Reviews of Rocky Balboa 2006
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This is a solid epilogue to the Rocky series for sure, even if it is pretty implausible. What I like about it is that it does a great job feeling like the first film. The only thing that pisses me off is that it isn't simply called Rocky VI like it should be. One of the few perfectly titled series out there and the shit the bed with the last one.
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The conclusion the Rocky franchise deserved. Totally makes up for Rocky V.
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"Time goes by too fast"
It took me till the last 20 minutes to realize that Rocky Balboa was nearly an identical retelling of the original Rocky . If you can accept that fact, from a series already criticized for rehashing old ideas, Rocky Balboa is a very charming and quaint film.
After watching the new champion boxer named Dixon (Antonio Tarver) win another fight, we're welcomed with establishing shots of Philadelphia and the iconic song "Take you Back" from…
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Good cheese
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!!!
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It was a good way to finish the Rocky saga, great performance by Sly.
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I reviewed Rocky Balboa as part of the panel on Now Playing Podcast's Rocky Movie Retrospective Series:
In 14 years Sylvester Stallone had made five Rocky films, and for a long time it was easy to assume Rocky V was the last film. A financial failure and derided by critics and fans alike, it seems Rocky had finally retired once and for all. But 30 years after the original Rocky, Stallone put the gloves back on and returned to the…
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An old man's story
Hope and joy come to us all.
Only one more time. -
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"It's the stuff in the basement" Stallone knows how to move you and dramatically redeem himself for the MAJOR flaws in Rocky IV & V.