"Cut Me Mick"

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2009)

"Cut Me Mick!" The year was 1976 when Sylvester Stalone wrote Rocky. This film was directed John G. Avildsen. This film went on to win the best picture award at the Oscars that year and was turned into an instant classic. This film teaches the important life lesson of never selling yourself short. If you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. Stalone plays Rocky Balboa, a street brawler turned legitimate fighter, in Philadelphia. Balboa was working for a local thug, breaking thumbs and collecting money, when then current champ Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) looked up Balboa and offered him a shot at the title. Creed was looking for a pushover fight. He scoured the bottom of the lists of fighters for an eligible fighter that he knew he could easily defeat. Creed had lost his "eye of the tiger" and was no longer hungry. So when the champ selected the Italian Stallion, the pushover from Philadelphia, he did not know what he was getting himself into. Balboa, reluctantly, accepted the bout knowing he did not possess the skills necessary to become the heavy weight champ but did so because he did not have anything to lose. Balboa finds out what he has inside himself during his rigorous training regimen. He decides that he is going to get into the ring and give it his all. He knew that if he did that he would have no regrets. He knew that no one expected him to make it out of the first round but was going to try anyway. Balboa not only finds himself but finds romance where he least expects to find it. His long time friend Paulie (Burt Young) had a sister named Adrian (Talia Shire) who Balboa fell in love with. Balboa had to try and try again to get in good with Adrian. Just like the upcoming fight, Balboa, had to put his heart and soul into winning over his future wife. Balboa has to overcome mountains as obstacles. He does so with an inner strength that most men only wish they had. This film is an inspirational film that teaches life lessons that need to be learned by all.