1985 Directed by Sylvester Stallone
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
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Normal Brain: Stallone went to Russia to make a piece of Cold War propaganda. At least 30 percent of the movie is training montages.
Galaxy Brain: Stallone went to Russia to make a tribute to the geniuses of Soviet montage. Rocky IV is at least 30 percent training montages because Rocky IV is the American Man With a Movie Camera, and Stallone is our Dziga Vertov.
90 percent montage. 5 percent Sylvester Stallone's russia-beard. 2 percent ridiculous 80's robot. 2 percent Carl fucking Weathers getting punched-in-the-head to death. 1 percent not giving a fuck. 100 percent American.
I will forever be impressed that a 90 minute movie was able to fit in 3 montages and a full-length performance of Living in America by James Brown.
Who doesn't love this film??????? IDK how anyone couldn't, Now i couldn't tell you how many times i've seen Rocky IV, but i would guess it's in the 100's. There were a few movies that from the age of 8 through the age of 17, If I wanted to just watch an awesome movie that had great entertainment value, and Rocky IV was on thet list.
Now I do realize as an adult now that it is extraordinarily cheesy, and there is about 30 minutes of montages, and like they run almost back to back to back. From the moment Rocky gets in the Lambo, thinking about the Apollo dying, and then there is a 5 minute break when Pauly…
We are presented with three possible scenarios...
1. Man is destroyed by machine. (Apollo vs. Drago)
2. Machine is destroyed by man.
(Drago vs. Rocky)
3. Man and Machine fall in love and live in harmony.
(Uncle Paulie vs. his own personal robot)
Like it or not, the future is due for arrival and a decision must be made.
Choose wisely.
The most commercially successful film in Rocky franchise that utilises the tension between US & USSR to its advantage, there is no denying that Rocky IV brims with a strong dose of patriotism from start to finish but apart from that and a truly intimidating antagonist, there is nothing impressive about it for the story is only as good as the previous two chapters.
The fourth instalment in the Rocky series, Rocky IV continues the journey of Rocky Balboa as the reigning world heavyweight champion challenges a virtually invincible opponent from the Soviet Union for a match in Moscow in order to avenge the death of Apollo Creed, who was mercilessly beaten to death by the Russian in an exhibition match,…
Proving once and for all that it's possible to tell a story solely through montages, Rocky IV contains no less than SEVEN complete 80s music videos and a live James Brown performance, and with Dolph Lundgren putting in a tip-top villain performance, it's just a shame that it all detracts from the majorly WTF "Paulie fucks a robot" storyline.
Rocky IV was the first Rocky movie I saw, and damn is it weird. I probably should have started with the first film, but a friend of mine played this at a party and I watched it. The film is most infamous for having 3 montages, which yes, I agree is a little much. However I am a fan of the song "No Easy Way Out" used in one of the montages. The pacing is a little weird too. Sometimes it's fast paced, other times it takes forever, like when the full song of "Living in America" is played before Apollo's fight with Drago. I was suprised by the death of Apollo but it left an impact, showing how powerful Drago is. It creates fear and I quite liked it. Overall, Rocky IV is an okay movie, just don't start with it.
Now this is a hard one to rate - it's a step-down from Rocky 3, which itself was a step-down from 1&2... But wow is it some insane fun, and weirdly inspiring in its own madness.
This is another big fight movie as with 3, and this time comes in the form of the steroid monster of Ivan Drago. Drago is a real standout as a villain, with all previous opponents being showman types, whereas Drago is more Frankenstein's monster. A beast of few lines, all of them quotable.
So the film shines in the villain department, but what about the iconic training montages? Well they seem to take up 1/4 of the running time, so its lucky that they're…
Paulie gets a robot because the 80s
It’s one big music video because the 80s
Rocky ends the Cold War because the 80s
There is hardly any movie more 80ies than Rocky 4.
Mighty american singlehandedly defeats the russian communist system in a boxingring, montages galore with kick-ass 80ies music, Sly on his most steroided self - from a cinematic viewpoint it might be shit... BUT FUN AS HELL!
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