The Great American Underdog

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2013)

The film "Rocky" is set in 1975 in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania it features characters: Rocky Balboa played by Sylvester Stallon and Adrian Pennino played by Talia Shire. Rocky is a small time boxer and makes most of income collecting for a local loan shark in his neighborhood. He is in love with shy librarian, Adrian, and works to get her out of her shell while he goes on throughout his day. Apollo Creed played by Carl Weathers is the heavyweight champion of the world in boxing and has a heavyweight title fight for the nation's bicentennial his opponent has broken his hand and now Apollo has come with the unique idea of giving a local random nobody a shot to fight in the ultimate fighting event the heavyweight boxing championship.
Apollo looks through local fighters and falls in love with Rocky's nickname "The Italian Stallion" Rocky has now been commissioned to fight and must start training for the big fight. He becomes a local celebrity overnight by getting this opportunity. Micky, a retired boxer takes Rocky under his wing to train him to be a better fighter. Micky and Rocky have tension with each other and Adrian's brother lets Rocky practice his boxing by punching the meat in his butchery. Rocky finally moves in with Adrian and they become closer and closer as Rocky trains for the big fight against Apollo.
Rocky does his final work out where he triumphantly runs up the stairs of the capitol building where fellow fans cheer for him and Rocky throws his arms up in the air as if the referee has raised because he was victorious in his fight.
Rocky and Apollo finally get their big moment to face off against each other and Apollo does not take the fight very seriously as he thinks that Rocky will be a joke of a fight and Apollo with his huge ego wants to put on a good show for the heavyweight title fight. Apollo has a rude awakening when Rocky comes out swinging a puts him on his back, the first fighter to ever do that to Apollo, in the first round nonetheless, and the crowd gets stunned. Rocky only trying to put a respectable fight with the heavyweight champion and the respect of his surrounding community. He goes the distance with Apollo and lasts the entire fight when he loses to a decision to Apollo. Apollo and Rocky at the end of the movie hug while Rocky has bruises and blood all over him.