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The sixth installment of the Rocky series picks up the story of the Italian Stallion 16 years after the morose Rocky V. And sure, at his advanced age, Sylvester Stallone now looks like one of those sides of beef his character used to pound on. No matter. Somehow you buy the premise after all these years, even if it takes forever for Rocky Balboa to stop wallowing in self-pity (Adrian is dead, his old haunts are demolished) and get down to the business of drinking raw eggs and running up staircases. The business at hand is an unlikely exhibition fight with champeen Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver), which the near-sexagenarian Mr. Balboa has no business accepting. Of course, just as sure as the horns of Bill Conti's theme music are even now trumpeting through your head, the ol' Rock might have a punch or two left in him. Stallone wrote and directed, and there isn't much to say except that the movie steps in its pre-determined paces with a canny sense of what has come before (it's practically an homage to all the previous Rocky pictures, complete with fleeting flashbacks). Burt Young is around again, and Geraldine Hughes makes an appealing, rather chaste female companion for Rocky. Stallone's Rocky has gotten suspiciously articulate over the years, but he still knows how to slouch. If Stallone never forgets that, he can probably keep the franchise rolling. --Robert Horton
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Actors: Sylvester Stallone
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
In a surprisingly brilliant come-back of Philly's favourite fictional sports hero, the Rocky series is brought to an end with 'Rocky Balboa', a film which is easily as emotional and enjoyable as the first few movies.
In the sixth installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa returns to the ring for the first time in 16 years to fight the present world champion, Mason "The Line" Dixon.
Rocky's wife, Adrian has recently died of cancer and Rocky is finding ways to cope with the loss, by visiting the places where the two of them spent time together in the past (mainly scenes from Rocky 1) and also, he and his son, Rocky Jr., have been rapidly growing apart.
One of the major tv sports stations runs a virtual boxing match, matching up fighters from different eras, imagining what would happen if there was a match between a young Rocky and Dixon with the result being Rocky would win. Seeing this virtual fight makes Rocky remember how much he misses being in the ring. He doesn't miss the winning part, he misses the sport. So he re-registers for his license. This creates a media firestorm, and who should hear about it but Mason himself who challenges him to a non-title fight for charity. Rocky agrees and now it is a battle of the ages.
I watched this film expecting a cheesy, badly written film using the Rocky name to make a bit of easy cash, but was pleasantly surprised to have watched a moving, well written and entertaining film that I felt Stallone had really put his heart into to produce a well made finish to one of the best movie sagas of all time.
In the sixth installment of the Rocky series, Rocky Balboa returns to the ring for the first time in 16 years to fight the present world champion, Mason "The Line" Dixon.
Rocky's wife, Adrian has recently died of cancer and Rocky is finding ways to cope with the loss, by visiting the places where the two of them spent time together in the past (mainly scenes from Rocky 1) and also, he and his son, Rocky Jr., have been rapidly growing apart.
One of the major tv sports stations runs a virtual boxing match, matching up fighters from different eras, imagining what would happen if there was a match between a young Rocky and Dixon with the result being Rocky would win. Seeing this virtual fight makes Rocky remember how much he misses being in the ring. He doesn't miss the winning part, he misses the sport. So he re-registers for his license. This creates a media firestorm, and who should hear about it but Mason himself who challenges him to a non-title fight for charity. Rocky agrees and now it is a battle of the ages.
I watched this film expecting a cheesy, badly written film using the Rocky name to make a bit of easy cash, but was pleasantly surprised to have watched a moving, well written and entertaining film that I felt Stallone had really put his heart into to produce a well made finish to one of the best movie sagas of all time.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had to be dragged to this movie, after all how good could it be? But this is one of those movies that overturned my preconceptions. Went in with lead feet and came out uplifted. Rocky fans will appreciate references to earlier fights but neutrals will really enjoy a simple story well told and executed.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
sylvester stallone has done for men of a certain age in 100 minutes, what george lucas couldn't accomplish in over 400 in his 3 'star wars' prequels. namely give us that warm tingly feeling we had when we watched the original 'rocky' released a year before the original 'star wars'. its almost like welcoming an old friend back into the fold. the originals impact has no doubt been lessened by the numerous inferior sequels, but the original is a great picture, with an almost perfect screenplay. its taken stallone 30 years to write something equal to 'rocky'. and he's managed it by writing something much more than just another chapter. its coupled with notions of self worth, the passing of time, loss, and the doubting of ones abilty. the most important ingredient in this is the same as the original, namely heart. when stallone rushes up those steps one last time, you'll be with him every step of the way wishing him the very best.
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