Rocky V

For Rocky V , Sylvester Stallone reteamed with the director of the original film, John G. Avildsen, in an attempt to bring back Rocky's humanity. ... Full Review

Rocky V usually falls flat because it attempts too stridently to emulate the first movie. For 1990's Rocky V , the emphasis really was on a "back to basics" approach, and to do so, the director of the original film returned. ... Full Review

Rocky isn't the only muscle-bound hero Stallone is taking out of mothballs. Sylvester Stallone has signed on to reprise his role as the boxing champ for a sixth installment in the once mighty franchise. the film scored a knockout ... Full Review

a flat actor.... ... Full Review

I'm like an angel on your shoulder," says the newly lovable Rocky, recalling what Mickey (Burgess Meredith) used to say to him when he was about to face those seemingly insurmountable odds, and he would become the little engine that could. Romantic, soulful, thoughtful, Rocky gets quiche-ish on us. ... Full Review

The "Italian Stallion" rediscovers his roots in this exciting, thrill-packed drama that reunites Sylvester Stallone with the Oscar® -winning director of the original Rocky®, John G. Avildsen. ... Full Review

She merely has to look sad when Rocky's taking punches, perk up when he's giving them, cheer when he wins, then drape herself around his bloody, triumphant body at the end. Shire goes back to work in the pet store, the kid gets beaten up in the tough local school and Stallone is plain adrift. ... Full Review

Even if the series had gone astray from the themes and characterizations of the first film somewhat, we could still identify with Rocky, knowing that he was once a nobody like us. Despite the fact that few fans really ever wanted to see Rocky lose it all, Stallone's grasp of the character is very much in line with what he wrote in the first film. ... Full Review

With Rocky having beaten all who have come against him it is ironically his own body that proves the greatest challenge Rocky starts telling his awful jokes again (last witnessed in " Rocky II "), hollers in the street to the Padre and worst of all Mickey returns as a ghost! ... Full Review

It's easy to say Rocky V should never have happened, simply because it is an awful, awful film. T in his finest role ever), Rocky loses his belt in a severe beat down, as well as his fiery little coach Mickey (the magnificent Burgess Meredith), who dies of a heart attack. ... Full Review