Very Good Sports Drama!

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2010)

This has to be one of the better movies of the 1970's. I am not a big fan of movies from that decade unless it's Jaws, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Alien, The Godfather, Grease, now this. This is truly defined as an American classic. This movie also got the great action junkie Sylvester Stallone from a name nobody heard off to a Grade A actor.
This is about a poor, average boxer who is told that a heavyweight champion wants to fight him. So Rocky trains very hard in order to get ready for the heavyweight match.
The acting is very good. Sylvester is an underrated actor and he's been going for years including with the Expendables that came out this year.
This is a true American classic that's not all about boxing. There are a few themes here. And the score by Bill Conti is a memorable one. I rate this movie 9/10.