Rocky IV | Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire

Rocky IV | Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire | Brutal

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Rocky IV

	Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire MGM (Video & DVD), 2005 average customer review:based on 116 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

East meets West when Rocky takes on a vicious Soviet fighter who literally killed his last opponent! Sylvester Stallone writes, directs and stars in this war between nations in which the only battle is fought in a boxing ring. Rocky Balboa (Stallone) proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a six-foot-four-inch, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimentakes him to icy Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to facea powerfully charged fight to the finish in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country! Release Date: 07/12/2005.

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Ivan Drago!!!

OK, this is great movie cause it's part of the ROCKY movies...but quite honestly...if Dolph Lundgren had not been in it playing Ivan Drago...the purchase wouldn't have been made!!

I personally think he is one of the flyest actors that has graced the screen. Tall and exotic in his own way...totally yummy!

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I seem to enjoy watching movies in the wrong order. Previously, when I was really young, I watched the Back To The Future movies in the wrong order. I've seen the third one so many times now, that I refuse to watch it.

I'd already seen Rocky Balboa at the cinema, but had never seen any of the others until now. Thankfully, you don't really need to know too much about the previous movies, a quick recap before we started watching the movie. Plus, there are plenty of flashbacks throughout the movie, but not in an intrusive way.

Boxing is quite possibly one of the most brutal sports around that there is, yet the Rocky films are popular. But a boxing movie with Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren pitted against each other? Yeah, I could watch that movie.

It's directed and written by Sly, and of course he reprises his title role, and get the muscles all pumped up. The training montages in this movie are absolutely spectacular, with Rocky's simplistic approach versus Ivan's hi tech approach. The boxing matches throughout are simply amazing, and will have you turning away from the screen at the blood and absolutely ferocious punches. Dolph also does brilliantly in the movie, although is a man of few words. I really don't like Bridgette Nielsen, Sly's ex wife. I don't know what it is. In my opinion, she never added anything to the movie.

There's not much of a plot - and if you've seen the Rambo movies, you do feel and see the similarities in plots occasionally. It's also pretty much formulaic, but when you've got two very hunky looking guys putting every man in the world to shame, what do you care about the plot? You're not there to watch an in depth movie that you have to concentrate on.

Rocky IV is a brilliant time waster, even I hadn't seen the previous three. Maybe sometime. And I did like Rocky Balboa too. Hell, maybe I've got a not-so-secret crush on Sly. Those sad eyes really get me. And the beard as well - hell yeah.

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Entertaining, but lacks credibility.

The makers of this movie could have at least researched Russian names, before making this. Drago is nowhere near anything remotely Russian. Apparently the only Russian name that came to their minds is Ivan, how original.
While this movie is entertaining, it is a cleverly made anti Soviet propaganda that was expected of the time, with little shred of truth to it.

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