Rocky (DVD)

What A Film! Rocky, The first of six, Rocky is a film about a boxer called Rocky Balboa, He is an Italian that lives in Philadelphia, He is a amateur boxer that goes to his local boxing ring for some fights to make a bit of money, What happens is one day the heavyweight champion of the world is looking for an exhibition fight against a amateur boxer because he wants to make some money, He chooses to fight The Italian Stallion (Rocky Balboa) Rocky exepts and starts training for the fight of his life because he knows he has not got much chance but hes still going to try his best, along the way he meets a girl called Adrian. ~~~The Fight~~~ The fight is ...  Read the complete review

"His whole life was a million to one shot" I have never met anybody that hasn't heard of Rocky. if they hadn't heard if him, I probably wouldn't give them the time of day! Written by and starring Sylvestre Stallone, the film tells the tale of Rocky Balboa, a washed-up Philadelphia boxer who barely scrapes by, fighting in small clubs and moonlighting as a debt collecting loan shark. The suprisingly lovable Rockys main ambition is to win the heart of the timid Adrian (Talia Shire), sister to the sluggers best friend Paulie (Bert Young). The opportunity of a lifetime knocks for Balboa when The world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Carl ...  Read the complete review

Rocky I (Film Review Only). =========================== The Plot. ------------------------- Street wise, down on his luck boxer Rocky Balboa is given the chance of a lifetime when his name is the one chosen by Apollo Creed. Creed is currently the world heavy weight champion at the time and when his planned opponent pulls out of a planned fight Creed pulls out this idea as a publicity stunt, but that’s not what Balboa thinks. The Storyline. ------------------------- Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is an Italian-American who works for a loan shark as a collector in the downtown streets of Philadelphia. He also enjoys ...  Read the complete review

Unless you have lived your entire life in a cocoon, or have yet to discover the joys of television (and let's face it both are unlikely!) then you will have at least heard of the legendary boxer named Rocky Balboa, even if you have never watched a Rocky film. Think of Stallone and what character springs to your mind first? For most people I guess, it is probably the down and out fighter with the wonky eye and the slurred speech. Why? Well Rocky symbolises the little man that takes life's punches on the chin and refuses to be beaten. You can't help but admire the spirit in which he takes on the world. Stallone will never be classed as the greatest actor that ...  Read the complete review

Do you really know Rocky? It is highly unlikely that you will have not have heard of the film, but what is your impression of the original film? I think it is important to ask this question to a reader of this review who is pondering whether or not to add Rocky to their film collection. Although I am an admirer of, for various different reasons, its five sequels, I feel it is important to think of the original Rocky movie as a picture by itself. Years later and Sylvester Stallone, the almost actor equivalent of the "no-hope" slugger Rocky Balboa, would be a fool not to admire the Rocky franchise he chose to continue, but even he is careful to speak ...  Read the complete review