ROCKY
BALBOA
With
Sylvester
Stallone,
Burt
Young,
Antonio
Tarver,
A.J.
Benza
Directed
by Sylvester
Stallone
Stallone
managed
to give
one
of his
most
famous
characters
(and
a cinematic
legend)
a dignified
epilogue
after
it was
threatened
to careen
off
the
rails
on the
road
to sequel
hell.
With
championship
glory
distant
memory
and
the
love
of Rocky’s
life,
Adrien,
passed
on,
the
man
runs
a small
Philadelphia
restaurant
where
his
accomplishments
of the
past
are
kept
alive
on a
very
small
scale
with
the
patrons
via
first
hand
tales
from
the
ring.
Leading
a relatively
solitary
life,
it’s
a lonely
day
to day
grind.
When
a TV
sports
show’s
computerized
match-up
of fighters
from
the
past
with
current
warriors
of the
ring,
all
stats
considered,
Rocky
is touted
to beat
the
current
world
champion!
With
flagging
popularity
and
the
insult
of the
hypothetical
defeat,
the
champ’s
agents
decide
it would
be a
great
exhibition
to have
the
two
men
step
into
the
square
circle
for
real.
Rocky
goes
for
it and
his
old
age
forces
him
to depend
on hard-hit
training
as opposed
to slick
technique,
slowly
getting
in shape.
The
Rocky
threads
get
tied
up as
many
of the
locations
are
revisited,
a secondary
character
(little
Marie)
all
grown
up,
also
worked
into
the
story,
as well
as Balboa’s
estranged
son.
Bill
Conti
is again
onboard
with
the
epic
soundtrack
(the
original
Rocky
soundtrack
also
got
a 30th
Anniversary
re-release).
While
this
last
chapter
in the
Rocky
saga
is unlikely
to match
its
original’s
Oscar
moments
which
included
three
wins
(snubbing
Taxi
Driver
for
Best
Picture,
as well
as -Director
&
-Editing)
and
nominations
(Stallone’s
screenplay
and
sound),
it places
an admirable
bookend
to one
of the
best
known
sporting
saga’s
in cinema
history.
Extra
features:
audio
commentary,
Behind-The-Scenes
and
Making-Of
Featurettes,
bloopers,
deleted
scenes,
and
an alternate
ending.
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