More of the same but not as inspiring....

Rating: 4/10 (16 May 2010)

Rocky was a film about overcoming the odds and rising to the top. About telling a story of a poor kid from the streets becoming a famous boxer. It was a heartfelt story and was worthy of getting the best picture nod. Since that time there has been endless sequels which pretty much tell the same story in a recycled watered down way with Rocky fighting a different boxer each time who seems to be more sadistic than the fighter before. Part II was pretty much the start of the decline of the Rocky franchise. Part III had Clubber Lang played by Mr. T who had he not been a boxer would have been a hit man for the mob. Part 4 had the Ridiculous Russian who had a punch strength that could take a mans head off. Part 5 had the young punk kid that Rocky takes in and trains, and from the first scene you knew how it was going to end. Part 6 pretty much went full circle and went along the same lines as the first Rocky. But at this point I pretty much did not care because it ran out of gas and it made its point a long time ago, and if you count how many times Rocky has been hit in the head and face he should either be dead or a vegetable.