Patriotic garbage with OK acting and good fights

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2017)

Rocky IV was released in 1985. It became the most successful entry in the whole franchise. So what is the 'story' of this film. Due to a tragedy Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has to go up against Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). An evil boxing machine from the Sowjet union. In short if you wanna see America kick Russia's butt in boxing? Than here you go. The biggest issue with Rocky IV is the story and the characters. Most of the characters in this movie are idiots, and the ones who aren't become idiots. Why should the audience care about Rocky? He's no longer the underdog from Philadelphia. There is little to no story either, just fights or training montages. Which is why this film even gets this score, as the music is fun, cheesy 1980s and the sequences are nice and well made.