amounts to an embarrassing show of unrestrained, Hollywood-style egomania. Full Review
October 25, 2007
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
If not quite one of the worst sequels ever made, it's near the top of the list of all-time most disappointing sequels. Writer-director Stallone stupidly attempts to turn Tony Manero into a dancing Rocky.
June 24, 2006
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
All could be forgiven if it weren't for the soulless overall slickness. Full Review
October 15, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Was this sequel really necessary? Nope.
November 13, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
Saturday Night Fever through the eyes of Stallone.
August 16, 2003
Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide
So horrific are the musical sequences in this movie that you'll swear you were having nightmares directed by Satan himself. Full Review
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