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Rocky IV (1985) 6.4
When Apollo Creed is killed in a match against a powerful Soviet boxer, Rocky decides to challenge him himself. Director:Sylvester StalloneWriter:Sylvester Stallone |
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Cast
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| Sylvester Stallone | ... | ||
| Talia Shire | ... | ||
| Burt Young | ... | ||
| Carl Weathers | ... | ||
| Brigitte Nielsen | ... | ||
| Tony Burton | ... | ||
| Michael Pataki | ... | ||
| Dolph Lundgren | ... | ||
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Stu Nahan | ... |
Commentator #1
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| R.J. Adams | ... |
Sports Announcer
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| Al Bandiero | ... |
American Commentator #2
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Dominic Barto | ... |
Russian Government Official
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Danial Brown | ... |
Rocky Jr.'s Friend
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| James Brown | ... | ||
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Rose Mary Campos | ... |
Maid
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Rocky Balboa, heavyweight champion of the world, is the trainer for Apollo Creed in an exhibition match against Ivan Drago, a "superman" boxer from the Soviet Union. When Apollo is killed in the ring by the brutal Drago, Balboa blames himself and promises to avenge his friend's death in the ring. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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He Could Have Stopped The Fight. He Could Have Saved His Best Friend's Life. But Now, The Only Thing He Can't Do Is Walk Away... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
27 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rocky IV - Der Kampf des Jahrhunderts See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$127,900,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Runtime:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Rocky: Hey.
Duke: Can I come up?
Rocky: Yeah sure.
Duke: Some weather we're having here huh?
Rocky: Yeah it's pretty rough.
Duke: But it's perfect for what you gotta do it's good. Toughen you up.
Rocky: I guess.
Duke: I know you think you're gonna have to do everything by yourself but you know I'll be with you.
Rocky: Yeah
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Brigitte Nielsen's character (Ludmilla Drago) was not written in the shooting script, where her talking was done by Nicoli Koloff (Michael Pataki). Sylvester Stallone likely incorporated her at the last minute rewrite. See more »Goofs
The boxing gloves that Apollo wears during his entrance are smaller than the gloves he wears during the actual fight. See more »Quotes
Duke: Hey, Champ.Rocky: Hey.
Duke: Can I come up?
Rocky: Yeah sure.
Duke: Some weather we're having here huh?
Rocky: Yeah it's pretty rough.
Duke: But it's perfect for what you gotta do it's good. Toughen you up.
Rocky: I guess.
Duke: I know you think you're gonna have to do everything by yourself but you know I'll be with you.
Rocky: Yeah
[...]
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Here's another low-brained but very entertaining "Rocky" movie with one more interesting villain. Instead Of "Apollo Creed" or "Mr. T.," we now have "Ivan Drago,"(Dolph Lundgren) a giant Russian who is more like a machine. He's "indestructable" (and on steroids, too, and unlike some baseball slugger, he admits it!). He has the latest in technology, nutrition, etc., but you just know the much-smaller disadvantaged hero "Rocky Balboa" (Sylvester Stallone) will somehow find a way to chop this "Goliath" down.
Minute-for-minute, this might be the most entertaining of all the Rocky films, and looks good on DVD despite some graininess in the first five minutes. Rocky's wife "Adrian" (Talia Shire) never looked better: mature and pretty; the gruff and profane manager played Burgess Meredith is gone and the repellent obnoxious slob "Paulie" (Burt Young) has only a few lines.
This is the ultimate "David vs. Goliath" tale in every aspect and the final bout - held in Russia - breaks the all-time Rocky record for most punches ever thrown at two fighters. Of course, any real-life human would have been knocked cold about 50 times had they suffered the blows "Rocky" did in this fight!
This is a real flag-waving film with Rocky draping the Stars and Stripes around his shoulders. It's a totally unrealistic story but, all of these in the series were similar, credibility-wise, so just go along with it and enjoy the story. It's only an hour-and-a-half and story literally flies by.