east v west

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2005)

Rocky IV is settling down and maturing when a Russian boxer named Ivan Drago enters professional boxing, when Apollo hears of this he challenges him in an exhibition match. Apollo is killed and Rocky feels partly responsible and challenges him in Russia where he begins a tough training regime in the heart of Russia, Moscow. then faces his ultimate fighter The Russian Terminator Ivan Drago in one of the most anticipated and brutal of all Rocky's fights. Rocky takes a battering but in the end comes through against a tough opponent and a hostile crowd but heart prevails. Rocky truly becomes a true champion of the people.