Brigitte Nielsen, Burt Young, Carl Weathers

When Apollo Creed is killed in a match against a powerful Soviet boxer, Rocky decides to challenge him himself.

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PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Sylvester Stallone

Release Date: November 27, 1985

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DVD Release Date: August 25, 1998

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  • September 29, 2009
    The Rocky franchise tried to go political with the Rocky (U.S.A.) against Ivan Drago (USSR). Rocky makes a "democratic" speech at the end in Russia and the Cold War ended right then and there, not really but it was a good scene.

    The Rocky series should have ended here but the...( read more)y had to make V which blowed.
  • August 27, 2009
    Same shit, different film. The same structure is getting quite tiresome, but welcome to 1985, by now all 80's films must have the following

    1. A talking Robot slave/friend
    2. A Russian bad Guy
    3. Homoerotic revenge

    Ok, maybe not every 80's film had homoerotic revenge,...( read more) but the rest of the film was very predictable '80's' stupidity. RIP Apollo Creed you magnificent beefcake!

    Onwards to Rocky V.....
  • October 13, 2008
    My absolute fave of all the Rocky movies.
  • August 23, 2008
    The almost immediate death in the beginning of this movie totally shocked me! No the best Rocky movie, but not bad.
  • June 16, 2008
    Rocky defeats comunism all by himself. Oh the 80s...
  • November 18, 2009
    I must break you.Ivan Drago

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    Director:Sylvester Stallone
    Cast:Sylvester Stallone,Talia Shire,Burt Young,Dolph Ludngren
    Genre:Drama
    Year of release:1985
    Running Time:99 minutes

    Plot:
    When Apollo Creed is killed in a match against a powerful Soviet boxer, Rocky decides to challenge him himself.

    Review:soon...
  • November 14, 2009
    My favorite of the series. It's just cool to see Rocky going up against someone that was just supposed to be able to completely destroy him.
  • November 12, 2009
    Levántate cuantas veces sea necesario
  • November 12, 2009
    This is the weakest of the Rocky series. The whole thing is just so stupid. But I have to admit. Ever time Rocky landed a punch, I cheered.
  • November 5, 2009
    This film was very good however,the begining could of been done in more detail.
    The acting however was really good with a well done twist that was entertaining.I thought the story overall could of been done in more detail and been more original but overall this was just as good ...( read more)as the first and was a very good film.
    The acting performances was well delivered with a pretty well done story that should keep its action audience entertained.
    This is not my favourite boxing movie but its still good that tells a story about boxing very well.

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Even Sylvester Stallone seems to be getting tired of the series; as the writer and director, as well as the star, he puts himself through the same old paces. full review

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Comments


  • inuyashablades91
    April 6, 2009
    Best ROCKY made.
  • JonnyMac78
    December 4, 2008
    Best rocky movie ever! This movie was the only film that I saw with my dad and brother at the theatre back in 85'. I love this movie so much that I had ordered the rocky IV american flag shorts at 80stee.com
  • tonya1974
    June 10, 2008
    i watched all 4 (not interested in 5 at this time) over the pst 2 days. i hadn't seen the first one in years but they had a marathon of rocky movies on tbs so it resparked my interest. i also recently saw the new rambo...and watched the first one for the first time in years. needless to say, i am on a stallon kick. i think he is fantastic: smart, talented, creative, funny and just an all around cool man. my boyfriend and i like to engage in conversations analyzing the movies! but i am beginning to ramble............
    what i am trying to say is.......rocky is one of the most inspirational films i have ever seen in my life.
    i guess this comment has becomes a review but oh well.
    thanks for reading this far!
  • skylerbamarocker93
    June 3, 2008
    this is a great movie, sylvester stallone is da best
  • cp1923
    July 5, 2007
    i have to say this is the worst of the rocky movies
  • ChrisHewittAKACream
    June 27, 2007
    I love Hearts On Fire!
  • putnama
    April 14, 2007
    the best of them all!
  • Mvaleria44
    April 11, 2007
    I love this movie soooooooo much!..Sylvester Stallone looked soo sexy...and he did such a great job on this film!!...is my favorite one out of all 5 movies!...so go ahead and watch it,cuz its pretty good!
  • romanflores321
    January 10, 2007
    this movie is my favorite movie out of all the rocky movies he has made....i love this movie....bc more that half of the time he is training.....if only the new movie rocky made were more like this it would be the best movie of this year
  • jaygatsby36
    August 21, 2006
    Rocky IV is a clearly Cold War movie with good will. I love it. After that movie very few boxing stories had been good for me. How ever Rocky III is the best of all, but I consider Rocky IV as having the best training sequence of them all. "Hearts on fire" gives a new an different perspective to the sequence.
    And for the son on Rocky I really prefer Rocky Krakoff than Stallone Junior, he is even more alike him.
    The soldier that appears at the russian airport is a clear image of the russian people of that time. The silent majority.

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