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| Overall Rating | 7/10 |
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Full review by
UsmanKhan
on 10th May 2008
User Rating : 5
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Good Points: The workout scene is decent in retaining the glory days of Rocky Balboa in his first outing.
Bad Points: Acting is very unenthusiastic - a large majority of the actors arent putting in their sole effort in to the film - then again it is Slyvester Stallone - what can you expect.
General comments: Underdog champion Rocky Balboa is back to take his place in the ring for one final fight at the tender age of 60.
After the phenomenal success of the previous Rocky films which inspired millions across the world with it's hard soundtrack and encouraging fight scenes, film director and actor Slyvester Stallone had to live up to the reputation built in his previous films. But has Rocky Balboa proved to be a knockout punch or has been knocked out in the final round?
The film skips a couple of years, Rocky now has a running restaurant, his son is now a business man and his life as a former boxer is pleasant. However regardless of this, Rocky remains depressed from the death of his wife Adrian and is finding it hard to move on in life. That is until speculation arises of Rocky having a return fight with the current champion Mason Dixon who proposes the fight after viewing a digitally animated fight with Rocky.
Ready to turn most of his life around for better, Rocky accepts the challenge and is ready to fight. You may ask why Slyvester Stallone considered making this film at such an old age. Quite frankly in my opinion there was no point in making this film. In summary it really is 'warmer' than the previous Rocky films. If your wondering whether this is a better film that it's predecessors, the answer is simply no.
But like a lot of films you may always ask questions as to why they are made. I wouldnt completely rule this film out as a failure or completely bad - it just isnt really necessary to the whole film series. The acting is decent - not brilliant nor absurd.
Yet this is a Slyvester Stallone film, you wont expect clear speech like Hugh Grant.
One of the best parts of the film of course are the training scene and the final fight between Balboa and Dixon. Apart from that the rest is just hauling up the eventual fight.
Rocky Balboa in one word is tiring and at times very boring. It doesnt pack a punch and is very much pointless.
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Review by
deadkidsongs
on 30th Sep 2007
User Rating : 2
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Rocky Balboa is entertaining, but for all the wrong reasons. There is just no escaping the fact that Rocky is really really really old, and yet he is in the ring with the reigning world champion and hasn't died just training for the fight, let alone actually taking on the champ.
It's not so awful that I couldn't watch it, but I think it was more out of a desire to see just how ridiculous the film was prepared to be.
The sentimental parts of the film just show that it really is trying to ta ...
deadkidsongs's full review | 116 words
Review by
Filmcritic1
on 13th Feb 2007
User Rating : 9
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If you enjoyed all of the Rockies this was a must-see film. Maybe a little unrealistic to do with his age, but consits of all the Rocky moments you enjoyed in the other films like him running up the steps as well as new ideas into the film. The film itself was enjoyable to watch and held the suspense like all other Rocky films. I sat down expecting this film to be the same level of disaster as Rocky V or Rambo 3 but I was overjoyed with the film. Stallone has done the near-impossible -- he took ...
Filmcritic1's full review | 112 words
Review by
Hank
on 22nd Jan 2007
User Rating : 10
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The jerk at the BBC who gave Rocky Balboa a four out of ten needs his P45. This is a brilliant film and the perfect ending to a story that has spanned some 30 years.
Let me start by clarifying that although I've seen and enjoyed some of the previous Rocky films I am by no means 'a mark' or super-fan. I took this film on face value after being hooked in by the trailer that I first saw a few months ago. I was then even more galvanised to go and see it by the sheer mass of positive reviews I've ...
Hank's full review | 527 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
Helen of Troy
on 20th Jan 2007
User Rating : 9
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0
Having watched all the old Rocky films, I just had to watch this last one. There seemed to be mixed thoughts about the credibility of a 60-year-old former champion going into the ring one last time, but you have to see the film. Sly Stallone pulls this one off brilliantly. The old guy still has something left, 'down in the basement'!
I will not go into great lengths over this film and spoil the story for you, but it really has a great feel-good factor about it, as well as getting your heart ...
Helen of Troy's full review | 162 words | 3 comments added.
Summarized
Professional
Review on 19th Jan 2007
User Rating: 4
It is hard to suspend disbelief at the aging Rocky making a comeback but he does, depressed at the death of Adrian, after he's told he could beat the world champ. It's engaging but unrealistic.
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