Rocky V (1990)

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• Directors C

  
  It was fine because Stallone sort of went back to being underdog again but it just didn't give off the same feeling as Rocky 1,2 and 4. The passion is just all gone and dark Rocky just doesn't work. It wasn't really gripping at all and wasn't really about him.

• Chris W

  
  Even Stallone disowns this movie. That should tell you something right there. For the longest time, this film, despite it's problems (of which there are many), did provide an end to a long running character arc. Over the course of the whole Rocky series, a story was being told… More
  Even Stallone disowns this movie. That should tell you something right there. For the longest time, this film, despite it's problems (of which there are many), did provide an end to a long running character arc. Over the course of the whole Rocky series, a story was being told about one underdog's rise and fall, both in the boxing ring and in life. The individual films themselves may not have always held up well, but they worked when looked at as a whole. In that reagrd, this film is okay. Then Stallone decides to make a sequel/redux version that does a lot of what this does, only far better. This film is kinda ridiculous, and I don't much care for the message it pushes that violence should be considered a primary tool for problem solving. The fight at the end, despite how over the top and ultimately pointless it is, is still well done and pretty damn entertaining. I really just don't like this film since it's a really disappointment overall. The way the story is handled is unsatisfactory, the film feels phoned in and it seems like no one really has their heart in it. It offers a change of pace by showing Rocky as a trainer nwo instead of a fighter, but that soet of thing has been handled far better both before and after this came out. I blame laziness. Since Rocky Balboa pretty much wiped the slate clean, and is a more mature, satisfying, and better version of this film's story, I don't see any reason to include it as part of the series anymore. Really. I just wish it didn't exist. If you keep it as part of the series, then you have two films in a row that have a lot of the same stuff, so it all seems pretty pointless and sad. Too bad there's no way to really keep this film from existing.

• Sajin P

  
  To me, this has got to be the second best in the franchise( Rocky-1 obviously being the first). It brings the hi-flying super-hero back to the ground, and he has to deal with the harsh realities of life, as an ordinary man. This brought more emotion and realism to the story, some… More
  To me, this has got to be the second best in the franchise( Rocky-1 obviously being the first). It brings the hi-flying super-hero back to the ground, and he has to deal with the harsh realities of life, as an ordinary man. This brought more emotion and realism to the story, some thing which have been lacking since Rocky-1st. The flashback sequence involving Rocky and Mickey could be the most melancholic sequence in the entire series.

• Derek D

  
  No wonder Stallone made a sixth entry. This fifth - and for awhile the last - in the Rocky series has Balboa playing the role of trainer to a young Tonny Gunn after retiring following his slugfest with Drago in the fourth one. The good thing is that this film has one of the best… More
  No wonder Stallone made a sixth entry. This fifth - and for awhile the last - in the Rocky series has Balboa playing the role of trainer to a young Tonny Gunn after retiring following his slugfest with Drago in the fourth one. The good thing is that this film has one of the best fights in the franchise, the final street fight brawl between the former champ and the new, conceited Gunn. A helluva fight that just got my blood pumping.

• Conner R

  
  Probably the weakest in the entire series, mostly due to the street fight at the end that just completely ruins the whole point of the story they set up. What really works in this is the return to the streets of Philadelphia and return of the lovable and charming Rocky. I like the… More
  Probably the weakest in the entire series, mostly due to the street fight at the end that just completely ruins the whole point of the story they set up. What really works in this is the return to the streets of Philadelphia and return of the lovable and charming Rocky. I like the idea of him being a trainer and trying to find another way to earn respect in the community. Sylvester Stallone still comes off just as fresh in this as he did in part I.

• Tim S

  
  Definitely not the best of the series. A real let-down.

• Carlos M

  
  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.

• Anthony L

  
  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… More
  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-a-bitch cos Micky loves ya' it made me cry!

• Cassie H

  
  This movie proved that Rocky still had alot of heart and that he didn't need Tommy Gunn. The song for the credits was a great choice too!!!

• Dan S

  
  Awful...awful...awful...awful.

• danny d

  
  wow, like the last one wasnt bad enough

• xGary X

  
  Rocky reduced to a hideous schmaltz-fest and little more than a brainless half-arsed soap opera.

• Jason S

  
  Saw it once if that tells you anything.

• Dean M

  
  Rocky is no longer a boxer turned to boxing coach instructor as his former coach with good old memories from the first original film.

• Kalel J

  
  Good direction shows this a good film that focuses on character rather than the sport. Yet still that feeling lingers that this is a completely unrealistic movie that showed the Rocky franchise should have finished at III.

• Bradley W

  
  Rocky V has changed the formula that made the past films so good, and even though it was interesting seeing a change, it didn't feel like a true Rocky film. This time he has to fight his on pupil, and instead they turn this from a boxing movie to some kindof Street Fighter video… More
  Rocky V has changed the formula that made the past films so good, and even though it was interesting seeing a change, it didn't feel like a true Rocky film. This time he has to fight his on pupil, and instead they turn this from a boxing movie to some kindof Street Fighter video game, what a lame way to end the film. Now I am being generous seeing as I got to see the 2006 Rocky Balboa before this so I do not have the anger that everyone else does with believing this ruined the series, I think it just brought it down a few notches and is by far the weakest Rocky film. The plot starts off as any other Rocky film but as it went on we realize that they have changed everything and maybe they could've done that if they did it correctly, but instead they ruin it with the pathetic antagonist Tommy Gunn. We know Rocky is gonna beat him, I mean would they really end the film with him losing, so I just found Tommy to be a spoiled brat and was glad when Rocky beat the crap out of him. Another problem was the ending, I mean they just end it and we have no idea about his future with his financial troubles and that angers me. Thank goodness Rocky Balboa saved the series from end on a small note. I enjoyed the cast, including the boy who played Rocky's son because his part of the story was what saved it from feeling completely pathetic on the emotional side. Overall there are things that I enjoyed with this Rocky but I did not like all the changes and how instead of an ending with boxing (how it should be) we get a street fight and that angered me a bit. So do not see this for the traditional great Rocky experience, because this is something a lot different.

• Dann M

  
  If the best revenge is living well, then apparently Drago got the last laugh; as Rocky V finds Rocky Balboa bankrupt and suffering from permanent brain damage. This is undoubtedly the worst of the Rocky films, making a fatal error on the direction to take the series. The film… More
  If the best revenge is living well, then apparently Drago got the last laugh; as Rocky V finds Rocky Balboa bankrupt and suffering from permanent brain damage. This is undoubtedly the worst of the Rocky films, making a fatal error on the direction to take the series. The film attempts to return Rocky to his roots, which isn't a bad idea in concept (and worked well in Rocky III). But after Rocky's triumphant victory over the Russians in Rocky IV, bankrupting and crippling him just served to alienate the fans. And then there's Tommy Gunn, the blandest, most uninteresting Rocky foil of the series. Rocky V scuttles the series and is one of those few films in a franchise that's best forgotten, to be whipped out of existence as if never happened.

• Steven V

  
  I liked the idea of bringing back John G. Avildsen to direct Rocky 5. Rocky is no longer a boxer turned to boxing coach instructor as his former coach with good old memories from the first original film.

• Erin C

  
  Great movie, just like the rest of them!

• Jonny C

  
  The Rocky Trilogy for me is I, II, III, and VI. So this and the fourth never existed.

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