Rocky (DVD) Reviews

The original rocky, what a classic. The story line is imaginative and very believable; many a working class boy has tried to rake in fame and money using his raw talent to become a boxer. The cast is great; Sylvester Stallone really starts his acting career here and what a performance he puts in. The characters all have their own little personal ...  Read the complete review

Rocky is a great film and somewhat of a classic with its training montages and Stallones run up the steps as well as the soundtrack. The story is simple enough about a simple but good hearted guy who gets trained to box when he gets a chance to fight for the heavyweight title. Stallone plays Rocky very well and this is almost certainly ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I believe that most people who know the actor Silvester Stallone, they associate him with the movie Rocky and to a certain degree we can argue that this character was made to be acted by Silvester Stallone. As a matter of fact, Silvester actually got directly involved in the writing of the script for the movie, which is dated 1976 The ...  Read the complete review

Rocky is one of those films that mostly everyone has seen and mostly everyone loves, yes we all know it has its flaws and yes we all know that Sylvester Stallone isn't the worlds greatest actor (he was nominated though for an oscar) but who cares - Rocky is one of those archetypal feel-good films that will keep you as the viewer excited, cheering ...  Read the complete review

I have never really been a fan of Sylvester Stallone but I have to say he did do an amazing job with the Rocky films. I have watched them all several times over the years but only just got the DVD, this one being the first. Stallone plays the role of Rocky Balboa who is a boxer but failed to make t to the big time. He fights in small ...  Read the complete review

In 1976, a little known film from United Artists was released that would soon enough sweep the world as a phenomenon, and establish Sylvester Stallone as a force to be reckoned with, creating a legacy of films that, although wildly uneven in quality, were bookended in 2006 with a great closing instalment (aptly titled Rocky Balboa), and mean a lot ...  Read the complete review

A great DVD with the extras that will please many fans. The best extra is that you get an interview with Sylvester Stallone. This alone makes the DVD worth buying if you are a fan of the series. The picture and audio are both outstanding blowing the VHS version out of the water. Stunning picture quality and audio are superb that make ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Sylvester Stallone stars in this 1970s classic as Rocky Balboa, a down and out low level boxer who gets a shot at the world championship as part of a PR exercise from the champ Appollo Creed. To Creed, it's just a bit of fun, but Rocky's got other ideas. In the film that started a series spanning twenty years, Stallone ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the film only. My word, this is one heck of an undertaking, I must be mad! How can I possibly sum up a movie of such epic proportions as this? Well, I'm going to attempt it. This is a film about the fictitious character Rocky Balboa, an Italian-American amateur boxer living in quite a poor part of ...  Read the complete review

As Im writing this review now, I have a Rocky poster above my head. "His whole life was a million to one shot." With Rocky standing at the top of the Philadelphia steps with his arms stretched celebrating. I don't think theres anyone who has seen this film that isn't a fan. Even now some 30 years on, its still a classic and ...  Read the complete review

Can there be a more up lifiting collection of movies than the Rocky series. I don't really count Rocky V and Rocky VI as, for me, they are movies that should never have been made. This review centers around what is arguably the best of the series, though I would just lean slightly towards Rocky IV for that accolade. The DVD features ...  Read the complete review

We all know Sylvester Stallone as a veteran of endless mind-numbing films portraying loner's with violent instincts. However this film one of the great underdog films, was written and starred Stallone as the Philadelphia Prize Fighter Rocky Bilbao: So What's it all about: In a nutshell this film is the ultimate ...  Read the complete review

Who would ever have thought that in 1976, Sylvester Stallone could have conceived of a boxing film that would wow the world for years to come as well as spawn no less than 5 successful sequels? Yet, he did, and with the help of cinematic experience in the form of personalities in front of and behind the camera, Rocky emerged into our lives as the ...  Read the complete review

rocky starring and written by sylverster stallone has become something of a if a icon and what sly along with rambo is best known for. This is the very first movie released in 1976 with its simple story of a italian boxer ( rocky ) who lives in a dump of a department in a rough town and having to do jobs as a money collector hard man in ...  Read the complete review

Director: John G. Avildsen Producers: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler Writer: Sylvester Stallone Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith and Tony Burton. Music by Bill Conti Released in November 1976 this 2 hours movie follows the rise of an amateur boxer who makes it ...  Read the complete review

Rocky is the triple Oscar winning, first film in a six part series written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. The film tells the story of a poor Italian-American small-time boxer fighting for money in Philadelphia. Rocky begins the film in a fight club winning his latest bout, he then begins his walk home which shows that he is well-known and ...  Read the complete review

I always associate the Rocky movies with the 1980's but the first and second were actually made I the late 1970s. This first Rocky film is easily the best of a bad bunch. John G. Aviston even won an Oscar for the best director. It's basically the story of a uneducated debt collector from the tough back streets of Philadelphia who earns extra ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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, ...  Read the complete review