Unpatriotic? Nope.

Rating: 1/10 (1 April 2006)

They say that all screenplays have three acts. 'Rocky IV' is no different - however, the movie came out like this: one part music video; one part flashback; and one part, the same old story. It is unknown to me why 'Rocky IV' is so popular with everyone. It's a terrible, terrible movie - one of the worst sequels ever made. It's lazy. It repeats the 'death in the family' idea from 'III'. It doesn't even have James Brown around. That would have been fun - seeing the Godfather of Soul in the ring singing just before the fight. Just because Ivan Drago is a Russian, I'm supposed to give this film a break? Not me. I do call a spade a spade, and 'Rocky IV' is 91 minutes of my life I'm not going to get back.