A far cry from the delights (both large and small) of its illustrious original.
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12/19/06
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... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers
Director: Sylvester Stallone
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Reviews for Rocky IV
Should have stopped at three. Four, no more.
12/17/02
No review available.
08/22/03
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.
02/18/06
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01/30/04
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.
12/19/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/28/05
Cold War metaphors delivered with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer dampens the storytelling.
09/21/03
Film reduced to the barest of three acts.
06/24/06
Ridiculous jingoistic nonsense.
03/11/08
Even the hint of political power that Rocky garners by the end of this latest battle is made to seem like more of the same empty glory.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
11/12/04
No review available.
08/10/02
No review available.
07/08/04
No review available.
05/23/03
A camp classic, funny for all the wrong reasons.
01/17/03
Even Sylvester Stallone seems to be getting tired of the series; as the writer and director, as well as the star, he puts himself through the same old paces.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
07/27/02
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.
03/11/08
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.
03/11/08
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May 28, 2008:
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December 21, 2006:
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November 27, 2006:
Irwin Winkler Says "Rocky Balboa" Works
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October 26, 2006:
Some Guy Sees "Rocky 6" Early; Sends Email to AICN
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