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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 to fight this amateur but his friend Apollo Creed jumps at the chance of coming out 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 match
or does Rocky want revenge? Just how will Rocky go fighting this monster of a man and how will his family and friends react to the news of the match?
Now I have to admit that this for me was the best Rocky film which I had seen for some time I found the return of old characters very good and made the story continue from the previous ones easier. I did enjoy the storyline in this film and thought that it was very well throughout and a lot of research was done for it. Sylvester Stallone did a great job with the role of Rocky and I did warm to his character and felt that he came across as a much more mature and wiser man and fighter. He managed to show so many different emotions throughout the film and for me I thought he did a great job of showing an honest and emotional job with his grief for the death of Apollo.
The supporting actors were all good in this film but the one which I did not warm to as with the other Rocky films was Pauly, he was slightly less annoying in this film but think the damage had been done with the previous times I had seen him. He did seem to be more friendly and helpful with Rocky though. Adrian was a much stronger character in this film and I liked how she grew though the previous films to be the strong woman she was in this one and she was great working with Rocky and their was a good chemistry with them.
The one person which I did not want to like in this film was the character Drago as he did kill Apollo in the ring but for some reason I was unable to keep my eyes off him, maybe it did have something to do with the fantastic body he had as it certainly was not the way he spoke as he must have only said no more that 10 words throughout the film! He and his group of people were well thought-out character but I did not warm to them and some of the acting seemed very wooden.
The film was made and set in the 1980’s and this was very apparent from the clothes and the sets which were used. I think even though it did look very dated then just from the strength of the story this film is still great now. The scenery which we were treated to when Rocky went aboard was lovely, we got to see some great shots over snow covered mountains and this was very enjoyable. The music in the film was very much like the other Rocky films and a lot of the tracks were repeated from them. The one surprise which I thoroughly enjoyed was James brown singing at the opening of the boxing match. He looked and sounded amazing and he sang the great lively song, ‘Living In America’
The biggest and best bit of this film for both me and hubby had to be the fight scenes, these were so well made that at times I was wincing when they were punching each other. I thought that a lot of time and money was put into making them look so realistic. The actors really did give their all to these and my god they must have been fit to keep going and getting the action and punches just right.
The DVD which we have does not have any bonus material but this was no great loss for me as I am not a fan of it anyway. The running time of the film is 87 minutes and I found this to be a good length as the story moved at a good pace from the start right to the very end. The certificate on this is a PG, there are some scenes of fighting but nothing to harsh. I managed to get this DVD for just £3 n Tesco which I felt to be a great price.
Overall I am going to recommend this film as it follows on very well from the previous ones, we see a lot more from the character Rocky and the fights are amazing.
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