Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Delia Sheppard

Rocky risks losing everything, stricken with brain damage from his years in the ring, and goes back to his meager origins, only to become embroiled in a street fight with his surrogate son.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: John G. Avildsen

Release Date: November 16, 1990

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • August 27, 2009
    Wow, everyone hates this one but I really like it! Rocky goes back to his roots man and there is a nice little Burgess Meredith cameo in it too! Ok, Sage Stallone was annoying but out of all the Rocky films, this is far from being the worst. When Meredith said 'Get up you son-of-...( read more)a-bitch cos Micky loves ya' it made me cry!
  • August 23, 2009
    Great movie, just like the rest of them!
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • January 20, 2007
    Easily the worst in the series so far. This movie seems like it was just a way to make SS some more money.
  • January 18, 2007
    wow, like the last one wasnt bad enough
  • November 18, 2009
    This was the last Rocky film. That is untill they made Rocky Balboa. This story takes place right after Rocky IV. Rocky comes back to the States and finds out that his accountant has stolen all his money. Now living in poverty and not able to box due to years of blows to the head...( read more). Rocky starts to coach a up and coming boxer who starts to let his rising fame get to his head. Overall I thought this was a good movie. Not as great as the other Rocky movies but still good enough. I enjoyed it. Worth a watch if you like all the other Rocky movies.
  • November 3, 2009
    As far as brain damage goes, Rocky V is a shameful idiocy - the family drama seems totally forced, the excess of schmaltz is painful and it all comes to unnecessary street-fighting.
  • October 30, 2009
    Good story but the ending...why the street fight..It would of been 10x better if they actually fought in the ring
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  • October 12, 2009
    the worst one of the rocky movies, but i still own it!

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  • giselsuperchick18
    July 31, 2007
    it wasnt better than 1,2,3,4 films of Rocky it was kinda boring...well the only thing i like is sage stallone he is sooooooooooooooo cute & buff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
    the 1 who played rocky's last son.
  • alexmillar95
    December 25, 2006
    rocky is bad as its so stupid

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