On a Limb

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2004)

This review is for everybody who drops their souls in the weight room, who has thrown up from the agonizing pain of tearing their legs to shreds from squats, The training sessions in rocky IV are astounding, Unlike the previous Rocky movies there is no man versus himself conflict when it comes to the duty of putting your physical will to the ultimate limits. Because in this sequel each fighter knows what has to be done, and both do it. And Drago seemingly being the unbreakable machine made for the best fight scenario, "you see he's not machine, he's a man" which makes it brilliant when Drago refers to Rocky as not human, "he's like a piece of iron" The rolls become reversed in the end, notice the look in Drago's eyes after the last round, while he's being comforted by his wife, a man spent, a man, a character who chased the limits of what it is to be human, realizing then that he's breakable. And afterwards for us who put our bodies and lifes through the plastic mats in wrestling rooms, who have their hands ripped to pieces because of iron dumbbells, which one of them doesn't ask themselves after seeing this movie "how far can i push myself". Thats my review, In short this movie gets to the core of all it is to be a beast and be a man.