Well, it's a Sequel, Folks...

Rating: 5/10 (26 February 2012)

...and just like with any other sequel of an award-winning classic like the original Rocky, expectations are high and it gets harder and harder to create anything original. However, this film is a departure from the previous films in that Rocky is actually a trainer throughout most of the film. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie as a kid, but as an adult some parts of it are simply laughable.
For example, the boxing matches are horribly choreographed (as practically all the Rocky films are), making it seem like professional boxers simply take turns slugging each other, with an occasional slipped punch or two for variation. This is surprising, seeing that an actual boxer, Tommy Morrison, co-starred in this film. Some of the music in the film is kinda corny, but that could be said for some of the previous soundtracks as well.
Overall, the typical Rocky themes are present here that are in the previous Rocky films. Rocky has to deal with betrayal in this installment of the franchise, and we get to see what we already knew about Balboa from the previous films: his character is just as strong as his iron will, which is one of the reasons this franchise has captured our imagination.