Pedestrian sequel

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2011)

When you put in a "Rocky"-movie, you always expect it to be corny to some extent. Hell what am I saying, you demand it to be corny to some extent. This first sequel however, it goes a bit overboard. The hospital scene where Adrian wakes up from a coma and goes "Win!Win!" might be the most embarrassing moment of the entire franchise, and keep in mind "Rocky V" exists. That's not really the biggest problem though, what bothers me more is that this one just so soullessly copies the original. I know all these sequels have the same premise, but most of them at least get different locations, opponents or other awesome new elements. This one has Rocky fighting Apollo Creed again, right after a training montage that you could pass of as stock footage from the first one. Why still the relatively high rating then? I don't really have an answer to that, apart from that it's "Rocky" damn it.