Mr. T is Wonderful

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2005)

Rocky III would be a long-forgotten movie if it wasn't for one special character, Clubber Lang, played by Mr. T. Mr. T was the dynamo that charged up this movie and kept it from becoming just another grade B sleeper. Because by Rocky III, Rocky Balboa is already washed up and ready to retire. And who wants to watch a movie about a washed up boxer who is ready to retire? But Mr. T energizes this movie, giving it resuscitation needed so that it can live and say something besides that Rocky's time is over and done with, that Mickey should go home and that Pauly should go back to the meat packing plant. Once Mr.T gets involved, the fireworks go off because it's just a matter of time before he and Stallone have it out, which saves the movie from total oblivion. In this movie Clubber Lang is The Man and he's the character that makes this movie work.