Discovering the beast within...

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2006)

Sylvester Stallone returns as Rocky Balboa the beloved boxer who is currently enjoying the fact that he is a champion however this all changes when he is dethroned against hungry contender Clubber Lang (Mr.T the series' best villain) however after aimless thoughts of whether he can win the fight or not he is trained his former champ Apollo Creed(Carl Weathers) who teaches him how to regain his edge and take back the heavyweight title. Rocky III is not as good as # 1 but remains superior to parts # 2, # 4 and # 5 (The jury is still out on Rocky VI) mainly due to Mr. T who is easily the series' most enjoyable villain. Mr. T taunts, intimidates and overall demolishes Rocky for the first half and really it is quite believable on why Rocky might not want to get back in the ring. Still Rocky III suffers from some silliness such as the whole Hulk Hogan cameo as well as some philosophy from Carl Weathers but really Rocky III isn't bad as these things go and I for one quite enjoyed not only the fight but basically everything about it.
* * * out of 4-(Good)