Rocky loses and regains the eye of the tiger in this fun sequel.

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2017)

Following the triumphant ending of Rocky II, Sylvester Stallone returns to his iconic role as Rocky Balboa as well as returning to the director's chair.
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is riding high after winning the world title championship. He has established himself as the #1 boxer, he is now wealthy, his family life is going great with his wife Adrian (Talia Shire), and he is also making numerous celebrity appearances on television, magazine covers, and product endorsements. Rocky is also immortalised with a statue on the top of the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rocky is feeling content with life right now. That all changes when Clubber Lang (Mr T) challenges him to the world title championship. The title defence goes horribly wrong when Rocky is dominated by the younger and stronger Clubber Lang and as a result, Clubber Lang wins the world title championship. Rocky's longtime trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith) also dies following a heart attack. Rocky loses all confidence as well as believing in himself. Rocky's former nemesis Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) offers to train Rocky to help him regain the eye of the tiger as well as to help him dig out of the deep depression that Rocky has sunk into. Despite a shaky start, Rocky rekindles his passion for boxing, and in the process Rocky and Apollo become firm friends as Rocky strives to take back his title from Clubber Lang.
Sylvester Stallone continues to go strong as Rocky Balboa and he does no wrong as a director. Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith and Carl Weathers return in their respective roles. Mr T is very memorable as the ferocious Clubber Lang. Mr T is well liked thanks to his role as B.A. Baracus in The A Team, as well as garnering a reputation as a role model for young children. This time, his role as Clubber Lang is one that is very easy to dislike and everyone just want to see him taken down.
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger was the main theme of Rocky III and not only was a smash him in the 1982 charts, it is still a very popular song for all fitness fanatics 35 years later.
It comes as no surprise that it was a box office hit in 1982, and also popular amongst critics and audiences alike. Rocky III is a fun sequel and a worthy addition in the Rocky Balboa saga, and it still possesses the eye of the tiger.
8/10.