Now this premise sets up the stakes – Rocky’s lost everything.
Rocky has to auction everything he owns to pay off his debt. The accountant has embezzled Rocky’s fortune, mortgaged Rocky’s house, and failed to pay Rocky’s taxes for six years, investing the money in real estate deals that went bad. Rocky returns from his fight against Drago in Russia to find that Paulie ( Burt Young) had signed a power of attorney over to Rocky’s accountant. In my opinion, Rocky V gives us the only genuinely original story in the franchise – Creed (2015) and Creed II (2018) included – outside of Rocky. Those deaths leave vacuums in Rocky’s life that he has to deal with if he’s to move forward. What Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky Balboa also share in common is that an important supporting character dies: Mickey, Apollo, and then (off-screen) Adrian. (Interestingly, in a deleted scene from Rocky V, the character turns out to be homeless, rather than the struggling single mother she is here.) Marie ( Geraldine Hughes) – the character he walks home in Rocky (although there, she was played by Jodi Letizia) – just plays Adrian Lite. In many ways, it’s a rehash of the original, because Rocky is again fighting for a form of self-respect. Rocky Balboa (2006) is well-intentioned, but also feels unnecessary. And, as sequels tend to do, they’re always upping the action set pieces at the expense of slowing down and meaningfully advancing the characters (which Rocky II does so well). But they feel more like action movies than sporting movies. The fight scenes are gorgeously choreographed and tell their own story. I do have to point out that I love Rocky III and Rocky IV. He has no tactics other than to keep coming at Drago. Rocky withstands the same barrage for fifteen rounds just because he’s determined. Because Ivan Drago ( Dolph Lundgren) punches so hard, he kills Apollo within two rounds. While the fights in the franchise have always been unrealistic, they reach a new level here. You can almost hear the voiceover: “They killed his partner …” Rocky IV (1985) is the typical revenge plot that drove a lot of 1980s action movies. Clubber could win the title in the interim, and Rocky would have to win it back despite doubts that he could do it without Mickey, that he could rediscover the hunger that made him champion, and he could wind back the clock on his age (questioned here, but which becomes irrelevant onwards). I’ve always thought Rocky III would’ve played better had the first bout against Clubber been called off due to Mickey’s heart attack, and following Mickey’s death Rocky grew despondent until rallied by Apollo ( Carl Weathers) and, more importantly, Adrian ( Talia Shire). Rocky III has only enough time to make it about Rocky losing his nerve. Rocky II mitigates this expectation dilemma by increasing the stakes around Rocky: his loss of employment, the financial pressures, his damaged eye, and the difficulty around the birth of his son. T) in the middle of the movie, it leaves no question as to what’ll happen in the rematch. The other thing is Rocky III condenses Rocky and Rocky II: training montage, championship bout, training montage, and rematch. So he had two good fights (both against Apollo) and that was it? Couldn’t it have just been the last few title defenses? And/or couldn’t Stallone let himself go and become an overweight, sluggish, complacent Rocky Balboa so we could see that he’d lost his hunger, rather than being told he was shielded through his championship reign? Mickey ( Burgess Meredith) tells Rocky that his (ten) title defences were hand-picked to protect him – in my opinion, this cheapens the Rocky character. Rocky III (1982) touches upon a good idea – what happens when you get to the top? But it’s one fight and/or training montage after another.
He marries, he becomes a father, he has to deal with financial responsibilities – this is not the same oblivious loanshark enforcer he was in the first movie. Even though the story is based around a championship rematch, Rocky, as a person, continues to grow. Rocky II (1979) avoids the mistake a lot of sequels make in rehashing the events of its predecessor.
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The first movie – Rocky (1976) – remains a masterpiece, and is one of the best sporting movies ever made. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) and Tommy (Tommy Morrison) in Rocky V. I’m such a big fan of Rocky V (1990), even though it’s considered the weakest instalment in the franchise – even by creator and writer Sylvester Stallone himself.
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