Inspirational, One Of Stallone's Best!

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2012)

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young and Burgess Meredith star in John Avildsen's 1976 drama. This is the story of Rocky Balboa (Stallone), an underdog fighter from Philadelphia with heart nicknamed, "The Italian Stallion" who is given an opportunity to go the distance with heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Weathers). Rocky also finds love with pet shop worker, Adrian Penina (Shire) who is the sister of his best friend, Paulie (Young) and the late, Meredith plays ex-boxer & trainer, Mickey Goldmill who trains Rocky. This is an inspirational film that's definitely one of Stallone's best, he & the cast are great and who can forget Bill Conti's classic score. I highly recommend this.