Rocky V

not as bad as everyone says, in fact there are some really good ideas in here, harkening back to the darker side that made the original rocky so good. unfortunately, it's not executed well, and the ending is a pile of crap that undoes any real goodwill that the effort up to then had given me. read more

i may be in the minority here but i actually liked rocky v. i'm not saying it's a good movie, and try as i might i still couldn't give it three stars (and a like) but i rather enjoyed it. i think this is because it harkens back to being a sports drama more than an action film. it also takes away the really bad humour from part iv and iii (the robot and hulk hogan) and it feels closer to the first one. i also think it is because for the first time in five films the story it different. rocky is not an underdog who starts training and eventually wins a fight to the delight of fans and adrian.... read more

fuck the haters this movie is great. granted, coming off of rocky iv the contrast couldn't be starker so i'm sure that a bunch of people were disappointed. but you've gotta at least give it its dues for trying to tell a different kind of story. i mean it's all here, really. clever build-up to a satisfying pay off. heck, for once we even got an antagonist with a proper personal arc. read more