Tulsa King season 2: Stallone shines in Mafia Saga’s return

On September 18, a new episode of one of the most popular streaming series premiered on the SkyShowtime platform. We're talking about the production "Tulsa King," starring the indomitable Sylvester Stallone (the actor turned 78 on July 6). According to critics, the second season couldn't have started better.

The series "Tulsa King" debuted on the Paramount+ platform two years ago. Stallone plays an Italian-American gangster who returns to his mafia family after a long prison sentence. However, he is no longer welcomed in New York, and the boss, for whom he spent 25 years in prison, sends him to the forgotten city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"Season 2 is on track to find that balance, possibly with an even more dangerous set of antagonists, though it hasn't yet cemented that tonal balance in the season's first half. Stallone's Manfredi is an engaging mobster with a good heart, surrounded by a cast of characters that bring out his moral best by finding more creative criminal means instead of the standard route of growing brutality," wrote a critic from "Collider".

Sylvester Stallone dreamed of playing a gangster since the 70s when he failed to become an extra on the set of "The Godfather." He receives such praise that he hasn't heard or read in many years. "Rocky, Rambo, Tulsa King"—critics list them in one breath. Great words of appreciation also go to the creator of the series. Taylor Sheridan wrote an excellent script and dialogue, allowing Stallone to enchant viewers with his dry sense of humour in every sentence.

The first reviews of the second season of "Tulsa King" have appeared on Rotten Tomatoes. In all of them, critics give high ratings to the production. There are not many reviews yet, as only the first episode has premiered, but as a "Decider" journalist wrote, "We almost think at this point that Tulsa King is designed to be ridiculous on purpose, because as eye-rolling as the second-season premiere was, we still want to watch Dwight and his crew get the upper hand on everyone in Tulsa and Brooklyn."

New episodes of the series will be added to the service every week. The second season will consist of 10 episodes in total. Meanwhile, Stallone is moving forward and plans to star in a biopic of Gregory Scarpa Sr., a professional hitman who killed on behalf of one of the largest mafia families in New York.