ROCKY IV (1985)
Featuring: Sylvester Stallone; Talia Shire; Carl Weathers; Dolph Lundgren
Director: Sylvester Stallone
By 1985 the Cold War was staring to thaw with Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost" and "perestroika". This basically meant that the Iron Curtain was pulled away just enough for the West to take a peek at what was going on behind it. And this was just the gap Hollywood was waiting for. Think of movies from that period like Red Dawn (1984); The Falcon And The Snowman (1985) and The Hunt For Red October (1990). Off cause the makers of the Rocky films also had to jump on the bandwagon with Rocky IV.
In an effort to improve relationships between the Soviet Union and United States, the Russians parade their 'superhuman' amateur world boxing champion, Drago (Dolph Lundgren) on the press stages of America, challenging the current professional world heavy weight boxing champ. But when Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) declines the challenge, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) decides to take it up... with tragic consequences.
Of the four films so far, I liked this one the least. By the time this one done the rounds, the whole recipe became just a little too predictable: first there's the challenge; initially it gets turned down; then calamity strikes; finally there's the revenge brawl; and Rocky triumphs. Besides, if you had trouble following Stallone's dialogue, wait till you hear Lundgren!
Therefor I rate this forth edition in the franchise only 2 out of 5 stars.
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West meets East...
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