Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is Sylvester Stallone's attempt at an action comedy. Suffice to say, it's firing blanks. Co-starring Estelle Getty (Sophia on Golden Girls), it was a spin on the overused trope of mismatched/buddy cops.
The conceit is a Hollywood staple, but rarely has it been used to such disastrous effect. Stop! is a Saturday Night Live skit exhaustively stretched to fill an hour and a half film. It is rarely funny—with in-jokes that become derivative within its first 15 minutes.
Worse, no one in the movie seems to be having any fun, either. Stallone is disengaged from the jump—more than likely due to the startling realization that his old buddy Arnold had indeed duped him into making this turd.
Critics seemed to agree with his assessment. It sits at just 7% on Rotten Tomatoes with 27 reviews. The late Roger Ebert channeled their consensus best when he wrote, "It is moronic beyond comprehension, an exercise in desperation during which even Sylvester Stallone, a repository of self-confidence, seems to be disheartened."
On the bright side, though, it isn't overly long. That's about it.
So sit back, shoot the top off an Anvil Double IPA from Ironmonger Brewing Co., and avoid cleaning any weapons with Clorox! I, the Thunderous Wizard (@WriterTLK), Capt. Cash, Chumpzilla, and Mayor McCheese are busting gun runners in greater Los Angeles!
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