1982 Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.
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“So, Sly, what’s your big idea for the third Rocky movie?”
“Well I was thinking in this one…”
[Stallone leans back in his chair and takes a drag of a cigarette]
“…Rocky fights a really mean guy.”
I find it difficult to express how much I LOVE this film!!
Is it better than the original? Probably not.
Is it emotionally manipulative? Yep.
Is it the most re-watchable instalment of the Rocky franchise? Definitely.
Is Clubber Lang one of the best bad guys in cinema history? Absolutely.
EYE OF THE TIGER, BABY!!
“You know, Stallion? It’s too bad we gotta get old.”
“Ah, just keep punching Apollo.”
Rocky and Apollo being yoked out of their minds sprinting on the beach in short shorts and tank tops is transcendent American cinema
"Politics, man. This country want to keep me down. Keep everybody weak. They don't want me to have the title because I'm not a puppet like that fool up there."
a total blast, slickly zeroing in on its formula, but it fails to notice that it's a simple reversal of the first one, with Rocky oblivious to his privilege while a younger, hungrier fighter comes after him. if only Clubber had been an even remotely fleshed-out character instead of a bogeyman. there's no reason to play him as an asshole except to protect Stallone's vanity (he even condescendingly tells Clubber, "You got a big mouth.") and so this has the unfortunate feeling of being the one where Rocky has to struggle to remain humble while he learns how to fight like a black man.
You fight great, but I’m a great fighter.
Still wish we got more time dedicated to Clubber, but honestly, the Apollo x Rocky relationship is why this movie rules.
So nakedly confessional on Stallone’s part that he just used real footage of himself on The Muppet Show and at the Academy Awards during the opening “Eye of the Tiger”montage charting Rocky’s early years as boxing champ. (Said montage also includes a snippet of a fight between Rocky and a contender named “Big Yank Ball,” who I have at least couple of questions about.) In the best scene in the film, Rocky — but, let’s be honest, really Stallone — pours his guts out about the crippling anxiety that comes with massive success, telling Adrian “I don’t want to lose what I got. In the beginning I didn’t care about what I had. I’d go in the ring, I’d get busted…
Get yourself a friend like Apollo who will train with you on the beach wearing minimal clothing during a montage.
Matt Singer had it right, after all: This is the best of the Rocky sequels, a satisfying blend of superhero cartoonishness (Clubber Lang, Thunderlips, etc.) and residual "authentic" feeling from the first film. Great montages, greater short shorts.
