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A review by welshwickedone on Rocky 4 (DVD) October 16th, 2006
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Outstanding
Soundtrack
Outstanding
Advantages:
Fantastic sequel again . Entertaining
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Rocky IV (Film Review Only). ===========================
The Plot. ------------------------- The story of the heavyweight boxer Rocky Balboa continues... This time we get to see both Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa take on the new opponent Ivan Drago, Russia's top boxer.
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The Storyline. ------------------------- In this film in the continued story of Rocky Balboa, the top Russian boxer Captain Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) arrives in America with the hopes to take The Heavyweight Boxing Title from Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Ivan Drago's wife, Ludmilla Vobet Drago (Brigitte Nielson) lays down the challenge to Rocky, who due to retirement refuses, however after a few cross words Apollo Creed instead put himself up as an opponent for the giant Russian.
As Apollo trains for the fight with the help of Rocky and his trainer Duke, Rocky expresses his concerns for Apollo and suggests he backs out of the fight, but Apollo will not and instead persuade Rocky to be his ringside man along with Duke. Rocky accepts and the fight is set to begin with Apollo making his usual over the top entrance, whilst the Russian watches from the ring.
The fight begins and Apollo soon learns that the Russian is not the weak opponent that Apollo thought he was and takes a terrible beating in the first round. Soon Rocky realises the fight cannot continue and drops the towel to end the fight, but sadly he is too late and Apollo is on the floor and sadly dies.
The Death of Apollo its Rocky hard and he soon takes up the challenge of fighting the Russian giant. The World Boxing Federation refuse to accept the fight and Rocky still goes ahead with it, agreeing for the match to take place on Christmas Day in Russia. Adrian argues with Rocky as she is totally against this fight and Rocky heads off to Russia with Paulie and Duke to train, leaving Adrian and Rocky Jnr behind.
Rocky trains intensely with the help of Duke and Paulie and as the fight draws closer a surprise visit is waiting for him on his return from a running session. Adrian has come to support him as she has missed him terribly and the training gets to full intensity. The Fight is on, the arena is set, and as Rocky enters the ring, he gets a very hostile welcome from the Russian crowd. Drago enters trying to show off whilst making his entrance and soon the fight begin. Will Rocky survive against this man of iron, let alone win, and what makes this Russian so strong? That you will have to watch to find out.
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My Opinion. -------------------------- I am sure you are aware by now I am a great fan of Sylvester Stallone and particularly the Rocky films, which he starred in, wrote and directed. However, out of all the Rocky films so far I have to say that this truly is my favourite. It is probably my favourite for many reasons but one that always comes to mind straight away with this film is the fact that I love Dolph Lundgren too.
Stallone in my opinion has truly out done himself with the directing of this movie in many ways and has made it extremely entertaining with great special effects as well. He has done a good job with the other Rocky movies, do not get me wrong on that but I fell he really has done the best so far in this particular film.
Stallone yet again, gives us an absolutely fantastic and versatile performance in his role as Rocky Balboa and make his character show feelings that come across as very believable for us to watch. To be fair in all his performances as this character, each time the character is made to become more and more realistic and heartfelt. Although I must confess having seen the trailer for the up and coming Rocky 6 called 'Rocky Balboa', I do have feelings that we may be in for a bit of a let down.
Talia Shire and Burt Young have also brought back fantastic performances in this film for us to watch again, each showing how there characters are changing along with the circumstances of there lives. Carl Weathers appears for us again as Apollo Creed; however, this is his last Rocky film. On saying that though, he certainly gave us a performance to be able to say he went out in style giving his character everything during the short time in this film.
Tony Burton who stars as Duke the trainer gets a higher role in this film and really does make a fantastic and emotion character to entertain us. He gives many feelings for us to go along with and feel ourselves in his performance and is a fantastic character to watch.
Now to Dolph, what can I say? Well really, the best way to put his performance as Ivan Drago is to say that he acts like a piece of wood, dull and lifeless with no feelings in any of his lines. Ok he has a great body and being tall and muscular is about the only thing that made his appearance in this film acceptable. Luckily, all the other actors were able to take away his lack of acting ability and carry him, but you can see why they never gave him too many lines to try to carry off. It is easy to see why he never really went the distance in the acting industry of this performance was anything to go by.
Brigitte Nielson I found had a very forced role in this film. Realistically there was no need for her to have hardly any lines or make any real appearances in this film, but I think we all know that the only reason she had as much of a role as she did id because she was dating Stallone at the time. I am in no way saying that her acting was as bad as Dolph Lundgren's was, but I am saying that really she did not need to be in the film as much as she was which made her character very boring.
I think it only fair to mention in my final section that I think it is good the Sylvester Stallone has also managed to get a very important message across in this Rocky film as well as making it extremely entertaining. He has always been proud in the fact that he has never used any form of anabolic steroid and gives a great message in this film by telling everyone that the use of Anabolic Steroids does not make you a winner.
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Technical Details. ------------------------------------- Cast. ---------- Rocky Balboa Sylvester Stallone Adrian Balboa Talia Shire Paulie Pennino Burt Young Apollo Creed Carl Weathers Duke Tony Burton Ludmilla Vobet Drago Brigitte Nielson Captain Ivan Drago Dolph Lundgren Rocky Junior Rocky Krakoff
Director Sylvester Stallone
Certificate PG Year 1985 Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1) Duration 91 minutes (approx)
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Quick Fact File. ---------------------------- It was only two months after the release of this Rocky movie that Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson got married, but it was very short lived, as they were divorced only two years later in 1987. Nielson's career continued well for several years after her Rocky performance but sadly dwindled and she has not stared in a film role for nearly 7 years now.
Carl Weathers was formally a professional American and Canadian league football player before diverting into an acting career. The film Rocky was shot over a 28-day period at a cost of 1.1 million dollars and went on to make a massive 117.2 million dollars at the box office.
Dolph Lundgren holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate and admits to experimenting in the use of anabolic steroids to improve his physique for his role in 'Rocky IV' (The fool) and he also used them prior to his role in the film 'Showdown in Little Tokyo'. Full name Dolph Hans Lundgren he was born of Swedish origin on 3rd November 1957. He has also made many other film appearances as the lead actor in films such as Master of the Universe as He-Man and Dark Angel as Jack Caine.
Advantages: great story, great acting, excellent soundtrack Disadvantages: Pauly was still an annoying character
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 ... ...of retirement and fighting him. Rocky helps Apollo train and is there when the fight starts.
Apollo is not prepared for the sheer might of Drago and the fight takes a drastic turn for the worst when Apollo actually dies in the ring. Rocky has to live with the guilt of not throwing in the towel as he was abiding by Apollo’s wishes but he cannot live with this and see red.
Rocky makes it known that he is now going to fight Drago but is it for the ...
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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 ...
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Advantages: The montages Disadvantages: It's a bit cartoonish and over the top
...left on this planet for Rocky to beat. He'd already prevailed over Apollo Creed, Mr T and even Hulk Hogan. His next opponent? The Soviet Union. A couple of years after his victory against Clubber Lang, Rocky is still on top. But a new threat emerges from behind the Iron Curtain in the form of Ivan Drago - a hulking Soviet boxer whose strength borders on superhuman. Drago is set to fight Rocky for the heavyweight title, but a patriotic Apollo Creed ... ...to avenge his friend's death, Rocky drops his heavyweight title and travels to Russia to fight Drago. Whereas Drago trains in a high-tech gym with scientists monitoring his every move, Rocky embarks on a mad strength training regime in freezing Siberian weather to toughen himself up. When the fight finally comes around, both men are in phenomenal shape and determined to win, but Drago is still much bigger and stronger. Worse, the entire Soviet crowd ...
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Advantages: Cracking feelgood movie Disadvantages: A little cliched really
Rocky IV is in most people’s eyes the greatest of the long-running saga involving Stallone as a gifted boxer who comes from nothing to become the world champion. Dolph Lundgren stars in this one as the evil Russian boxer in a real cold war classic style plot – the boxer from the Eastern Bloc has a real hatred for all things American, capitalism etc. and in even more stereotypical fashion the huge Drago as he is named in this film is often injected ...
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Advantages: Great fun - cheer on ol' Rocky, boo and hiss at the bad guy... Disadvantages: Not Raging Bull levels of realism.
...the man, the actor.
Rocky IV has a curious place in world cinema. A friend from the formerly Communist Czech Republic has seen virtually none of the milestones of Western cinema. No Citizen Kane, no Godfather, no Schindler's List. But she has seen Rocky IV, and can quote virtually every line.
The most ludicrously enjoyable episode in the comic book boxing franchise, chumpy slugger Rocky Balboa faces an almost invincible foe. Monolithic Soviet boxer ... ...look beyond him - while Rocky works out in a tool shed, Drago trains in what seems to be a space station. Then, in front of a slightly partisan Russian crowd, the two heavy weights face off...
Once it comes down to the final showdown, it won't matter to you that the boxing on display here bares as much resemblance to real boxing as Celebrity Death Match. In real life, boxers dance cagily around each other, guard up, probing for openings in the other's ...
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Advantages: Cheap, Great Entertainment Disadvantages: Not HD, No Rocky 6 Included
...contain all 6 Rocky films. As HD has started to sweep up the market I do not recommend people waste buying this box set if they want to experience the best entertainment. But currently the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray disc's have not been released as a box set yet. But Rocky I and Rocky VI are currently avaliable to purchase on Blu-Ray.
My favourite episode was Rocky4 where he faught Ivan Drago, I loved the sound track on it when he was training. My favourite sound track is Eye of the Tiger though, I first heard it in Rocky 3 where he faught Clubber Lang.
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Advantages: sooo many, can't list 'em all Disadvantages: 5.1 sound a little disappointing
...makes you wish that they would try to do it like they used to.
The soundtrack album must have adorned many peoples record collections and sat right there next to RockyIV and Top Gun (tell me I'm wrong:)), and is perfect for this film.
As for the DVD itself, well, for a 17 year old film, there are enough extras to keep the buffs happy. I had watched the commentary previously and found it really entertaining, and the multi-angle stuff is pretty good also.
The sound is a little disappointing, and the fact that it is in 5.1 only shines through a couple of times. The transfer of the print is pretty sharp, and looks good.
All in all a great film and a great disc.
For a perfect night invite your mates round, have a few jars, a curry and add this film - top entertainment....
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Advantages: All the best hits on 2 DVDS Disadvantages: Absolutely None
...talent. Not very typical of Eagles music, but excellent all the same. 9/10
19. WALK AWAY
Another Joe Walsh offering, but not one of the best tracks on the DVD. 7/10
20. SUNSET GRILL
This is one of Don Henley solo tracks but fits in nicely in an Eagles concert. A typical Eagles sound which will not disappoint. 10/10
DISC 2
1. LIFE'S BEEN GOOD
Very apt for a Joe Walsh track? he certainly adds his own unique sense of humour to this song. 9/10
2. DIRTY LAUNDRY
Another Don Henley solo track, this displays the band's versatility where they all contribute to the song. Very rocky stuff. 10/10
3. FUNK "49
Not really my favourite track on the DVD. A bit indescribable. 6/10
4. HEARTACHE TONIGHT
This song has a really good beat to it. Glen Frey proves he can still rock! 10/10
5. LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
No pun...
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A World Heavyweight Boxing contest is to be staged between the champ, Rocky Balboa and the Soviet amateur champion, Ivan Drago. Both men know that this is more than just a tough contest of strength and skill.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): MGM ENTERTAINMENT; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT, BOULEVARD ENTERTAIMENT; D3 DIRECT
Release date: 15/01/2007
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 2017101000
Barcode: 5039036029803
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital
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