V is for vacuous

Rating: 2/10 (14 October 2004)

After four Rockys of generally decreasing quality, Rocky V managed to halt the gradual decline - by plummeting at a tremendous rate into the depths of horrendous film-making. Vanished is Sly Stallone's original, somewhat dim yet lovable Southpaw, and instead he is replaced with a philosophising loser who allows his son to walk around with some ridiculous girly piece of jewellery hanging from his ear. The Rocky we know and love would never have stood for it. That boy would have been out the door before you could say "ain't gonna be no rematch".
They really lost the plot with this fifth installment. And by them I mean everyone involved with the film. In comparison to its epic predecessors, this is just a complete waste of everyones time.
The horrific thing about this film is that I could forget how bad it is quite quickly if it were not for that one, immortal, headache-inducing line during the climactic final battle.
Rocky Balboa Jr - "Get him Dad, he took my room!"
Just writing it is enough to make me weep. Which is why this review is now finished.