Released just over one year ago (19th January 2007), Rocky Balboa arrive as part of my movie rentals. Having always enjoyed the Rocky films I was sure I would enjoy this one despite it being the 6th Rocky movie, and with the 5th being what we all thought to be the end!

So what is the film about if Rocky has retired? Well old Rocky comes out of retirement to box the latest world champion one more time. The film spends a long time setting the scene, going through the usual emotional things given the fact Rocky’s wife is now dead. Eventually we get to the usual Rocky fight preparation followed by the big fight. So what is my verdict on this movie?

Stallone is very good in the movie and really plays the emotional scenes well, he interacts well with the other actors. On the flip side, this didn’t have the usual fire a Rocky film has. The training scenes didn’t really get you fired up and the fight scenes didn’t leave you screaming ‘Go Rocky’ at the screen like the previous movies did. In all its a worthy watch but I think the previous movies really set the tone and this Rocky movie has a big history to follow which I don’t really think it did.

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