Rocky Balboa

Name: Rocky Balboa

Genre: Drama/Sports

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young, Sylvester Stallone (Director)

Synopsis: Around age of 50’s Rocky has retired from boxing for the last 16 years and was having a average going life with a restaurant in Philadelphia where he tells the past stories of his in his boxing carrier. He also has deals with his inner feelings of Adrian’s loss due to her cancer which makes him upset quite sometimes. Also his relationship with his son Robert (Milo Ventimiglia) wasn’t going on too well. Robert was going through a struggling period in the corporate world. Paulie (Burt Young) are still friends and it is going on. One night he was having a drink in the bar where he meets a girl after another girl said Rocky some foul language where little girl makes Rocky remember that she is the same little girl which also once had said the same to him and he accompanied her too home. But now she is quite older “Marie”. Rocky was very happy to see that. She also tells him that now she had a son name “Stephenson”. Rocky grows friendship with both of them later.

Around boxing area Mason “the line” Dixon won another match in his undisputed Title reign of World heavyweight Championship but people still doesn’t call him the real champion cause they still he is being tested with the best. ESPN broadcasts a computer simulation fight between Dixon and Rocky at the prime linked together and Rocky won that with a KO. Both Dixon and Rocky saw that computer simulation match. Rocky urges from inside to have a fight once again in that boxing ring. Later Dixon manager came to the TV and calls that a controversial computer simulation way too overrated to Balboa. Rocky goes to the boxing commission to renew his boxing license. First Commission didn’t agree to that but after seeing Rocky’s urge the provided him the license. Hearing the Dixon’s manager wants to have this as an opportunity for Dixon to make a name for himself goes to Rocky to have fight with Dixon and told them that they will be easy with him too. Rocky agrees to that and the exhibition bout will take place at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. Hearing this news Robert came to meet Rocky and asks him to leave this fight cause people make a joke out of him and he will be included in that but in reality he was blaming rocky for his own failures. Rocky gives him some good advice's and in that he told Robert this too “It ain’t how hard you hit, it how hard u get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take it and keep moved forward” Next day when Rocky was at Adrian’s grave, Robert meet him and told him that he has quit that job now and is now wants to be with him.

Rocky starts his training with Apollo creed’s Trainer Duke with his co workers and Paulie with Robert and Stephenson and his side too. Duke told Rocky that he is now old and have health problems too and too beat Dixon he has to get strength and his punching power should be incredible and Rocky starts training hard. Before one day of the fight, Rocky meets Dixon and Dixon warns him that he will be easy on him but if he tries some cheap shots or low blows he will go hard on him but Rocky doesn’t get intimidated. The day has come for the fight as HBO paper view. As the fight starts Dixon starts controlling the fight and Rocky was having trouble dealing with him. But in second round Dixon injured his left hand and Rocky after that starts hitting hard on Dixon even knocking him down once. After some rounds Dixon too fights Rocky but Rocky impress audience and everyone present there as how he is still taking punches of so much younger and champion boxer and he too fight back at him with full force. Rocky once in the last Rocky falls on his knee but Dixon but later he remembers that what he told to his soon he must prove to him now and fights back. During the closing stages of the last round both Dixon and Rocky starts hitting each other and the Spectators were on their feet cheering loud and out. Rocky appreciate Dixon that he is true champion and will go much further which he thanks him for that. Everyone was in Joy seeing this last performance of Rocky. Although Dixon won by the Split decision but Rocky Balboa has steal the show and thanked everyone as everyone there was appreciating it.

In the end Rocky was Adrian’s grave again and thanked her for everything and said “Yo Adrian, we did it again.” 

Review: One of the movies that came in the books of greatness once again. Sylvester Stallone once again proved that when he directs the Rocky movie himself, he gives his heart in that and he lived that character as ever. Every component of the movie was perfect. Direction was absolute brilliant, acting was classic. Fighting sequences were again at its level best. Bringing Antonio was a very good move which again bring freshness and energy of the modern day boxing style and he also played his part absolute best. The point which was considered most positive is the Story part. Stallone makes story in just a way that it fully justified the scenario of the Rocky series and he has to be given credit for that. Only two words for this “Absolute Brilliance”. Hat’s off to Sylvester Stallone for such a remarkable Rocky series to the world.

Stars given: 5 out of 5.