Misunderstood

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2016)

Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in order, I come to 1990's Rocky V.
Plot In A Paragraph: Forced in to retirement, Rocky (Stallone) returns to Philadelphia bankrupt, he starts to train an up and coming fighter.
Since the last time Sly played Rocky, rival muscle man Arnold Schwarzenegger was growing in popularity in the late 80's, whilst Stallones popularity was on the slide, following a string of movies that under performed (including a new Rambo) so he went back to his old pal Rocky to save the day and revive his career. Sadly this time it did not work.
Rocky V is possibly one of the most misunderstood movies in Stallone's filmography. OK he over acts at times, but the heart is back in to the franchise and Stallone is playing Rocky again, unlike IV, where it was just like watching any other Stallone flick. Sadly audiences didn't want to see Rocky lose all his money and end up back where he started and they stayed away in droves.
It has some great scenes. The Mickey flashback is a real high point, and the street fight (although awfully edited) is fun too. Bill Conti is back scoring the music to the movie, sadly a lot of 90's rap music is also present too!!
Stallone rates this Rocky 0/10 which I think is very harsh. I'm in the minority of people who thinks this is a better Rocky movie than the much more successful Rocky IV.