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Post by janntosh on Nov 16, 2020 16:52:46 GMT
 i've only seen the original. I hear absolutely nothing good about this installment.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 16, 2020 20:44:57 GMT
The worst of the Rocky films, but still watchable. A lot of people don't like Rocky becoming broke and brain-damaged, but they at least give credit for the series going back to being more down-to-earth like Rocky and Rocky II instead of over the top like with Rocky III and IV. At least there's an attempt to shake things up as the series was becoming repetitive and formulaic. Tommy Gunn is kind of a weak and whiny character while George Washington Duke is an obvious Don King parody. Still has some good moments like the Mickey flashback and some of the conversations between Rocky and Adrian. But the whole movie, while having some good intentions and moments, feels like one Rocky movie too many.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Rocky V (1990) - 2 out of 4 stars
"The one-time champ has hit rock bottom (again). He winds up in his old neighborhood, broke and ostracized (again). He trains a young boxer who turns ingrate, and in spite of his own brain damage (from the fight in ROCKY IV) is willing to risk everything for another bout. Again. You pays your money, and you gets who you expects in this Stallone screenplay, but the thrill is gone. Stallone's real-life son plays Rocky, Jr. Followed by ROCKY BALBOA."
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Post by jamesbamesy on Nov 16, 2020 23:00:13 GMT
Not as bad as people say. Least favourite but it has its moments and they at least tried to go back to the original’s roots.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 17, 2020 1:55:09 GMT
Does anybody like this sequel? John G. Avildsen returns to the directing chair but certainly didn't meet with the same quality last time he directed (this was after Karate Kid II and III). The movie is just joyless throughout, providing really no sense of excitement or fun the prior sequels were at least able to offer. The timeline is damn wonky, as well. The movie, like the other sequels, picks up where the last film left off. This would be early 1986 as Rocky fought Drago Christmas Day 1985. No explanation for how his son aged so rapidly while gone. Anyway, as we is needed another reason to dislike Paulie, he goes and signs power of attorney to some crook who takes the Balboa fortune. Fortunately for Paulie, Rocky didn't blast his teeth out. The relationship with Rocky and his son (played by Stallone's actual kid) is pretty cringe worthy. Rocky, having suffered brain damage from his last fight, decides he will retire again. He takes the trainer role to Tommy "The Machine" Gunn, an up and comer who quickly abandons Rocky when George Washington Duke, a lively boxing promoter, offers him babes and $$. This culminates in the only bright spot when Rocky and Tommy slug out on the street after Paulie, the idiot who lost Rocky's fortune, is punched by Tommy.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 17, 2020 2:17:50 GMT
One thing about the movie is that you hear Rocky being told that criminal lawsuits were filed against the person who took power of attorney and you never hear what happens with the lawsuits.
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