ROCKY BALBOA (2006)
Featuring: Sylvester Stallone; Burt Young; Milo Ventimiglia
Director: Sylvester Stallone
According to Leonard Maltin this sixth and final (?) delivery in the Rocky saga is: "Not as bad as it might have been, even though it strains credibility; contrived, to be sure, but curiously endearing". I tend to agree. What was it that Clint Eastwood once said about a good thing? Hopefully Mr Stallone heeds his wise advice.
Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) is now a sixty-something restaurateur. His wife, Adrian, died a few years before and he has all but lost contact with his yuppie son. And all this make him feel a bit discontented or, like he puts it to his lifelong friend, Paulie (Burt Young): "There's still stuff in the basement." So he signs up for one last fight... against the much, much younger reigning champion!
Like Maltin said: "...it strains credibility." But if you can look past that, overall this (hopefully) final film is a fitting conclusion to the entire series; especially after the messy street-brawl-ending of the previous one.
I rate Rocky Balboa 3 out of 5 stars.
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I just couldn't resist...the old man (and his dog) running up the famous victory steps one last time!
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