Better than Rocky IV

Rating: 5/10 (24 January 2006)

First and foremost, this film was never going to get any good press no matter what, that has to be said. Stallone had become about as fashionable as flared trousers after all the Rambo movies and at the time was a character there to be mocked. Sometimes we need to watch a movie years later to maybe give it its fair dues. Rocky V was by no means a terrible movie and for me certainly better than Rocky IV, which seems very naff when you watch it now. Rocky V tried too hard to get back the atmosphere of Rocky and Rocky II and Balboa dressing in his old style clothes was just too much. A decent soundtrack was also missing. Taken on their own, some scenes were actually quite well acted, like Tommy Gunn thanking Duke instead of Balboa, having just become world champion. Overall, average movie..