Rocky V (DVD) Reviews

Rocky has the good life now he defeated his last opponent and is now living life to the full in his big house and mounds of money, that is until they loose it all! Pauley signed over power of attorney to their accountant who has lost the money and now Rocky and family are forced to move back to their old house and lifestyle. Rocky is ...  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) ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Astoundingly, yes, Rocky made it to a fifth outing (and then a sixth almost two decades later), but most of the heart and soul is gone, sadly. Stallone makes some attempt at providing an emotional core, but this is a tired film that's lacking in fresh ideas. It makes an attempt to "return to roots", and also explores Rocky's rather ...  Read the complete review

Rocky Balboa has just competed in the greatest fight of his life in the Soviet Union, and returns back to the United States with a heroes welcome. However, the brutal encounter with Drago (Rocky IV) has taken its toll on Rocky who is forced to retire from the ring due to head injuries. To make matters worse, Rocky learns that all his money has ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: You would think Rocky would be happy with the idea of retirement wouldn't you? He was old when he started, and then he became champion of the world, managing to beath Ivan Drago in his last fight which left him with injuries that meant he could never fight in the ring again. Nevertheless, he's relatively healthy, rich and ...  Read the complete review

Quite simply put, this is the Rocky film that should never have been made. Following on from this stunning win in the last movie against Russian monster Ivan Drago, Rocky has retired and is very happy in that position. One day, a young boxer called Tommy Gunn decides her needs a trainer to take his game to the next level and targets ...  Read the complete review

People don't find this movie good,I don't know why,from the six Rocky parts this is the second best in my list.The first is Rocky 4 in which Sylvester Stallone fights the Russian.This is how the story goes Rocky's life has become the same as it was when he started he has retired and lost all his money,this time he has started training young ...  Read the complete review

Five years on from successfully beating the Russian Ivan Drago in the ring despite being hailed as the underdog in Rocky 4, Sylvester Stallone returns to our screens in the guise of Rocky Balboa for another bash at boxing glory. This is the most slated of all the Rocky films, and I have to say I'm on this wagon. Balboa's (Sly Stallone) ...  Read the complete review

Director: John G. Avildsen Producers: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler Writer: Sylvester Stallone Starring:Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Tommy Morrison and Tony Burton Released in late 1990, (14 years after starting the Rocky format), this 5th in line sees Rocky finally ...  Read the complete review

After coming out of retirement in the previous installment of this popular boxing series, he is back in the life of luxury at the beginning of this film. This soon turns sour however and Rocky is once again looking to raise money on the streets of Philadelphia. After his best friend Paulie manages to sign Rocky's fortune away him and ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

It's 1990 and the Rocky films have been flying for fourteen years. The franchise had evolved considerably through numbers two, three and four - the all-or-nothing bum-come-champ has grown to be a wealthy celebrity and the reigning heavyweight champion. Was it time for Sylvester Stallone to end the Rocky films, as it was Rocky's time to ...  Read the complete review

I really believe the Rocky films are great. Usually by number five most films have lost their appeal, not Rocky. To someone who has never seen the films they may all look the same and you might just think it's all about boring boxing that you have no interest in. Well let me tell you, you are wrong, yes it's primarily about boxing and ...  Read the complete review

Having scanned the TV Guide and realised Rocky 1V was on, I felt this sudden urge to write a review about it. I have watched Rocky so many times, but what came to my mind was one of my History lessons a couple of years a go. I hope you will find the new spin on Rocky 1V interesting. I could write about the film, which I am sure most of ...  Read the complete review

Rocky V" is the biggest downer of the series. This time Rocky (Stallone) loses everything thanks (or no thanks) to brother-in-law Pauly (Young) and his poor decision-making in economic affairs. Now Rocky is forced back to the unsavory life which was shown in parts I and II. He finds a second chance when he runs into young boxer Tommy Gunn ...  Read the complete review

So what next? Where to go after the overblown symbolism of the fourth episode in the saga? To Stallone, the answer was....right back to the very beginning. Rocky V can be seen as either a deliberate reclamation of the down-at-heel inspirational drama of the original movie, or as a desperate attempt at regaining the artistic credibility ...  Read the complete review

Touted upon its release as the finale of the “Rocky” saga, this fifth entry in the long-running series of sports dramas reunites star Sylvester Stallone with John G. Avildsen, director of the Oscar-winning original. Stallone is Rocky Balboa, suffering from career-ending brain damage as a result of his punishing bout with Ivan Drago at ...  Read the complete review