on life ropes down on his luck back on the streets finds a shadow boxer gunning for glory to imitate his life fails in the rings but the street fighter instincts never fail.

Rating: 6/10 (7 February 2018)

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I gave it 7/10 as its good but not great
dirJohn G. Avildsen
eluctantly retired from boxing, and back from riches to rags,
Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him, as the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy
Rocky Balboa is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by the Russian boxer Ivan Drago.
Returning home after the Drago bout, Balboa discovers that the fortune that he had acquired as
heavyweight champ has been stolen and lost on the stockmarket by his accountant. His boxing days over, Rocky begins to coach an up-and-coming fighter named Tommy Gunn.
Rocky cannot compete, however, with the high salaraies and glittering prizes being offered to Gunn by other managers in town.
Sometimes it gets annoying to me how critical people are of the Rocky series.
It's like they feel like they have to say terrible things about it, probably because people can be so negative
that they can't find it in themselves to believe that a 'less than intelligent' person with heart, drive and passion can move mountains and achieve success.
I personally thought this, and every other Rocky movie, was fabulous. I thought Sage Stallone was amazing in his debut as Rocky's son.
Also, this movie showed a more real side of boxing, the business side, with exploitative agents and corrupt business tactics.
Some may think the Rocky series is an unrealistic saga, but Rocky IV proves it isn't. The person we saw struggle, fight, and grow rich is now back to square one..
.minus all the money but still with the heart.