Into the ethos...

Rating: Null/10 (9 May 2003)

And into the ethos of America goes Rocky.
Some are critical of this film - the other sequels - or even just the series - but these seem to miss the point.
The series must be taken in as a whole - Rocky is a character that Americans didn't want to die and so he continued to live on.
In this film he retires into obscurity, both in the world of the films and the world which made the films, and we leave him much like we found him, but for the character and the viewers we each picked up much from our journey through the five films.
The direction by the director of the original film is faithful to the tone - the usage of distorted media and color-timing in the flashback and 'ghost sequences' correctly brings across the surreal feeling that must be given to the series. They are an American folktale, fairy tale, and mytholigcal story all at once.