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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 7559
Released: February 8, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
East meets West when Rocky takes on a vicious Soviet fighter who literally killed his last opponent! Sylvester Stallone writes, directs and stars in this war between nations in which the only battle is fought in a boxing ring. Rocky Balboa (Stallone) proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago (Dolph Lundgren), a six-foot-four-inch, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimentakes him to icy Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to facea powerfully charged fight to the finish in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!
Description of Rocky IV:
It was time for Sylvester Stallone to say "enough, already" to the boxing hero he plays in the popular Rocky film series, but instead Stallone kept the saga going by pushing Rocky into Rambo territory. The 1985 Rocky IV finds the Italian stallion pitted against a seemingly unbeatable Russian monster named Drago (Dolph Lundgren) who lets his wife (Stallone's then-wife, Brigitte Nielsen) do all the talking. With a mighty punch, Drago has sent Rocky's former opponent and trainer Apollo Creed to an early grave, and the boxer responds with the ultimate challenge. Even the Russians are rooting for Rocky, so it's not hard to guess how the film ends. Despite Stallone's claims to the contrary, this installment was followed by Rocky V in 1990. --Jeff Shannon
Rocky IV Reviews:
Good movie, bad DVD conversion 
2008-12-01 - Very entertaining movie, but the DVD fails to include the subtitles for the Russian dialogue between Drago and his trainer during the fight. This sucks, because it really added to the movie in its original form.
Ivan Drago!!! 
2008-09-05 - OK, this is great movie cause it's part of the ROCKY movies...but quite honestly...if Dolph Lundgren had not been in it playing Ivan Drago...the purchase wouldn't have been made!!
I personally think he is one of the flyest actors that has graced the screen. Tall and exotic in his own way...totally yummy!
Brutal 
2008-07-07 - I seem to enjoy watching movies in the wrong order. Previously, when I was really young, I watched the Back To The Future movies in the wrong order. I've seen the third one so many times now, that I refuse to watch it.
I'd already seen Rocky Balboa at the cinema, but had never seen any of the others until now. Thankfully, you don't really need to know too much about the previous movies, a quick recap before we started watching the movie. Plus, there are plenty of flashbacks throughout the movie, but not in an intrusive way.
Boxing is quite possibly one of the most brutal sports around that there is, yet the Rocky films are popular. But a boxing movie with Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren pitted against each other? Yeah, I could watch that movie.
It's directed and written by Sly, and of course he reprises his title role, and get the muscles all pumped up. The training montages in this movie are absolutely spectacular, with Rocky's simplistic approach versus Ivan's hi tech approach. The boxing matches throughout are simply amazing, and will have you turning away from the screen at the blood and absolutely ferocious punches. Dolph also does brilliantly in the movie, although is a man of few words. I really don't like Bridgette Nielsen, Sly's ex wife. I don't know what it is. In my opinion, she never added anything to the movie.
There's not much of a plot - and if you've seen the Rambo movies, you do feel and see the similarities in plots occasionally. It's also pretty much formulaic, but when you've got two very hunky looking guys putting every man in the world to shame, what do you care about the plot? You're not there to watch an in depth movie that you have to concentrate on.
Rocky IV is a brilliant time waster, even I hadn't seen the previous three. Maybe sometime. And I did like Rocky Balboa too. Hell, maybe I've got a not-so-secret crush on Sly. Those sad eyes really get me. And the beard as well - hell yeah.
Christ Almighty-- What just happened!? 
2008-06-23 - I think someone spiked my drink! What is wrong with this movie? Did I hallucinate the whole damned thing?
The film is entertaining, but not for the reasons the writers intended, or at least I hope not. I don't remember there being talking (marginally obsessive) robots in the 80's, but maybe I wasn't paying attention. And Apollo Creed... seriously guys, the character is simply unbelievable. He persistently refers to Rocky as "Stallion" throughout the movie, yet we are supposed to believe that he's both straight, and married. I think he's on the DL, and the studio endorsed massive gay-bashing, and I mean that literally. Also, his little dance number with James Brown? No thank you. No part of that was good.
Beyond that incredulity, the rest of the film was an endorsement of anabolic steroids with just a touch of hate-mongering aimed towards the Soviets thrown in, for flavor.
Granted this is the first Rocky film I've seen, but if it is an accurate reflection of the rest, I will avoid. I suggest the same for you, unless in a state of extreme inebriation, in which case it might hold mild amusement.
Entertaining, but lacks credibility.
2008-03-03 - The makers of this movie could have at least researched Russian names, before making this. Drago is nowhere near anything remotely Russian. Apparently the only Russian name that came to their minds is Ivan, how original.
While this movie is entertaining, it is a cleverly made anti Soviet propaganda that was expected of the time, with little shred of truth to it.
