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- Release Date: 1985
- Runtime: 91 min
- Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
- Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers ... See all
- Director: Sylvester Stallone
Plot 1
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.
Plot 2
Rocky IV is a 1985 film that was the fourth and most financially successful entry in the Rocky franchise. Rocky Balboa (played again by Sylvester Stallone), plans to retire from boxing after regaining his title from Clubber Lang in Rocky III. An unknown amateur boxer from the Soviet Union, Ivan Drago (played by Dolph Lundgren), makes a bid to enter the U.S. boxing ranks. After an exhibition match with Apollo Creed goes tragically wrong, Rocky must step in and challenge the Russian boxer himself to avenge the passing of his friend.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia