![]() It is also abundantly clear that the man is a physical specimen to behold, taking extraordinary care of his body. There is absolutely no question that Stallone, as a writer, actor and director, is very dedicated to his craft. Cherished moments from previous films are intercut with sad Rocky and the song just playing on and on and on. In fact, there is one scene that plays out quite literally like a music video, with a distraught Rocky driving alone at night, looking aloof before him, as No Easy Way Out from Robert Tepper explodes in the soundtrack. How can it not be? It would actually be interesting to know the exact numbers, but a hefty portion of the picture is devoted solely to montages. This fourth film is mockingly referenced whenever the topic the montages in film is broached. Rocky, having lost a second friend, takes it upon himself to forsake his title belt by participating in a non-sanctioned tilt in Moscow on Christmas Day to exact payback. Ivan is more machine than man, it would seem. Apollo, in a convoluted turn of events (especially since he has been retired for 5 years), gets mightily offended by Ivan, accepting the challenge and, in a lavishly produced Las Vegas event, loses his life in the ring. From the bizarre robot slave Rocky gives Paulie for his birthday (followed by some questionable jokes with thinly veiled sexual undertones once Paulie re-programs its voice from male to female), to the introduction of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a Russian fighter that arrives in the United States, vying for an exhibition match to prove his country’s worth in the ring, much of Rocky IV barely even tries to recapture the grounded tone of the first entry. If the third film dabbled in cheese, the fourth outing has no qualms about eating it whole. Rocky IV is where things get really interesting, so to speak. If you’d like to read the first post in this two-part series, you can find it right here. The only thing I’m asking you guys to leave on the table… is what’s right.This is the second part of our retrospective on Rocky Balboa, celebrating and taking a closer look at all the films in the Rocky franchise. I mean you shouldn’t be asking people to come down here and pay the freight on something they paid, it still ain’t good enough, I mean you think that’s right? I mean maybe you’re doing your job but why you gotta stop me from doing mine? Cause if you’re willing to go through all the battling you got to go through to get where you want to get, who’s got the right to stop you? I mean maybe some of you guys got something you never finished, something you really want to do, something you never said to someone, something… and you’re told no, even after you paid your dues? Who’s got the right to tell you that, who? Nobody! It’s your right to listen to your gut, it ain’t nobody’s right to say no after you earned the right to be where you want to be and do what you want to do!… You know, the older I get the more things I gotta leave behind, that’s life. Rocky Balboa: I appreciate that, but maybe you’re looking out for your interests just a little bit more. Rocky Balboa: My point is I’m pursuing something and nobody looks too happy about it.īoxing Commissioner: But… we’re just looking out for your interests. Don’t it say something about going after what makes you happy?īoxing Commissioner: No, that’s the pursuit of happiness. Rocky Balboa: Rights, like in that official piece of paper they wrote down the street there?Boxing Commissioner: That’s the Bill of Rights. Rocky Balboa: Yo, don’t I got some rights?īoxing Commissioner: What rights do you think you’re referring to?
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