My Favorite Rocky Movie

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2016)

After defeating "Apollo Creed" (Carl Weathers) in another epic bout, "Rocky Balboa" (Sylvester Stallone) now turns his attention to defending his world heavyweight title by defeating 10 different challengers over the course of 3 years. However, there is one challenger his manager "Micky Goldmill" (Burgess Meredith) has not scheduled and his name is "Clubber Lang" (Mr. T) who has advanced through the rankings and has now become the #1 challenger. Yet even though Rocky wants to postpone his retirement and fight Clubber Lang, Mickey still wants nothing to do with it because he has seen just how powerful Clubber Lang is and doesn't think fighting him is in Rocky's best interest. But Rocky persists and Mickey reluctantly agrees. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that--even though it may not be the best in the series--it is my favorite of the bunch. Admittedly, it's not as deep as "Rocky" or even possibly "Rocky II". But it has more action and excitement. Likewise, despite the fact that Mr. T was nominated for a "Razzie Award" for his performance, I thought he performed rather well given his particular role. Additionally, I thought Carl Weathers did a fine job as well. In any case, while it may not have been up to the same standard as "Rocky", I thought it was still quite enjoyable and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.