Great Entertainment

Rating: 9/10 (28 April 2002)

Rocky III is great entertainment. Its less serious than the previous two, as Sylvester Stallone packs as much action as he can into its running time. This time Rocky is defeated in the ring by Clubber Lang played by Mr T who went onto greater fame in TV's The A team and Rocky has to get "The Eye of the Tiger" back to take him on again in a rematch. Without his beloved trainer Mickey who dies of a heart attack in a touching scene in his dressing room after his defeat. Appollo Creed now trains Rocky in an interesting twist as they were opponents in the first two films. This leads to the usual training sequence and massive fight at the end of the film. All in all a great film and a massive hit when it was released in 1982. It also contains the No 1 hit "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. A great Rocky film, and in my opinion it was even bettered by the next Rocky film, Rocky IV of course!