Rocky V

Touted upon its release as the finale of the Rocky saga, this fifth entry in the long-running series of sports dramas reunites star Sylvester Stallone with John G. Avildsen, director of the Oscar-winning original. Stallone is Rocky Balboa, suffering from career-ending brain damage as a result of his ...more

By keeping the emotional stakes at a realistic level, Stallone tells a simple human story about a man having difficulty walking away from his job. Instead of giving the audience some emotionally over-the-top reason for him to continue to fight (the death of a loved one, the love of country), Stallone forces his characters to interact with each other like real human beings. Having Rocky fail as a father (during the early parts of the film) makes him human. For the first time in three films, the ...more