Sylvester Stallone is really sloughing it off shamelessly in Rocky IV, but it's still impossible not to root for old Rocky Balboa to get up off the canvas and whup that bully one more time.
Rocky IV (1985)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:15
Rotten:19
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Rocky is back and this time he's fighting an unbeatable Russian automaton named Drago (Dolph Lundgren). What does this huge Russkie have in store for Rocky? Can he remain the champ? Written and... Rocky is back and this time he's fighting an unbeatable Russian automaton named Drago (Dolph Lundgren). What does this huge Russkie have in store for Rocky? Can he remain the champ? Written and directed by Sylvester Stallone and starring familiar faces Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, and Burt Young, ROCKY IV finds Balboa maturing, having to deal with a growing family as well as reevaluating his career and his future. The intense battles between Balboa and Drago were representative at the time of the last gasps of the cold war. [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Director: Sylvester Stallone
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Reviews for Rocky IV
Boxers are noted for their hubris, but Stallone, perhaps still punch-drunk from the early success, would have been better advised to have quit rather than suffer the body blows of this nonsense.
A far cry from the delights (both large and small) of its illustrious original.
The crazed flag-waving would be a lot easier to take if it weren't so clearly a commercial calculation meant to salvage what is otherwise a crass, careless, shamelessly padded film.
The film's only major disappointment is a lack of screen-time for a pre-Foofy Foofy Brigitte Nielsen
Predictable and corny. When the Soviet fans as well as the Soviet government officials stand up and cheer Rocky at the end, you can't help but roll your eyes in disbelief.
Cold War metaphors delivered with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer dampens the storytelling.
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