Round three and still going strong

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2005)

As the Heavyweight champion of the World, Rocky seems to have no peers. Until one Clubber Lang (a mean looking Mr. T) challenges Rocky to a fight. Rocky agrees and gets beaten. A rematch is unavoidable and this time Appollo Creed handles Rocky's training.
Third time around? Why on earth not. It worked twice before and this time it works as well. Stallone manages to bring some freshness to the Rocky saga and it's all well played out. The leading characters are fleshed out a bit more and Stallone once again shows that he's quite the talented writer. Rocky's adversary, Mr. T, is more like a villain here than Appollo was in the previous two and Mr. T plays the part wonderfully. As before, the finale doesn't disappoint but it's not as spectacular as in the second.
The entire cast do a good job as before, the training montage is great and I completely enjoy cheering Rocky on for the third time around.