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.
Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Carl Weathers Dolph Lundgren Brigitte Nielsen Burt Young Tony Burton Michael Pataki Stu Nahan R. J. Adams Al Bandiero Dominic Barto Danial Brown James Brown Rose Mary Campos Jack Carpenter Mark De Alessandro Marty Denkin Lou Fillipo James 'Cannonball' Green Dean Hammond Rocky Krakoff Sergei Levin Tony Maffatone Sylvia Meals Dwayne McGee LeRoy Neiman George Pipasik George Rogan Show All…
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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.
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.
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)
The future is due. A decision must be made. Choose wisely.
my 9th grade history teacher neglected to tell me that rocky balboa single-handedly ended the cold war 😤
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…
Fuck it, this is perfect junk food. Sure its 50% montages and recycled footage but I can't remember the last time a movie left me feeling this stoked.
Is Rocky IV a super cheesy movie? Sure it is! But as my first ever Rocky movie, there is just something about the campy adrenaline-fueled ride this takes me on that has become so deeply embedded in me, and is one of my supreme guilty pleasures.
"All your strength, all your power, all your love. Everything you've got. Right now!"
All the reasons I love this movie:
- The most epic throw-down boxing duel of the franchise between Rocky and Drago
- Starting off with the all-time great Rocky tune 'Eye of the Tiger'
- Russian history has always been an interest of mine, and I enjoy seeing all the USSR decor
- Montages on top of montages! Aside from…
A few stray notes that likely won't make it in the final piece:
-This movie has more training montages than fights. By a fair margin.
-Rocky and Adrian have almost the exact same argument in ROCKY III and ROCKY IV (whether to fight or not fight), except this time they've completely switched positions. In ROCKY III, Rocky yells "I don’t want to lose what I got!” and Adrian says who cares. In ROCKY IV, when Rocky tells her he's going to fight Drago, Adrian asks "You’re willing to lose everything?” and Rocky replies, “Adrian, this ain’t everything. This house, the cars, all the stuff we got, it ain’t everything." Seen years apart, no one would notice; viewed back to back…
Rocky: He's winning... I see three of him out there!
Paulie: Hit the one in the middle.
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This is the silliest Rocky movie yet, but it still has some emotional moments and fun moments, while also having some great boxing matches.
The story follows Rocky as he lives his life on top of the scoreboard and he just enjoys it with his friends and family. A new Russian boxer named Ivan Drago arrives to fight the Americans and while he can’t take Rocky’s title away from him, there still is something at stake after he brutally defeats Apollo Creed and Rocky needs to take revenge.
The characters were not as interesting as in the other movies,…
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,…
