Cold War

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2019)

Even if Stallone does not completely destroys the film and his character like in Rambo: First Blood, Part II, which flirts with a nauseating anti-Vietnamese fascism, it is clear that this biggest commercial success of the saga, which stimulated much attention from the press because of his Cold War hints during the years of Ronald Reagan's presidency, suffers from evils that do not belong to the wonderful character Rocky Balboa. And it's a shame, because with the exception of the primary anti-Soviet propaganda, this fourth episode is not a bad movie in itself. The final message of peace, which relativizes the US warmongering character of the film to tend towards a certain humanism, is salutary: "I came here tonight, I didn't know what to expect. I saw a lot of people hate me and I didn't know what to feel about that so I guess they didn't like much nothin' either. During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, the way you felt about me, and in the way I felt about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than 20 million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change! "