Sylvester Stallone will always be known as one of the greatest action stars of all time, but in this later stage of his career, he’s settled into different roles that may not have suited his younger self. One role that Stallone may likely wouldn’t have taken on when he was in his 20s but now won’t shy away from is Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi, who he plays in Tulsa King, the hit Paramount+ crime thriller written and created for TV by Taylor Sheridan. Paramount has released four full seasons of Tulsa King since the Season 1 premiere in 2022, and the show isn’t done yet, either. Paramount has already doubled down on Tulsa King and renewed the show for Season 5, though there’s no word yet when it’s going to hit streaming.
Still, despite his rock-solid role in Tulsa King, Stallone still finds the time to star in new action thrillers, even ones that fly under the radar. One such film is Alarum, the 205 R-rated spy thriller co-starring Scott Eastwood — Eastwood recently featured in one of the most underrated WWII movies of 2026, Lucky Strike. Despite a $20 million production budget, Alarum never quite got a run at the box office to earn any of this back, which is likely due to the film earning a rare 0% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. This comes from 22 reviews, also meaning not a single critic found anything nice to say about the film. One year later, Alarum has found a streaming home on both Hulu and Stars in America, but the film has also surged into the Prime Video top 10 globally in more than 15 countries around the world.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Is ‘Alarum’ About?
Alexander Vesha wrote the script for Alarum and Michael Polish directed the film. In addition to Eastwood and Stallone, the film also stars Willa Fitzgerald, who featured opposite Alan Ritchson in the first season of Reacher on Prime Video. Mike Colter, best known for his role as Luke Cage in the Marvel Universe, also stars in Alarum as Orlin. The official synopsis for the film, which earned 14% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows:
“Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, Mike Colter, and Willa Fitzgerald star in this explosive action-thriller about two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network that will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe (Scott Eastwood) and Lara (Willa Fitzgerald) are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as ALARUM.”
“Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, Mike Colter, and Willa Fitzgerald star in this explosive action-thriller about two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network that will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe (Scott Eastwood) and Lara (Willa Fitzgerald) are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as ALARUM.”
Check out Alarum on Hulu or Starz in America and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Sylvester Stallone’s future projects.
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