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Rating: Null/10 (9 December 2000)

*****SPOILER******
For all of you complaining about how Rocky V ended with Rocky Balboa winning the street fight against Tommy Gunn, you should no that this was not the original ending. Director John G. Avildsen has been quoted as saying that the original ending Sylvester Stallone wrote for the film was to have Rocky die in an ambulance, in Adrian's arms, on the way to the hospital. Adrian then comes out in front of the hospital the next day and address the press, telling them that Rocky has died, but his spirit will live on.
Stallone did not choose to change the ending, he was forced to be studio executives who got cold feet about putting a permanant end to one of the most profitable film series' in history, even though Rocky V was intended as the last installment. That is the reason why the ending was changed, and why both Stallone and Avildsen speak ill of the flim.
If you are looking for someone to blame, its MGM.