Cast: Sylvester Stallone
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Release date: Christmas 2006 (USA)
Running time: 102 minutes (PG)
I’ve been watching the Rocky franchise of movies since the mid 90s’ and not one of them has left me even remotely disappointed and least so the current and presumably final movie titled: Rocky Balboa.
I’ll keep this movie review short and simple. If you are looking forward to a movie with a lot of adrenaline rushing fights, blood and guts spilled or those really inspirational "Rocky steps" routine, you will be disappointed. What this movie is all about is hope, love and compassion, family and mostly about "It ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward".
Sylvester Stallone plays the eponymous Rocky Balboa in what could be considered the best Rocky movie since the first one called "Rocky" in 1976! It’s about Rocky, the life he leads as a widower and his estranged son, estranged as a result of not wanting to live in his father’s huge shadow. It’s how Rocky gets back in the ring, not to prove anyone right or wrong but because he had to do it one last time. It was also particularly because Stallone had left the Rocky franchise in an uncomfortable position with Rocky 5, but that’s a different story.
If you’ve watched the Rocky movies before, you should watch this one as the pugilist from Philadelphia makes a graceful exit.
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I am also a Rocky Fan. As a kid, we used to buy a particular bubble gum whose name I forgot just because of the Rocky Stickers we got with it.
As for Rocky Balboa, I think, somewhere in between it lost the pace but it gained the pace again towards the end. But, overall it was a good Rocky movie to watch.
Even I was a great fan of Rocky series but then Rocky Balboa seems to be a desperate attempt to resurrect the past glory, inspite of the never say die attitude of Sylvester Stallone , I found the movie not up to the mark set by the previous Rocky series.
Exactly!
EEEEks ! Man will be Man
“Rocky Balboa” has nothing to do with being a man unlike the previous Rocky movies.
So what,it is still Rocky! Not :When rocky met rita.
Actually Rocky does meet a Rita in this one… Although her name ain’t Rita.