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Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2006)

This time Rocky Balboa(Sylvester Stallone) prepares for a rematch that a critically embarrassed Apollo Creed(Carl Weathers) wants to prove that was sheer beginners luck rather than pure skill, so once again Stallone prepares to do battle by training in Philadelphia and this time Rocky is about to be father as he is now married to his beloved Adrian. Rocky II works the same way one of those Jean-Claude Van Damme tournament movies work, it's appeal is spread over the training montage and of course in the fight sequence itself. Rocky II does have some appeal still in the characters but the first one was far more interesting in this approach and although the characters are still fresh the main reason Rocky II is enjoyable is mainly due to the reasons I mention. Once again though there is still enough magic to satisfy fans of this series and it is a formula that one quite enjoys.
* *1/2 out of 4-(Pretty good)