Knockout

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2000)

* * * * * (5 out of 5)
Rocky
Directed by : John G. Avildsen, 1976
Phenomenally successful movie that connected with millions everywhere.

Basically a typical poor-man-to-rich-man plot but everything works in this one, and the honesty is very moving indeed.
Also notice Bill Conti`s memorable score (now a classic for all modern day underdog sporting hopes), and the earthy camera work shot mostly in and around Philadelphia.
Sylvester Stallone wrote the story and stars himself - little did he know that his raw, inarticulate yet sensitive rendition of an ostracized downbeat boxer would haunt him his whole career. Rocky is timeless cinema.