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Rocky V Go for it! It seems like Stallone is so happy to have his real son in the movie, it permeates the film. The story is that Rocky neglects his son while training Tommy, but even when Rocky is oblivious, Sly seems to exude joy at having Sage on the set with him. Rocky has to learn to focus on his son, but that might be Sly focusing on Sage after a decade of globe trotting, Hollywood success. The most jarring part of Rocky V is the s rap music. The rap soundtrack interrupts the Bill Conti score.
It is a proud anthem to Rocky stepping up to be the father his son needs. The original plan for was for Rocky to die in his fight with Tommy. Avildsen may have felt that gave the movie a Hollywood ending, but this time the studio was right.
Often the point is just giving it your best shot and going the distance. However, Rocky is always inspirational. Plus, it lacks creativity. After five movies the only way you can think to end is death? There is no magic here, unfortunately. The story has Rocky coaching an up-and-coming fighter named Tommy Gunn, played by real-life boxer and supposed grandnephew of John Wayne Tommy Morrison. Rocky mentors Tommy but neglects his own son played by Stallone's son Sage. As Rocky realizes the mistakes he's made, Tommy is turned against his mentor by flamboyant boxing promoter George Washington Duke Richard Gant.
Inevitably this leads to a climactic fight between Rocky and Tommy. This time the fight takes place on the streets of Philadelphia, not in a boxing ring.
The biggest problem but not the only one with this movie is the acting. Tommy Morrison is an absolutely terrible actor. Just awful. He has a constipated look on his face in every scene and his line delivery is cringeworthy. Richard Gant hams it up as the Don King-inspired Duke character. He's just completely over-the-top and grates on the nerves very quickly.
He does seem to be having more fun than anyone else in this, though. Sage Stallone does a decent job. Probably wasn't easy making his film debut opposite his superstar dad in a successful franchise. So points to him for doing as well as he did.
His character is much older than he was in Rocky IV, by the way. Talia Shire and Burt Young phone their parts in.
Sly seems to be parodying himself at times but still provides the movie with its heart. Burgess Meredith returns to the series for a flashback cameo and outclasses everybody else by a mile. His brief appearance is the best part of the movie. Bill Conti returns to provide music after missing Rocky IV.
His score is good but the soundtrack of hip-hop songs, including the wretched "Go For It," is weak. The final fight is exciting despite it not fitting in with the "if Rocky fights again he'll die" diagnosis given at the beginning of the film.
I suppose the series had been increasingly depressing with the last two films killing off beloved characters, but the action and upbeat tone of the second halves of both of those films made it easier to take. This one is drab and ugly and, in the end, Rocky wins nothing more than meaningless bragging rights among the slack-jawed hoods cheering him on in a back alley brawl. Had heaps of potential, but squanders it all. The first Rocky is one of the most overrated movies of all time. Implausible plot, often dull and with some of the worst performances you'll see in a movie.
Rocky II was more of the same. This time, however, the human drama side is more realistic and engaging and the movie flows better for it. Still not great, as it all feels kind of predictable, but it is less dull than the first movie.
Rocky IV used the same formula, but was just plain silly. Rocky V had the potential to be the best of the lot. It completes the life cycle of a boxer: small-time boxer to champion to defending title to has-been and retiring to be a trainer.
It also covered the long-term effects of boxing, so shows the pluses and minuses of the sport. However, this is all for nothing. The plot ultimately degenerates into the usual Rocky vs nemesis fight at the end, with no lessons learned, and no point. It is a massive waste of opportunities. After 4 Rocky movies it is hard to still come up with something original again. It's too bad that of all the Rocky movies, this is probably the one with the least 'Rocky feeling'.
Yes it is great to see that after 4 Rocky movies all of the cast members are still together but the movie misses some typical kind of Rocky elements such as a spectacular boxing ending in the ring. Probably most disappointing is that Rocky doesn't return to the ring anymore, had he returned to the ring at the ending to face Tommy Gunn I would had rate this movie way higher, I'm sure about that.
Still "Rocky V" has some good things that weren't present in the previous movies. Of all the Rocky movies this movie has far more emotions and drama. I'm sure not every Rocky fan is waiting for that but I thought it worked well for the main character. Sadly the whole Tommy Gunn character didn't worked well in the movie, mainly because, well he just ain't no Rocky and on top of that Tommy Morrison can't act. Talia Shire on the other hand once more shines as Rocky's wife.
In my opinion good and original enough to watch. This is the first time I've agreed with the most common vote since II. If I ever accept that the last one got a 7, I'll feel like Lundgren looked by the end. We're back to Rocky Sly, charming being an low-on-money underdog, because IV was ridiculous.
Of course, him losing all of it just like that isn't much better. He actually has physical consequences to the climax of the one before this. Though Adrian Shire, sweet early on insists that he's in the best shape.
He has had a complete medical examination that showed only positive results. Actually, his blood pressure and lab results were astonishingly excellent. Still, if it were realistic, this really should open with with the funeral sequence of the previous major character.
That's what Francis Ford Coppola threatened to do to to Pacino. And if you think he wasn't serious, just look at his Dracula flick.
Clearly, he is, or was at the time, capable of inflicting severe harm with his directing. She wants to keep him away from that, because they don't know what else to do with her. George Washington Duke is clearly Don King. There's a brief rant on his ethics. It's got the subtlety of a jab. Paulie is actually utilized this time, so that's something. Mickey gets a little emotional bit. It's nice. More so than he used to be. Of course, that could be the brain damage speaking.
We get comedy with growth-spurted 9 to 14 in mere days. Must be Canadian Jr. I realize now it may have been a mistake to not take French. And he also has to deal with going into a bad neighborhood, after growing up rich. Just a matter of time before he'd get training montages, too.
It'll be difficult if that man is a real-life boxer, a first for the series. Well, not "is", was. Freaking HIV. I'd almost bet money that before starts, at least one more celebrity will kick the bucket. And we should add "spar" to the list of words people in this series don't understand.
Also, since it's now the 90's, there's rap on the soundtrack. A lot of it, actually. I'm relieved the flashy 90's editing was kept to a minimum. This is 96 and a half minutes without credits, and with. There is a lot of violence and a little mostly mild but occasionally strong language in this. Adrian Talia Shire was everywhere in this movie playing mother hen.
My word, Rocky could barely have a conversation without Adrian popping up to make sure hubby doesn't get hurt. First, she was worried and upset that he may continue boxing, then she was upset that he was trainer.
I don't think she was happy once the entire movie. She had a perpetual look of concern like Rocky was on the edge of death. Though Rocky didn't get back into the ring he was convinced to be a trainer by a young and hungry boxer named Tommy "the Machine" Gunn, played by real life boxer Tommy Morrison.
The portrayal is that Rocky was an absentee father as he ignored his own son in lieu of Tommy Gunn. Or you can just say that his son was fragile. I prefer the latter narrative. If I crumbled everytime my dad was working or taking care of something instead of listening to my story I'd still be in pieces. And if I ever talked to my dad the way Bobby talked to his dad I'd be in pieces and six feet under. Now he has a fragile and ungrateful son and a Worry Wanda as a wife who's even more worried than she was in movies past.
I guess when you get five installments into a franchise ideas get stale because the plot was asinine and the climax was a joke. You mean to tell me that immediately after a title fight the champ along with his rich promoter and a camera crew are all going to drive to the streets of Philly to challenge a retired boxer to a fight?
And, to top it all off, somehow the filming is a live broadcast that Adrian sees so she can run down there to watch Rocky. Honestly, if Rocky was even a little smart he would've accepted a fight in the ring to get paid for getting punched in the face. As sleazy and underhanded as the promoter George Duke Richard Gant was, he was right about making money. I don't even blame Tommy for signing with Duke in a sense. Boxers, like all athletes, have a limited shelf life and they have to get paid as much as possible during their short career.
Like Isaiah Thomas said about playing in the NBA, "We play for championships and to make as much money as we can," and I don't blame them. The movie was accurate on one point George W. Duke Richard Gant resembled the sleazy Don King. And secondly, Tommy Morrison was a bum. He was a flash in the pan that never accomplished anything in the ring. Now he's never accomplished anything on screen either. Uriah43 11 February After successfully defeating his formidable opponent from the Soviet Union, "Rocky Balboa" Sylvester Stallone finally gets home but once there he discovers that he has suffered irreversible brain damage.
To make matters even worse, he mistakenly signed a power-of-attorney which gave his accountant access to all of his money. The accountant then proceeded to lose it all on a risky real estate deal which now leaves Rocky totally broke. So after years of physical punishment brought on by the best boxers in the world, Rocky has nothing to show for it.
It's at this time that a young boxer named "Tommy Gunn" Tommy Morrison approaches him and asks Rocky to be his manager. Figuring he has nothing left to lose he decides to give it a shot.
Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this series has definitely featured some entertaining movies and I had hoped that this picture would be somewhat comparable. However, the drama wasn't nearly as pronounced and the action was also more restrained when compared to the previous movies. As a result, while I don't think this film was a bad movie, I also don't believe it had the same effect as its predecessors. Accordingly, I rate it as only average.
AaronCapenBanner 1 September Avildsen returns to direct this planned final entry did not work out that way! Rocky then moves back to his old Philadelphia neighborhood, where he trains up and coming boxer Tommy "The Machine" Gunn, who proves to not have the good character that Rocky did, leading to a no-holds-barred street brawl by the end.
Story makes the mistake of piling on too many hardships on Rocky losing his money was a mistake in more ways than one! A disappointment. FlashCallahan 4 May After getting permanent brain damage, Rocky Balboa is finally forced to retire from boxing.
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