3 1/2 out of 5 stars

Rating: Null/10 (7 June 2000)

Back in 1985 this film was very hyped by the media , and a huge budget was implemented for advertising Rocky IV .
Did this film live up to all it's hype ?
My personal opinion of Rocky IV was that this film had to be made ,( consider the time period USA vs RUSSIA ) , Sylvester Stallone returns as ROCKY , also returning are Talia Shire and Burt Young as Adrian and Paulie and Carl Weathers as Apollo , who decides to come out of retirement for one last fight with our newest and baddest foe Ivan Drago played superbly by Dolph Lundgren , the film itself was O.K. it was the shortest of the Rocky films at only 100 minutes , Their was no filming in Philadelphia which is synonoymus with Rocky films , and the acting wasn't all that great with the exception of Michael Pataki ( who plays Ivan's manager Nicoli ) , he did a superb job , man you really hated this guy in the film.
On the plus side their was an EXCELLENT Soundtrack , the best of any Rocky Films , and the fight sequence with Rocky and Drago was one of the best in the series .
If you are a Rocky fan , don't miss this film , I have seen it numerous times and still enjoy it .