Hilarious but also kind of sad.

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2012)

The first Rocky was a stunning, emotionally charged drama, a best picture Oscar winner and a film classic. Rocky 4 is a classic example of Hollywood pillaging the good things it can do and cashing in on them leaving its original creation battered and bruised. This "film" is really nothing more than a feature length propaganda music video relic from the Reagan era 1980's and Sylvester Stallone should be ashamed of what he has done to his beloved creation Rocky Balboa. In this film, he turns Rocky into a super-hero tasked with saving his country from the evil communists by fighting their drugged-up uber-boxer Ivan Drago. The film is ridiculous on every level but worth seeing for a good laugh. I like to joke that this film spear-headed the fall of the Soviet Union. Yeah right. Its sad to see a character I love used in such a fashion. Stallone, you should have quit while you were ahead.