Not the greatest.

Rating: 5/10 (7 September 2019)

It's a Rocky movie, so I had some fun with it, but there is plenty that Rocky V gets wrong in my opinion.
Firstly, the whole riches to rags story feels like a punch to the gut after all that has happened. His entire wealth gone because of a bad decision by Paulie (Burt Young)... is this even possible?
Tommy Gunn (Tommy Morrison, sporting a bad mullet) is a forgettable, personality-free opponent, especially when compared to the likes of Creed and Lang. Even Drago had more charisma.
The '90s rap/dance music is dreadful; what's wrong with the rock music of the previous instalments?
Rocky ignoring his son in favour of Gunn goes against character. I know he sees a chance of reliving his youth through Tommy, but it doesn't feel right.
I hate the way Robert (Sage Stallone) goes from being the ideal son to a street punk in a matter of days (his dangly ear-ring gets on my nerves too).
The street-fight feels anticlimactic compared to all of the final boxing matches in the previous films.
Lastly, there are too many turtle-necks in the film.
Rocky V is still watchable thanks to Stallone and the other familiar faces (Talia Shire, Young), but it's definitely my least favourite of the series.