Franco Columbu

Basically a Christian version of Rocky

Rocky IV is dually symbolic - it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindling socialism. Today, Rocky is held up as a model by some and is a subject of derision for others. An emblem of the 1980s, its culture and its heroes, the film will be the subject of an entertaining analysis of popular culture.

Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discovered that a vengeful band of mercenaries are developing deadly biochemical weapons.

Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discovered that a vengeful band of mercenaries are developing deadly biochemical weapons.

A documentary on the making of "Pumping Iron" to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.

Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web of double crosses, while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his home, and island, he will have to fight his way out!

Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web of double crosses, while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his home, and island, he will have to fight his way out!

Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web of double crosses, while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his home, and island, he will have to fight his way out!

Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his home halfway around the world. Through revenge and deception, from Sardinia to Beverly Hills, Costa must ready for a final showdown by finding his way through an intricate web of double crosses, while meeting up with old friends and enemies. If Costa wants to survive and save his home, and island, he will have to fight his way out!

A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress.

A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress.

A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress.

Franco Columbo stars as Interpol operative Franco Armando - code name Beretta - who's forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's hometown on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where drugs are turning the peaceful village into a hell hole. The sinister druglord has a sadistic welcome for Franco: the kidnapping of his best friend's beautiful daughter.

Franco Columbo stars as Interpol operative Franco Armando - code name Beretta - who's forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's hometown on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where drugs are turning the peaceful village into a hell hole. The sinister druglord has a sadistic welcome for Franco: the kidnapping of his best friend's beautiful daughter.

Franco Columbo stars as Interpol operative Franco Armando - code name Beretta - who's forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's hometown on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where drugs are turning the peaceful village into a hell hole. The sinister druglord has a sadistic welcome for Franco: the kidnapping of his best friend's beautiful daughter.

In the large industrial port of an Italian city - sailors, women, black market traffickers, sleazy nightclubs, and dingy narrow alleys make up a world of danger, where a young American girl vanishes without a trace while an Italian man tries to track her down. On the way, he encounters a strange group of characters: a beautiful and ambitious prostitute, a girl ravaged by drugs, and the ferocious Joe Nerescu who is battling against a rival gang so he can gain control of the port.

Eu moro em uma fazenda, onde sirvo panquecas no café da manhã para os animais e trabalho em experimentos botânicos supersecretos com meu porquinho de estimação, o Vance. Um dia, uma tempestade traz um circo para a minha fazenda! Eles têm animais selvagens e outras coisas muito bacanas - principalmente a trapezista Gina. Ela é a garota mais bonita que já vi na minha vida! É também a garota mais bonita que já beijei na vida! É por isso que a minha noiva, Winnie, fica tão brava. Cá entre nós, um tórrido triângulo amoroso é um prato cheio para qualquer um! No final, tudo acaba bem, e eu até mesmo me torno atração de circo! Serragem, brilho e emoção. Espero que se divirtam!

After an absence of five years, six times Mr. Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.

Século 21. Os EUA estão sob cruel regime totalitário. Os livros foram queimados, os discos destruídos, as escolas fechadas e toda liberdade pessoal abolida. Neste submundo estarrecedor, só uma relíquia do Século 20 foi preservada: A TV. Única forma de diversão de uma população oprimida e fria. The Running Man é o programa mais popular, uma espécie de jogo de gato e rato mortal e sanguinário, onde o único valioso prêmio é a sobrevivência. Ben Richards, um rebelde perseguido, vai provar que nem sempre o fugitivo é o perdedor. Contra adversários mortalmente curiosos, ele vai defender sua vida frente às câmeras de TV.

Dutch e o seu grupo de comandos são enviados numa missão à selva da América Central, a fim de salvarem alguns pilotos capturados pelos terroristas. Contudo, ao chegarem lá, deparam com os pilotos barbaramente assassinados. Mais tarde descobrem que algo de terrível e invisível os persegue... Caçados como animais por um inimigo que eles não podem ver, Dutch e o seu grupo vão ter de sobreviver na selva, antes de serem todos dizimados...

Special featuring Don Rickles in his live comedy act at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, mixed with footage of Rickles "on the loose" across the state of California.

A truly iconic video based on the Mr. Olympia contest from 1984. Every single one of the competitors was a star in their own right. ‘Road to Olympia’ 1984 was a classic release at the time. It was the forerunner of the later Battle for the Olympia series. In this video the camera follows in particular Tom Platz, Chris Dickerson, Franco Columbu, Samir Bannout, Al Beckles and the eventual winner – Lee Haney. You also see a very beautiful Rachel McLish. This video is now a classic slice of bodybuilding history.

Em um futuro próximo, a guerra entre humanos e máquinas foi iniciada. Com a tecnologia a seu dispor, um plano inusitado é arquitetado pelas máquinas ao enviar para o passado um andróide com a missão de matar a mãe daquele que viria a se transformar num líder e seu pior inimigo. Contudo, os humanos também conseguem enviar seu representante para proteger a mulher e tentar garantir o futuro da humanidade.

The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a means of self-defense following a physical attack by two men, but then finds that while concentrating on building up her body her relationship with her parents, with whom she is living, and her new-found boyfriend, a young cop, is breaking down. Several noted bodybuilders and iron-pumpers, male and female, put in appearances to give this production an added authenticity.

Há milhares de anos, Thulsa Doom, um demoníaco feiticeiro, comanda um ataque em uma aldeia por motivos até hoje não revelados, que poderia ser simplesmente pelo prazer de matar ou para descobrir o segredo do aço, que era guardado pelos moradores desta aldeia. Conan, um cimério, vê seus pais serem mortos na sua frente e seu povo ser massacrado, sendo que ele, ainda criança, é levado para um campo de escravos. Os anos passam e ele desenvolve uma enorme força física, o que faz Conan se tornar gladiador. Ele ainda se mantém determinado a vingar a morte dos pais e quando é libertado tenta alcançar seu objetivo. Conan descobre que Thulsa Doom lidera o misterioso Culto da Serpente e, tentando se aproximar do feiticeiro, faz amizade com dois ladrões, Valéria e Subotai. Ao trio é prometida uma vultosa recompensa pelo rei Osric, que quer que o trio de guerreiros resgate sua filha, que se tornou uma seguidora de Thulsa Doom.

A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.

Este filme documentando é comumente referido como "A Idade do Ouro" do fisiculturismo, uma época na qual massa e tamanho importavam menos, e a simetria e definição do corpo era preferida. O documentário segue duas principais competições, o Mr. Universo da IFBB (para amadores) e o Mr. Olympia (para profissionais) em Pretória, África do Sul. Embora o documentário foque em Arnold Schwarzenegger, muitos outros fisiculturistas notáveis fazem aparições, incluindo Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Mike Mentzer, Robby Robinson, Mike Katz, Albert Beckles, Ken Waller, Frank Zane, Paul Grant, Ed Corney, Serge Nubret e Danny Padilla, todos campeões talentosos em suas categorias.

É um filme de comédia dramática de 1976, dirigido por Bob Rafelson, com roteiro de Charles Gaines (adaptado de sua novela de 1972 de mesmo nome). A história centra-se em um jovem de Birmingham (Alabama), interpretado por Jeff Bridges, que está envolvido em um acordo desonesto. A fim de fechar o acordo, ele precisa comprar uma academia para completar um lote multi-parcelado. Quando ele visita a academia, no entanto, vê que está romanticamente interessado na recepcionista (Sally Field) e esboça um estilo de vida despreocupado, como o do fisiculturista austríaco "Joe Santo" (Arnold Schwarzenegger) que está treinando para a competição de Mr. Universo.

Basically, 'Herakles' is an omnium-gatherum of film clips depicting images of machismo. Some of those images are explicitly macho: we see various body-builders flexing their biceps and triceps. Other images seen here are not macho in the literal sense, but are indirectly related to testosterone or cojones on some level: we see military aircraft making bombing raids, and footage of car crashes.