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Advantages: more great entertainment and a bit of boxing
Disadvantages: none

...**BRIEF PLOT** With Rocky retaining his title of heavyweight champion of the world he is again on the verge of retiring…until another unknown fighter wants a chance at taking away his belt. This time the contender, Ivan Drago, (played by Dolph Lungdren) is from the Soviet Union and is an unbelievable size compared to Rocky. Ivan visit the US with his wife Ludmilla, (played by Brigitte Neilson) and his team to challenge Rocky. Meanwhile, Apollo ...
...plan and the result leaves Rocky in no doubt but to take the big Russians request for fight…. only to have the entire thing staged in the cold depths of Moscow on Christmas day. With Rocky again fighting with his emotions, regarding his wife Adrian's, (played by Talia Shire) fear over his safety, as well as training for the fight of his life he heads of to the Soviet Union to train, taking Paulie, (played by Burt Young) and Apollo's trainer, (played ... Read review

Advantages: A GOOD ENTERTAINMENT
Disadvantages: SOME SCENES ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

THE STORY OF A MAN WHO GIVES EVERY THING FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IN RETURN HE GETS HATE, HURT AND REMARKS FULL OF DISRESPECT, NOT OWNING HIM AND FEELINGS OF NOT BEING A PART OF THAT SOCIETY, FROM HIS OWN COMMUNITY. A STORY OF A MAN GOING AGAINST THE ODDS AND FACING THE BEARUCRATIC, TWO FACED AMERICAN POLITICAL AND ARMED FORCES SYSTEM. FOR HE JUST WANTED TO GET TO THE NORMALITY OF LIFE.......A MUST SEE MOVIE SAGA......ENTERTAINS YOU TILL THE END ..........GOOD ... Read review

Advantages: more action from Balboa
Disadvantages: a bit slow compared to it redecessors.

...(14 years after starting the Rocky format), this 5th in line sees Rocky finally retire from boxing due to some severe hammerings from previous fights… **BRIEF PLOT** With Rocky, (played by Sylvester Stallone) becoming Bankrupt, due to some very unfortunate dealings from his accountant, he and his wife Adrian, (played by Talia Shire) and there son, Robert, (played by Stallones real life son, Sage), are forced to move back to the slums they came from ...
...(played by Richard Gant) offers Rocky a chance to fight an up and coming new star called Union Cane, (played by Michael Williams), but due to bad health, after many severe beatings during his career, Rocky finally retires and gives up the world title…only his ego has other ideas….. When Rocky visits his old stomping ground, the gymnasium where he trained and the streets he ran around, he spots a future for himself in the form of a young fighter ... Read review

Advantages: Great film
Disadvantages: None

Rocky II, The second out of the six, If you have not seen the first Rocky this film might be hard to understand but it will still be a good film and worth watching, The main story of Rocky II is that Apollo Creed the guy Rocky had to fight in Rocky one wanted a rematch because he said Rocky was just lucky and this time he is going to show him who is champion, So Rocky agrees and its training time for Rocky again, He also gets married to the love ...
...really angry and he wants Rocky dead! he told him that he wont last long this time, but Rocky was also ready for it he had been training to box with his right hand because he normally fights left handed ( Southpaw Jinx) this was to confuse Apollo, The same happens again really with Apollo beating rocky but this time Rocky has an amazing last round they were both tired out by this point and they both went down for the count at the same time, But Rocky ... Read review

Advantages: Still watchable today
Disadvantages: RUBBISH special effects

This movie has it all, the comic lines, the action, and a perfect cast (especially Stallone, whom you would assume the role was writen for --- Assante, makes for a real cool bad guy and ---- Rob Schneider as his comic sidekick). It is great, although I would have liked it bloodier although they havnt held it back for the kids. While I am about the bad stuff, I feel that the effects were rubbish lol although that didn't bother me that much I still ...
...bother me is that at 93 mins the film seems heavily cut it :( things like why does the labrtory at the end just start exploding 'n' why didn't I see one of the clones moving about?... Is That it? nope lol ....the ending could have been better too, but it is okay. 7 out of 10 ... Read review