Sylvester Stallone is really sloughing it off shamelessly in Rocky IV, but it's still impossible not to root for old Rocky Balboa to get up off the canvas and whup that bully one more time.
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03/11/08
Rocky IV (1985)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:15
Rotten:19
Average Rating:4.7/10
Synopsis: Rocky is back and this time he's fighting an unbeatable Russian automaton named Drago (Dolph Lundgren). What does this huge Russkie have in store for Rocky? Can he remain the champ? Written and... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Reviews for Rocky IV
Top CriticRidiculous jingoistic nonsense.
03/11/08
Top CriticBoxers are noted for their hubris, but Stallone, perhaps still punch-drunk from the early success, would have been better advised to have quit rather than suffer the body blows of this nonsense.
03/11/08
A far cry from the delights (both large and small) of its illustrious original.
12/19/06
The crazed flag-waving would be a lot easier to take if it weren't so clearly a commercial calculation meant to salvage what is otherwise a crass, careless, shamelessly padded film.
12/19/06
...suffers from a vibe of superfluousness...
12/06/06
Film reduced to the barest of three acts.
06/24/06
The film's only major disappointment is a lack of screen-time for a pre-Foofy Foofy Brigitte Nielsen
03/24/06
Predictable and corny. When the Soviet fans as well as the Soviet government officials stand up and cheer Rocky at the end, you can't help but roll your eyes in disbelief.
02/18/06
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06/28/05
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01/08/05
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11/12/04
Fourth in series has lost most of punch
10/24/04
Proves once again that all the world loves an underdog.
08/22/04
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07/08/04
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04/07/04
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01/30/04
Cold War metaphors delivered with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer dampens the storytelling.
09/21/03
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
07/17/03
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