My favourite Rocky film and the one with probably the best theme tune. Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger" ramps up that eighties soft rock ballad bollocks to Spinal Tap proportions.
This is also the only film where Mr. T. doesn't look like a fat fuck and Talia Shire gets more than just a few lines of dialogue. It's not exactly rocket science as Rocky wins,then Rocky Loses then Rocky wins against all the odds. We've seen it all before of course but it's another eighties guilty pleasure that stands the test of time.

This is the point where Rocky went from an underdog to a superhero and you know what? It's not as bad as it could have been. Afterall, where else can you see Rocky fight Mr. T AND Hulk Fucking Hogan? Plus, combined with a nice training montage and Eye of the Tiger, it's a pretty cool film.

Burgess Meredith is a legend, and this film continues to build on a rock solid series, now fully embodying perfect 80s cheese. The Thunderlips fight is out-of-this-world hilarious.

I haven't seen this film in well over two decades.
In its 96 minute running time, 60 minutes of it is montage. I don't think I have ever seen movie BEGIN with a montage. Not a main titles sequence - this movie opens with a montage. And it's a good one.
Say what you will about the ROCKY sequels - they are all entertaining. And they seem to be Stallone's most personal films.

This film takes "man-love" to a whole new level. The more Rocky becomes infatuated with Apollo, the less clothes he wears. I'm pretty sure that Stallone called cut on the beach just before the two of them locked lips after frolicking in the waves.

Just when you think Rocky is out of it, one bromantic beach montage later and he's ready to fight.

My favourite Rocky so far. Carl Weathers is a lot more of a human character in this outing.

Not great, but fun. Feels like a pilot to an Apollo Creed TV show. Which I would totally watch.

The plot is reasonably simple, and easy to predict. This doesn’t really matter much. It’s just plain fun to watch. We’ve seen Rocky train before, and fight before, but it’s always enough fun to keep coming back for. There may not be as much room for Rocky to grow as a person in this film, beyond regaining the fire he once had, but the change to a flashier style, and an opponent who is as much villain as rival provides a change to the formula that makes it possible to keep cheering Rocky the series. Read full review.

As far as sequels go, Rocky III does a better job of being a different movie than Rocky than the second, but it feels rushed when packed into 99 minutes. The film is already moving into the home stretch by the time Rocky is heading to LA to train with Apollo, and the construction of the picture (two montages and "big scenes" for most of the players) give the movie a "TV episode" feeling (even if Shire's big scene is pretty damn good).

This is fun. It lacks some of the heart of the original two films but there is an intensity to this film and a pace that keeps it fresh and fun.

My favourite Rocky film and the one with probably the best theme tune. Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger" ramps up that eighties soft rock ballad bollocks to Spinal Tap proportions.
This is also the only film where Mr. T. doesn't look like a fat fuck and Talia Shire gets more than just a few lines of dialogue. It's not exactly rocket science as Rocky wins,then Rocky Loses then Rocky wins against all the odds. We've seen it all before of course but it's another eighties guilty pleasure that stands the test of time.

I still don't really like this one. It feels kind if cheap at times in what it is going for and I areas if this being a great addition to the series it feels like another Rocky movie in the series minus the great thought put into the first two. It is shorter than that the first two and there is only a few good things in that make me like it and enjoy it. My two biggest complaints are the fake wrestling scene at the first of the film and Mr. T. Mr. T is so unlikable that that there is no way people would warm up to him and want him to be the champion. People would actually hate him and he would not have any fans to support him. Mickey dying should pull heart strings and instead it seems like cheap plot to get you to feel bad for Rocky when we already care about him anyway.