WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THAT
THERE IS GOJNG TO BE ANOTHER ROCKY SEQUEL? DO YOU WANT TO
KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT? I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A PIECE OF
GARBAGE, SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WOULD WANT TO SEE. OF COURSE
I AM WRONG, AND THIS TIME I AM GLAD THAT I WAS WRONG.
SLYVESTER STALLONE REPRISES HIS ROLE
AS ROCKY, A FIFTY EIGHT YEAR OLD FORMER PROFESSIONAL BOXER,
WHO KNOW RUNS HIS OWN RESTAURANT, NAMED AFTER HIS LATE WIFE
ADRIAN.
EVERY YEAR ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR
FIRST DATE, ROCKY GOES BACK TO THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD TO
REMEMBER THE SO CALLED "GOOD TIMES". WHEN ESPN AIRS A
SIMULATED FIGHT BETWEEN ROCKY AND THE CURRENT CHAMP MASON
"THE LINE" DIXON, CONVERSATIONS ARISE ABOUT HAVING A REAL
FIGHT FOR CHARITY BETWEEN ROCKY, AND MASON.
THE MOVIE THEN PROCEEDS TO SHOW THE
HEART FELT SCENES WITH ROCKY GETTING INTO SHAPE, AND THEN WE
GO TO LAS VEGAS, TO HAVE THE REAL FIGHT.
THE MOVIE ROCKY BALBOA IS VERY GOOD.
IT MADE A NICE CLIMAX TO THE ROCKY FRANCHISE. I REALLY THINK
AN OSCAR NOD SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SYLVESTER STALLONE, BECAUSE
THIS MOVIE WAS JUST AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL. BURT YOUNG AS
PAULY HAS NOT LOST HIS STEP.
I ALSO LIKED HOW THEY INTERSCOPED
ADRAIN, AND MICKEY INTO THE PICTURE, TWO CHARACTERS THAT ARE
DECEASED. I ALSO THOUGHT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MARIE AND HER
SON TO BE WELL DONE.
ALL IN ALL 3 STARS FOR ROCKY BALBOA. A
FILM ONE SHOULD NOT MISS.
(c)2006 Brian Gall
