Rocky 4 (DVD)

Sylvester Stallone is back with Rocky IV (4) this is the fourth of the 6 outstanding Rocky films, The film is about a Russian boxer that claims to be the most perfectly trained athlete in the world, This super strong boxer want's a fight with Rocky Balboa because he said he is undefeatable, and no man would be able to defeat him. But since Rocky is retired and promised adrian he would not fight again, he refuses to fight him but Apollo Creed want's a fight with him and challenges the Russian to a boxing fight the Russian accepts this and is ready to fight Apollo does not want much time to prepare he said he is fine how he is, When the fight starts Apollo is dancing about ...  Read the complete review

(film only review) What’s it about? --------------------- America’s hold on the World Title is at risk when a Russian boxer enters the ring, threatening to destroy any fighter put before him. Who’s in it? --------------- Once again, Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as Rocky, whilst Talia Shire crops up as his wife Adrian. Sadly, all traces of the nuanced performances from the original film are long gone. Instead, the actors simply rely on the fact that, since we’ve seen them three times before, we have enough invested in them emotionally. It’s sad to see what were originally very human characters become one-dimensional ...  Read the complete review

Rocky is living the good life, he still hold the Heavyweight title and is very happy. Things are about the change for Rocky when the Soviet Union announce that they are planning on bringing their prize fighter to fight in America and are after someone to fight against him. Their fighter is Ivan Drago who weighs 261 pounds and s over 6 foot tall and is undefeated and built like a brick s**t house! Rocky takes no notice of this and is not prepared to fight this amateur but his friend Apollo Creed jumps at the chance of coming out of retirement and fighting him. Rocky helps Apollo train and is their when the fight starts. Apollo is not prepared for ...  Read the complete review

Rocky IV was the most commercially successful entry in the entire cannon. Stallone was on a fast ascent having scored massively with Rocky III and First Blood. He had defied conventions with Rocky III, making a third film that was actually more commercially successful than the first one. This was even more amazing, considering that Rocky II made over $30,000 less than the original. Stallone's change of tactic in opting for a more style over substance approach to his series had paid off. He would do the same with his Rambo character, taking it to extremes by turning the troubled by-product of the Vietnam War into a type of superhero. It seemed, going by what seemed to be ...  Read the complete review

Rocky IV is the fourth instalment in the Rocky franchise written and directed by the lead Sylvester Stallone, and it can't be denied that the film is a lot of fun to watch. However, i believe that's all it is. The previous Rocky's had more drama elements and more scenes where the pace was slowed down allowing for character development. Rocky IV, on the other hand blasts through the film a high speed which although provides an easy watching popcorn film, it also lacks the depth and emotion from the previous films. The story is Russian boxer Ivan Drago challenges the aging Apollo Creed to an 'exhibition', to which Rocky fails to persuade Apollo not to accept. ...  Read the complete review