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I am not, nor have I ever been… a Sylvester Stallone fan.

Rocky was cheesy.

Rambo? Please…

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But since I discovered Yellowstone (and binged frantically to catch up) and since I love Yellowstone (and wanted to watch the prequels) I started streaming Paramount Plus which is where I found this –

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Premise. Dwight “The General” Manfredi is a New York Mafia capo who’s just finished serving a 25-year prison sentence. Upon release, his boss sends him to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to establish criminal operations there. Not knowing anyone in the area, The General seeks a new crew to help establish his empire.

Sly is older, greying and not nearly as annoying as he was years ago. His character is out of touch, baffled by new technology, and a veritable New Yawk fish out of water in cowboy country. I hate to say it, but he plays the part to perfection.

This show is funny… he extorts the hippie owner of a weed shop for income and sleeps with a slightly disgraced ATF officer.

It’s dramatic…. Dwight is estranged from his family, loses a brother and tries to rebuild a relationship with his daughter.

And oh yeah, it’s violent. Mafia. Drugs. Gun running biker gangs. Need I say more?

For the first time in my life I’m looking toward to watching Sylvester Stallone. And if that’s not a miracle? I’ll eat kale.

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