So many think it's the best?

Rating: Null/10 (24 August 2004)

This is certainly the worst film of the series. Perhaps not
stylistically, but in story line.
After a series of films that got continually better as Rocky himself
continued to improve in I - IV, this is a disgrace. After so much
trauma and effort, and the death of many friends including Mickey
and Apollo, Rocky finally goes out on top in IV as he comes to the
pinnacle of his career having defeated the best the Soviets could
offer and help end that totalitarian, impoverished, secret-police
filled cesspool known as the communist world, having a complete
loving family, and being financially set for life to reflect his years of
hard work and achivement. Then we get to Rocky V, and find that because of his incredibly
stupid brother in law, Rocky ends up completely broke and
desitute, ending right back where he started in his old
neighborhood. As if it were all for nothing. Who really wants to see
a study of a hero's fall into depravity? I don't. Ending the series at
Rocky IV would have been the best decision.