A bad movie

Even though I tend to think that ‘Rocky’ is somewhat overrated (It won the Best Picture Academy Award against such classics like ‘Network’, ‘All the President’s Men’ and above all ‘Taxi Driver’), I still thoroughly enjoyed it and it was one hell of an underdog tale. However, it is such a shame that Sylvester Stallone went on and on with those sequels. I mean, to start with, one of the biggest assets of the first movie is that Rocky Balboa, even though we root for him, still loses at the end concluding this dramatic story with a huge emotional punch but, right away with the first sequel, the whole effect was undone since he eventually became the new champ. Fast-forward 10 years later and Stallone comes now with a bewildering 4th sequel and the end-result has become really pathetic. I mean, it was actually a pretty good idea to have Rocky to become a trainer but Tommy Morrison was a bad choice and there was no chemistry between him and Stallone. Eventually, the whole thing was just terribly tedious and the last fight in the street between Stallone and Morrison was quite ridiculous (as if the makers couldn’t let go, Rocky absolutely needed to fight at the end and, of course he had to win). To conclude, this movie was pretty bad, even Sylvester Stallone was embarrassed by the whole thing and it is not really worth a look.

4/10