In between good and very good, but not very good or excellent and definitely not crap

Rating: 7/10 (1 September 2018)

Rocky IV is an in between good and very good film with excellent acting by Sylvester Stallone as Rocky, Talia Shire as Adrian, Burt Young as Paulie, Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed, Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago and Brigitte Nielsen as Ludmilla. When the Russian Ivan Drago came to fight and Apollo Creed fought but Drago killed him in the ring, Rocky, his family and friends were saddened and also angry. So Rocky prepared to go to Russia to fight against the killer Ivan Drago. The film does have some great action and is a bit tense but it also is not tense enough and does lack things which Rocky III doesn't. Ivan Drago(played by Dolph Lundgren) was a powerful opponent and did also have some powerful punches but I didn't like him. The character Ivan Drago hardly spoke and just said only a few things, but his Russian supporters such as his wife Ludmilla(played by Brigitte Nielsen) were completely unnecessary and they shouldn't have put her in this film. The other Russian supporters were boasting and saying how great Ivan Drago was, that Drago was indestructible and showing their hatred towards the Americans. The character Ivan Drago was also a very powerful fighter but definitely not indestructible and not as Brutal as Clubber Lang(played by Mr. T) in Rocky III or ruthless as Tommy Gunn in Rocky V. There were some great fight scenes in the film and Ivan Drago fought well, but Clubber Lang in Rocky III was faster, his punches were fast, very powerful and very brutal and Tommy Gunns punches were also very powerful and brutal. The final fight was awesome and Rocky fought really well against Drago beating him and proving to the others including the Russians that the Russians are not the best and that Drago is not as good as he or they think he is.