Rocky V (DVD)

Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) is back in Rocky V (5), You may think Rocky's boxing career was over after he retired, But now he has met a young amateur boxer he has become his manager, What happens in this one is Rocky loses a lot of money because of something Paulie (Rocky's Friend) did some how he lost millions of Rocky's money, So Rocky goes back to where he started and gets Mick's old boxing gym back up and running, shortly in to the film rocky meets a young amateur boxer that wants some help to become big, at first Rocky refuses but after he See's what this lad can do he decided to Manage him, he trains him and trains him and makes him good the boxer young amateur he ...  Read the complete review

What’s it about? --------------------- After suffering financial collapse, Rocky finds himself back where he started – in the slums of Philadelphia. He takes under his wing a new protégé – Tommy Gunn – and is dismayed when he betrays him. Who’s in it? ---------------- From the acting, the simple answer to that question is “a lot of people who wish they weren’t”. Sylvester Stallone returns as Rocky, but really, he is just going through the motions here, turning up and mumbling his lines in an embarrassed fashion. Similarly, Talia Shire (in a much reduced role) is left with little to do other than hang around in the background looking ...  Read the complete review

Rocky V (Film Review Only). =========================== The Plot. ------------------------- Rocky returns from Russia after his fight with Ivan Drago only to be confronted with more than the hero's welcome. Health and financial problems lead to Rocky becoming a trainer at the gym Mighty Mick's which was left to him by his friend and former trainer Mickey Goldmill, where he soon discovers a new and talented boxer Tommy Gunn. The Storyline. ------------------------- This film is directly continuing from Rocky IV with us joining Rocky in his hotel suite after the fight. After the party is over, they head back to America to ...  Read the complete review

The fifth instalment in the Rocky series sees the Italian Stallion suddenly suffer the after the effects of his war in the ring with the seemingly indestructible Ivan Drago. Upon returning home he shuns a public challenge by another boxer and his flamboyant manager, Washington Duke (a very obvious caricature of real-life fight promoter Don King) and suddenly finds he has been made bankrupt by his corrupt accountant. He is advised by his solicitors to return back to boxing to make the money back, but advised against it by his doctor who reports that he has serious brain damage following a career of taking so many heavy punches to the head. Rocky and family are ...  Read the complete review

Making a return to the big screen 4 years after his previous showing in Rocky 4 (1986) Rockys life had changed but Sylvester Stallone was back as the great white hope. Rocky V begins where the last one ended, in Russia after the fight with Ivan Drago. Funnily the film oddly predicted the rise of the Eastern block fighters in the heavyweight division, though Nikolay Valuev was actually the first Russian to hold a version of the title in the middle 00's. Rocky seemed to be confused after the battle with Drago which had seen the Russian (played by Dolph Lundgren) beaten but not before seriously damaging Rockys health. After returning home Rocky and ...  Read the complete review