Down but Not Out

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2016)

After successfully defeating his formidable opponent from the Soviet Union, "Rocky Balboa" (Sylvester Stallone) finally gets home but once there he discovers that he has suffered irreversible brain damage. To make matters even worse, he mistakenly signed a power-of-attorney which gave his accountant access to all of his money. The accountant then proceeded to lose it all on a risky real estate deal which now leaves Rocky totally broke. So after years of physical punishment brought on by the best boxers in the world, Rocky has nothing to show for it. It's at this time that a young boxer named "Tommy Gunn" (Tommy Morrison) approaches him and asks Rocky to be his manager. Figuring he has nothing left to lose he decides to give it a shot. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this series has definitely featured some entertaining movies and I had hoped that this picture would be somewhat comparable. However, the drama wasn't nearly as pronounced and the action was also more restrained when compared to the previous movies. As a result, while I don't think this film was a bad movie, I also don't believe it had the same effect as its predecessors. Accordingly, I rate it as only average.