Doing a lot of travelling means that I spend considerable time on trains and planes visiting various areas of the country, of course with cut backs this is soon to become coach travel through National Express! However on a journey of whatever length I always tend to get my head into a book or watch a film on my PSP or laptop, so the collection of UMD's and DVD's that I have are starting to grow and grow. One film that I ensure I take with me is Rocky IV, even though I reviewed this as part of the boxed set some time ago I think the film simply captures a time where politics were used for many plots of many movies. After the exploits with the death of Rocky's ...  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 IV is the fourth film in the Rocky series of films and was released in 1986 and was the first film I ever went to without any adults. Rocky IV continues the tale of Rocky Balboa, the Philadelphia heavyweight boxer. Rocky has moved away from his Philadelphia home streets and now lives a nice comfortable existence as a wealthy boxer. However, he is still heavyweight champion of the world, a prize he's held since reclaiming the title from Clubber lang 3 years earlier. Rocky is however going to be tested by a Russian heavyweight called Ivan Drago, Ivan has been trained by the soviets best trainers and is all that is wrong about East european sport at the ...  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

A new foe emerges in the boxing world, Drago (Dolph Lungren), from the Soviet Union. He is a 6 ft 4 inch, 261 pound fighter who has the entire Soviet Union nation behind him. In a cold war theme, Drago and his entourage visit the U.S.A. to organise an "exhibition" fight and show to the world that the Soviet Union can produce world class athletes using state of the art training methods. Rocky Balboa, the first choice opponent has kept his promise to Adrian and has retired from boxing to spend some well earned time with the family. However, Apollo Creed, nemesis turned friend of Rocky feels he has a point to prove to the boxing world and is keen to ...  Read the complete review