I really can only say is wow

Rating: 4/10 (12 February 2011)

What a tragedy of a ending to a movie. I understand maybe going back to the ring and fighting Tommy Gun is unrealistic for a man who was told he has brain damage, but really was it needed to have a brawl out in the streets to end the series until 2006. I started to watch this series for the first time in my life, Rocky 1 and Rocky 2 were of course the best of the series. It was a story that made you believe in the character and when he fought you were there with the crowd cheering. When Rocky 3 and 4 came along that's when the 80's showed what people wanted. A story about the impossible. We had the Clubber and Drago fighting Rocky, they made them seem impossible to defeat, but in the ring of Rocky no man ever compared to his strength. Those were guilty pleasures to watch, but honestly it was tiring to watch the same thing. Rocky goes through trauma, then Rocky snaps out of it and trains to 80s music and then in the end we have Rocky knocking out the impossible. When Rocky 5 walked into the room, I was tired and I was expecting less of the film. I was genially surprised on how good the movie started showing how a man was wrecked inside and has lost everything that he hold dearly and what he loved the most. It could have had been a classic, but it folded under pressure. The ending were he fought Tommy Gun was not needed. I was hoping for a man to just walk away, and not end up damaging himself more. It wasn't a way to end the series, the series started with a man with a dream to be the best. Honestly just watch the first 4 you will enjoy them greatly, and then skip the 5th and watch Rocky Balboa.