I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Rocky couldn't get licensed in America, so this means being hit by a good punch(OR A FEW GOOD PUNCHES) by a fighter in boxing gloves(HANDS COVERED IN EXTRA PADDING AND BY FAR SOFTER THAN FISTS) could make him an invalid or dead. So, near the end, Rocky takes several almost bare knuckle punches from heavyweight champion and heavy-hitting protege Tommy Gunn(Morrison).So, maybe a realistic direction for the movie to take was for Rocky to come out and win like he did at first. After that, Tommy fights dirty like he did in the movie and hits him with a couple of punches, but puts Rocky away. Rocky keeps his sanity. Life's great for Tommy Gunn over a wonderful career. Rocky trains his son gradually over time--after Adrian's invitation to be there for his family. His son eventually goes through the rankings motivated to avenge Tommy's dirty beating of his dad. Just as Tommy's set to retire, his undefeated son challenges Tommy just as Tommy did his dad years earlier. His son makes the Balboa name golden once again by outboxing Tommy as his dad once did Clubber Lang, but KO'ing him in the late rounds. This also ties all of the Rocky movies together: there's a boxer, a croucher, and power. At the end, Rocky and Adrian get their wealth back through their son instead of through Tommy! Most everybody has seen this movie; it's almost 30 years old! These are just some changes that I feel were warranted. Sylvester's ego was just too high in this movie; he always had to be the hero.

Rocky V is a 1990 film starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison, Richard Gant, Sage Stallone, and Burgess Meredith. The film was written by Sylvester Stallone and directed by OSCAR winning director John G. Avildsen, who directed the original ROCKY (1976).Upon returning from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-related injuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife Adrian (Talia Shire), his friend Paulie (Burt Young), and his son Rocky Jr. (Sage Stallone) move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia. There, the fighter must resolve the deep-rooted resentment held by his son, a bitterness that grows when Rocky trains Tommy "The Machine" Gunn (Tommy Morrison), a young boxer who soon rises to national prominence. When Tommy turns against his mentor and publicly taunts him, Rocky knows he must fight once more.ROCKY V was made on a budget of $42,000,000. The film grossed $120,000,000 worldwide, making it the least successful film financially in the entire franchise. The film is reviewed by fans and critics alike as the worst film in the ROCKY franchise. While I do agree that ROCKY V is the worst film in the franchise, I do believe that ROCKY V is supremely underrated. The music by Bill Conti once again is superb. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith all have wonderful performances as they have had in ROCKY - ROCKY IV. Sage Stallone has an OK performance. Could have been better, could have been worse. Real-life boxer Tommy Morrison does a decent job as Tommy "The Machine" Gunn. John G. Avildsen, who directed the original ROCKY (1976), does a good job at the director's chair for one last ROCKY film. Overall, ROCKY V, while being the worst film in the franchise, still is a highly underrated film. I thought that this was a very decent film. 6/10.

Sylvester Stallone once said he strictly made Rocky V to make a few dollars. Perhaps that explains why this Rocky film has hardly anything to offer. The first two Rocky films had great stories and really likable characters that you rooted for, so much so that you didn't care about how unbelievable some of the circumstances regarding the fights may have been. Rocky III didn't do it as effectively, but made up for it with some great entertainment value and a feeling of self- awareness regarding Stallone's career for the next couple of decades. Rocky IV threw all seriousness out the door and the quality steeped even more than with Rocky III, but it can be entertaining on a primitive level, similar to Stallone's other 1985 hit, Rambo: First Blood Part II. This film offers almost nothing special. It wants to be gritty and emotional like the first Rocky, but it can't seem to avoid having some scenes that are a bit, shall we say, "macho;" unfortunately, those parts are out of place with the rest of the film and don't make it more fun. Having just defeated Ivan Drago (watch Rocky IV to understand everything), Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) returns home with his family and finds out that, thanks to Paulie, his brother-in-law (Burt Young), his accountant has stolen all of his money since he has power of attorney. What prevents him from fighting again to win some money is the fact that he has gotten significant brain damage (I can hear the realists saying "Finally," since Rocky would've suffered from this long ago if this was real life), and all he can do is auction off his big house, most of his stuff, move back with his family to Paulie's house in the same, poor Philadelphia neighborhood they once lived in, and run the gym of his late trainer and friend, Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith, who appears in a tear-jerking flashback). Also, he trains a young boxing hopeful named Tommy Gunn (real boxer Tommy Morrison, who passed away in 2013), and is harassed by boxing promoter George Washington Duke (Richard Gant), while ignoring his son (Stallone's real son, Sage), who is beaten up by bullies at school every day. Now, the main problem with Rocky V is its screenplay. First off, the way Rocky loses his money makes little sense; what he thought was a tax extension was really a power of attorney. How could anyone not notice the difference? Also, while Rocky's family thought they had paid fully the mortgage on their house, they still have $400,000 outstanding. Again, how could they have not noticed this? Also, Duke is a one- dimensional villain (a common trope in a lot of Rocky and Rambo sequels it seems) and a cartoon character that jars terribly with how serious the film wants to be. Also, when Tommy is asked by Duke to turn away from Rocky and sign with him, you'd think, given how much Rocky and Tommy seem to bond during the film, that Tommy would have doubts, but not once does he think, "I dunno: Rocky's my friend. He really got me somewhere. Do I really want to do this?" But no: he just signs with Duke and when he beats the Heavyweight Champion, he only acknowledges Duke and completely ignores Rocky. Rocky's son is another problem with this film. He gets mad that his father won't help him against the bullies, but he later seems to take care of that problem (with physical violence against the bullies, of course) by himself, which just leaves him upset that Rocky is paying more attention to Tommy and not him, which causes him to act like a little punk (on Christmas of all days!!!). Rocky says that having Tommy as his student gives him a purpose in life, but throughout the two montages that show Tommy training and winning fights, there's no sense of development. Tommy's character arc just seems to be made up as the film goes along. First, he seems like a young hopeful who wants to box and eagerly accepts Rocky as his trainer, then he signs on with Duke without any shred of doubt and abandons Rocky, then he beats the Heavyweight Champion and gets mad because everyone thinks he's not good enough to fight strong opponents (the guy Tommy beats only got the title through contract), he challenges Rocky to a fight at Duke's insistence, and then, when Tommy provokes Rocky into a street fight, he yells at Duke, "You don't own me! Nobody does!" Not to mention, the street fight is an absolutely ridiculous affair that no one in their right mind would shoot for television and just stand aside to watch, and it destroys any credibility the film did have. Rocky V is a complete waste of time and something not worth spending a few dollars to watch on demand or ten dollars to buy on Blu-Ray. More action-oriented fans can be forgiven for liking Rocky IV, but please stay away from this freak misfit.

Here's something surprising: I liked ROCKY V. I actually enjoyed it far more than the last sequel, that was nothing more than a retread of ROCKY III, substituting Dolph Lundgren for Mr T and achieving little else in the short running time. ROCKY V boasts a cracking story from Stallone that takes the saga in new directions, carefully avoiding the clichés and as a result breathing fresh life into what was becoming a tired series. To that end, director John G. Avildsen returns to the franchise for the first time since the original, and the film feels very close to that one in nature: there's a return to the gritty, on-the-street vibe that was missing before, and it's good to have it back.Rocky's character has progressed since the last film. He's now a near-disabled man, disturbed by brain damage and past his prime. His relationship with his son (played by Stallone's real-life boy Sage) takes up much of the film, and it's an interesting one that's played to the hilt. Talia Shire and Burt Young don't have much to do again, but kudos for the return of Burgess Meredith for some genuinely moving and poignant flashbacks that brought a tear to this viewer's eye.Some have cast doubt on the acting ability of newcomer boxer Tommy Morrison, but I found his acting suited the role perfectly: he's supposed to be a meathead, a jock, not some thespian. I enjoyed watching the storyline play out, the inevitable twist, and then I found the closing street fight simply refreshing: Stallone did well not to have his character return to the ring for yet another match. This way feels a lot better, a lot more real. Plus, it has one of my favourite Stallone moments, his classic "You knocked him down...now why don't you try knocking me down?" moment.