Written By- Slyvester Stallone
Starring- Slyvester Stallone. Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Critics Review- "A great example of underdog sports cinema." "Film4"
Out of a possible 5 stars- 5 stars
My Review-
I have seen almost all the Rocky films except for this one. I'am glad that I finally did, we have all seen movies about the "underdog" they're mostly sports movies but this one here takes the cake. Written and starring Stallone, he plays a boxer who only fights in clubs, then out of the blue he gets a shot at the heavy weight title fighting Apollo Creed played wonderfully by Carl Weathers. This movie was famous for a lot of things; him running up the steps and just training in general. But this whole entire movie you are rooting for him from start to finish, in climatic fight against Apollo Creed you may find yourself on the edge of your seat waiting to see what will happen next, as if it were an actual boxing match on pay-per-view. This movie spawned five sequels some of which were not as good as the next one, but I can see why this one is the most beloved one out of all six Rocky movies. This movie was made to a be a feel good movie almost like anything is possible for somebody; and that somebody happened to be Rocky Balboa. The supporting cast also made this movie what is was; with out Meredith as his boxing manager who had given up on him after all those years, Shire as the the girl who used to work at the pet shop and was always shy around him who in actually liked him, Young his best friend and brother to Adrian the girl who he wanted to be with, who was also a drunk. Lastly we have Carl Weathers, the Champion who gives Rocky his shot at the title who only wants to do it for publicity unknowingly is going to have to fight to keep his heavy weight title. This movie would not have been as amazing as it was. I can see why this movie won Best Picture, in my opinion even though I did like Rocky Balboa, this movie should have stayed at one movie to preserve this story about an underdog finally getting his shot at a title fight.
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