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Rocky IV inflates the action to absurd heights, but it ultimately rings hollow thanks to a story that hits the same basic beats as the first three entries in the franchise.
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Say what you like about the original Rocky, at least it was about something -- a sweet pug up against the system, and in love with a dowd. Rocky IV appears to be an epic about Sylvester Stallone's penchant for self-abuse. December 3, 2018 | Full Review…
Say what you like about the original Rocky, at least it was about something -- a sweet pug up against the system, and in love with a dowd. Rocky IV appears to be an epic about Sylvester Stallone's penchant for self-abuse.
Paul Attanasio
Padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks even the primitive suspense and crude capacity to release underdog emotions that permitted its predecessors to conquer one's better judgment. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
Padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks even the primitive suspense and crude capacity to release underdog emotions that permitted its predecessors to conquer one's better judgment.
Richard Schickel
[Stallone] creates credible villains worthy of his heroic character. May 13, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
[Stallone] creates credible villains worthy of his heroic character.
Gene Siskel
This is grim and witless storytelling, and what makes it so depressing is that it hasn't improved by so much as a chemical trace since the days of the first Rocky. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
This is grim and witless storytelling, and what makes it so depressing is that it hasn't improved by so much as a chemical trace since the days of the first Rocky.
Sheila Benson
The new film's narrative is stripped down to essentials, which gives it an emblematic quality. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The new film's narrative is stripped down to essentials, which gives it an emblematic quality.
Jay Boyar
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. March 11, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Variety Staff
There are simply too many ludicrous elements to ignore: Paulie's robot; Brigitte Nielsen, even less expressive than the robot; about a thousand music-video-styled montages; Lundgren's delivery of Drago's deadly dialogue; etc. July 14, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
There are simply too many ludicrous elements to ignore: Paulie's robot; Brigitte Nielsen, even less expressive than the robot; about a thousand music-video-styled montages; Lundgren's delivery of Drago's deadly dialogue; etc.
Matt Brunson
It's a bad movie, no doubt, but at the same time, and somewhat paradoxically, it's also a great movie. Figure that one out. February 4, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a bad movie, no doubt, but at the same time, and somewhat paradoxically, it's also a great movie. Figure that one out.
Zaki Hasan
It's ridiculous in a lot of ways... But hot d---- is this ever a fun, rewatchable movie. December 6, 2018 | Full Review…
It's ridiculous in a lot of ways... But hot d---- is this ever a fun, rewatchable movie.
Brian Grubb
Dated Cold War-themed boxing sequel has violence. May 8, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Dated Cold War-themed boxing sequel has violence.
Brian Costello
'Rocky IV' still stands, not as a highlight of the series (certainly not that) but as a quintessential artifact of mid-'80s studio filmmaking: soulless, flag-waving, soundtrack-blasting Product. April 30, 2016 | Full Review…
'Rocky IV' still stands, not as a highlight of the series (certainly not that) but as a quintessential artifact of mid-'80s studio filmmaking: soulless, flag-waving, soundtrack-blasting Product.
Jason Bailey
The outcome of the film is predetermined by the formulaic scripts of Rocky II and Rocky III. Stallone boxed himself into a corner with this one. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The outcome of the film is predetermined by the formulaic scripts of Rocky II and Rocky III. Stallone boxed himself into a corner with this one.
Candice Russell
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