The ultimate underdog story

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2012)

The movie Rocky is about a club level boxer getting the opportunity of his lifetime to go against the world heavyweight champ Apollo Creed. Rocky works part time as a collector for a bookie. Rocky knowing that his chances aren't good against Creed hopes to just go the distance with him. That if he can survive the fight still standing that's an accomplishment in of itself. The relationship between Rocky and his trainer Mickey is something truly special.
The movie is timeless classic that still holds true to this day.
Sylvester Stallone when making the movie was just an actor who was having a hard time finding work. So he set out to write himself the role of a lifetime to really kick start his career. Selling the script to the studios was the easy part, the hard part was getting them to let him play the lead role. Stallone took a risk with getting less money for the script if it ensured he would get to star in the movie. Let's just say the gamble paid off for Stallone where he became one of the highest box office stars of all time.
Rocky Balboa has his own statue in the city of Philadelphia just shows how iconic of a character that he is.