Rocky - Best boxing movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2010)

In my opinion, Stallone stars in the greatest boxing movie of all time. Raging Bull, arguably the 2nd, does not even touch it. Stallone is an Italian hack boxer, in the underbelly of Philadelphia's rough boxing scene, fighting over the hill has been's, never-will-be's, and never have been's until his name is almost drawn from a hat, so to speak, by Apollo Creed's (The current world heavy weight champion) management at a time when the boxing world lacks solid contenders and Apollo figures that it will make him more popular with the fans if he gives a nobody a shot, but his manager thinks he might be barking up the wrong tree by picking a south paw that he knows nothing about. Apollo, being a business man, selects Rocky based on his ring name "The Italian Stallion." Rocky is in an inner city friend to the Italian Catholic community who stands behind him as he trains on the streets of the bicentennial city, in underground boxing gyms and in a meat locker, where he works for his future brother in law, by punching large slabs of meat into submission, in cold freezers. It's also a story about a simple man, in love with his city, culture, church and a simple girl, Adrien, who is the clerk at a pet shop below his apartment where he shops for turtle food, that he does not need, in order to have conversations with his future wife, who I might add, he never cheats on through 5 Rocky's (Refreshing). It's a blue collar story about the American dream. If you have not seen it, I insist. If you wonder how Sylvestor became a star. Stop wondering. Rent the movie and you will get the answers to your question.