Starring: - Sylvester Stallone
- Talia Shire
- Burt Young
Description:
Just like the three sequels before it, ROCKY V opens with a rehash of the last chapter. We see the robotic Russian Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) beating up on Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), before Rocky finally gathers the mental fortitude to snap back and floor the perfectly-conditioned giant. The sequence is extremely contrived, of course, the chronology of the fight tinkered with so that all of Rocky's comeback punches seem to come in an awesome few seconds.
This is one of the pluses that the underrated ROCKY V brings to fans of the series. Director John G. Avildsen - who collected an Oscar for directing the very first installment - along with script writer Stallone, borrow liberally from the foundation built by the four other outings. We get to see everyone and everything again - manager Mickey Goldmill, opponent-turned-friend Apollo Creed, even the black hat and duds worn by Rocky during his days working for a loan shark on the Philadelphia docks. We see Rocky's staunch supporters peopling the streets of the Italian market, as well as the statue (from ROCKY III) atop the steps of the temple-like Philadelphia Museum of Art. It's not necessary to have watched numbers one through four in order to understand this closing chapter, but it makes for more enjoyment.
1. That's What I Said - M.C. Hammer
2. All You Gotta Do Is Sing - Joey B. Ellis
3. No Competition - MC Tab
4. Go For It! (Heart And Fire) - Joey B Ellis & Tynetta Hare
5. Take You Back (Home Sweet Home) - The 7A3
6. Measure Of A Man, The - Elton John
7. Can't Stop The Fire - Bill Conti
8. I Wanna Rock - Rob Base
9. Thought U Were The One For Me - Joey B. Ellis
10. Keep It Up - Snap
11. Feel My Power - M.C. Hammer
Rocky V
