Cold War Fever

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 1999)

I have to admit that as dumb as this movie is I enjoyed. Maybe it's the Cold Warrior in me, but Ivan Drago was so evil (and buff) that I had chills go down my spine when Rock withstood the blows and scored another victory.
The plot is so silly and the story could have been written by Joesph Gobels, but the cartoon aspects of it made it work for me -- America conquers the "Evil Empire" once and for all (I don't think it was an accident that Soviet Union crumbled after this movie came out) and Rocky delivers a speech to the hostile crowd that suddenly forgets 40 years of anger and resentment and cheers! Perfect!
I'll give this movie a C- on its merits and a B for underscoring of the Cold War.