All heart

Rating: 7/10 (25 February 2019)

I haven't watched the first movie and its been a long time since I have watched Rocky movies. I only really remember Rocky Balboa (2006), the final fight in Rocky 5 and of course the death of Apollo Creed. So I watched pretty much as a standalone movie.
What I didn't like were that some emotional scenes felt forced. Like it was dramatic for the sake of being dramatic. It didn't go with the flow of the movie. The other side is that more dramatic scenes were hits than misses. What I also didn't like was some of the decisions of the protagonist and the antagonist felt selfish considering the circumstances.
What I liked was that this movie had a lot of heartwarming moments because of great strength of character shown by the characters. This is the heart of the movie and puts it over the top for me loving this movie. I also liked the strong performances by the actors, settings used and the way the boxing scenes in the ring were filmed. Overall I loved it