Punches Below the Belt (Rocky 3 (DVD))

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Product:	Rocky 3 (DVD)
Date:	09.05.08 (113 review reads)
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Advantages: It only lasts 99 minutes

Disadvantages: You've probably seen it all before, but not quite as bad.

This is the one where Rocky Balboa meets the Mr T (the hilariously nasty Clubber Lang) - two dumb actors doing bad impersonations of boxers in the ring. Here we see Rocky gets hammered and needs the assistance of his former opponent with the camp name - Apollo Creed - in order to make his inevitable come back bout. The film concentrates more on the action and less on Rocky's domestic affairs. There are further tedious training sequences, some of which are regurgitated repeats from the first two Rocky films. If that isn't hitting the movie goer/DVD buyer below the belt I don't know what is - bloody cheek. Rocky 3 drags along devoid of any dramatic build-up or emotional tension. There is also a lack of humour that was at least somewhat present in the first two films. Stallone's script and performance are only consistent in their sheer awfulness, but this time the charm of his earlier attempts is also lacking. This film was clearly made with one aim in mind: to stack up Sly's bank balance.

And then there was that bloody awful theme song "Eye of the Tiger", performed by Survivor (who else?) - an example of soulless American rock music at its most barren. It topped the charts for six weeks - horrible, horrible, horrible!

One film critic of the New Yorker described the film as, "primitive, shrewd, empty and inept." I would say that it is slightly worse than that. Who will Rocky meet next? Probably some big dumb commy Russian... no don't be daft.

Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writer: Sylvester Stallone
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Mister T, Hulk Hogan
Genre: Action
Length: 99 minutes
Cinema: 1982

Summary: Another Dumb Boxing Movie