Memory Lane

Rating: Null/10 (6 February 2000)

* (1 out of 5) Rocky V
Directed by : John G. Avildsen, 1990
By bringing back the original director and returning to the same streets of Philadelphia as in the original Rocky, this is a shout out for just an ounce of credibility (which went completely out the window in the previous, Rocky IV).
Unfortunately a stupid, stupid story (Rocky is poor all of a sudden and due to a scam by Paulie?) only backfires as the actors sleepwalk through this one. Talia Shire seems drugged.
Watching Stallone put on his old black leatherjacket, hat and bouncing ball and cop his very own old accent is sad. One remembers how honest, rewarding and snappy the original Rocky was.
The ending was altered after lackluster response from test audience (the script called for Rocky`s death in the final street fight). So we get another shout out to Ay-dri-aaan by a beat up Balboa. Wuptidoo.