Go Rocky!!!

Rating: 6/10 (30 January 2007)

Sylvester Stallone returns just three years on as writer, director and star in the second of this hugely popular series. John G. Avildsen does not return to direct, and perhaps this film has suffered as a result.
This time "Rocky" gets another chance at the title in this sequel that does not live up to its predecessor. It really misses that down and out feel of the first film. The slow middle does not help, however Burgess Meredith and a well-constructed climactic fight do. Still quite good entertainment. It was also great to see the rest of the original cast returning, including Talia Shire, Burt Young and Carl Weathers, as well as Bill Conti's rousing score. Go "Rocky"!
Tuesday, February 12, 1991 - Video