Good politically incorrect fun!

Rating: Null/10 (9 September 2000)

This was actually the first Rocky movie I had ever watched, and so remains one of my favourite. Aside from this bias though, ROCKY 4 is definitely an improvement on the other two previous sequels, which is a blessed relief. Dolph Lundgren makes the perfect mis-interpreted villain in an early, pre-Hollywood come-down role. Stallone is also excellent in the title role, and Carl Weathers bows out spectacularly.
A silly storyline and some rather close-to-the-bone references to the Cold War make this popcorn fodder rather than the moving biography of the first film, but it is to be enjoyed nonetheless.