Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2018)

Out of the Rocky series, this one is clearly the weakest link. However, I respect it enough to give it the credit it deserves. And that is, it supremely concludes and wraps up the Rocky series...period. ( Excluding the work done after this, of course. If there's no roman numeral involved, I do not consider it a true entry to the series.) There is no main event this time. There is no professional boxing match set up. Instead, Rocky V picks up exactly where Rocky IV left off. The fight just finished, Drago successfully defeated, however, it cost Rocky his entire career. His head battered from brutal blows to the head have left him brain damaged. And thanks to Pauly, he is now broke....and his life seems to be coming apart at the seams. From riches back down to the street gutter, he struggles to keep his family together, while temptations for the next bout keep lurking around the corner. He wants to fight a few more rounds, but Adrian knows any more damage to his head could cost him his life. Unfortunate for Rocky, because boxing is all he knows how to do. Into retirement, and wanting to do something, he is offered by an unlikely source a chance to redeem himself, by asking for his assistance in managing for him. That's Tommy Gunn. With nothing for either one of these gentlemen to lose, Rocky eventually agrees, and together, they quickly bond, and he begins training this young man. Problem is, Gunn seems to have anger issues, and he quickly turns on Rocky, and challenges him to a street fight. In the meantime, his own family is breaking apart. His own son is turning on him, Adrian doesn't agree with his points of view, and with his brain damage, he's fighting not in a ring this time, but fighting to keep his own sanity and family together. Rocky V may not have been a delight at the box office, or even fans of the series, but its important to view this as a film that wants to satisfy its fans by giving an ending to the series. At the time of release, they promised this was the last one. This one examines the heart and soul of Rocky himself, we get to know him better as a person. How is this failure? I wish fans and viewers can see the true meaning behind this movie, its actually quite deep, and if they failed to satisfy you, I am sure they are truly sorry. They didn't fail to satisfy me.