Rocky's gone back to his roots

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2006)

Rocky V is a movie that goes back to Rocky's true essences. After losing everything to a crooked accountant he and his family moved back to his old neighborhood. This is where the Rocky saga got started,but only this time he is older,has a family,and can no longer box in the ring(due to his fight with Ivan Drago in the last film). Many critics may say Rocky V is not Stallone's best Rocky series but it shows a more emotional dark side of Rocky and his family and most of all where his legacy began. In this movie Rocky is welcomed back in his old neighborhood and Rocky,Adrian,and Paulie knows how it is to be broke and hungry. As for Rocky Jr. played by Stallone's son Sage had trouble trying to adapt to the rundown neighborhood and never really being expose to troubled kids and have nots. I can say I have to blame Paulie for negligently allowing the acountant access to Rocky's possessions. But Rocky is such a man with a great heart after losing everything still let Paulie stay with them. This shows that family is always more important then money,fortune,and material possessions,and Rocky always represented strength,courage and determination. Throughout this movie that's what he shows towards an ambitious young fighter (Tommy Gunn played by real-life boxer Tommy Morrison) and later his family. This Rocky film may have a somewhat dark appeal to it but it is just as significant as the previous four movies. Only in this film Rocky is just another man on the block again with some devastating wins in the ring. So Rocky came back to his neighborhood with the respect of his old friends and colleagues. The street fight didn't make sense towards the end but it shows where Rocky came from. Now it's sixteen years later and I hear of a Rocky VI is the making and if Stallone plans to get into the ring,then he will be dead or severely disabled according to the Rocky character.