The Italian Stalion

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2006)

in 1976 the movie rocky came out,it was a sleeper hit and it made Sylvester Stallone a big star.the story is fairly simple,a down and out boxer is picked to do an exhibition bought with the champion Apollo creed (carl weathers)and he trains with his gruff manager(burgess Meredith) who is an ex fighter.falls in love with a very shy girl(Talia shire) and deals with his obnoxious friend(Burt young)anyway rocky's side job is a collector for a loan shark(Joe spinell)the boxing scenes are real intense,Stallone did all the stunts himself.stunts? well the boxing. rocky spawned several sequels,some pretty good,the last one,rocky 5 was'nt all that good.the much anticipated rocky 6 will be released around Christmas 2006.look for troma films producer Lloyd Kaufman (aka;samuel well)as a drunk in the local bar in Philadelphia.rocky is a great movie,even if you don't like boxing.directer;John D Avildsen went on to direct;the karate kid in 1984 with Ralph Macchio.i give rocky 10 out of 10,its a great movie.