1985 Directed by Sylvester Stallone
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Sylvester Stallone Talia Shire Carl Weathers Dolph Lundgren Brigitte Nielsen Burt Young Tony Burton Michael Pataki Stu Nahan R. J. Adams Al Bandiero Dominic Barto Danial Brown James Brown Rose Mary Campos Jack Carpenter Mark De Alessandro Marty Denkin Lou Fillipo James 'Cannonball' Green Dean Hammond Rocky Krakoff Sergei Levin Tony Maffatone Sylvia Meals Dwayne McGee LeRoy Neiman George Pipasik George Rogan Show All…
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Normal Brain: Stallone went to Russia to make a piece of Cold War propaganda. At least 30 percent of the movie is training montages.
Galaxy Brain: Stallone went to Russia to make a tribute to the geniuses of Soviet montage. Rocky IV is at least 30 percent training montages because Rocky IV is the American Man With a Movie Camera, and Stallone is our Dziga Vertov.
I will forever be impressed that a 90 minute movie was able to fit in 3 montages and a full-length performance of Living in America by James Brown.
90 percent montage. 5 percent Sylvester Stallone's russia-beard. 2 percent ridiculous 80's robot. 2 percent Carl fucking Weathers getting punched-in-the-head to death. 1 percent not giving a fuck. 100 percent American.
We are presented with three possible scenarios...
1. Man is destroyed by machine. (Apollo vs. Drago)
2. Machine is destroyed by man.
(Drago vs. Rocky)
3. Man and Machine fall in love and live in harmony.
(Uncle Paulie vs. his own personal robot)
Like it or not, the future is due for arrival and a decision must be made.
Choose wisely.
Wenn Guilty Pleasur einen Namen hat, dann ist er "Rocky IV"!
"Rocky IV" ist für mich der unterhaltsamste Film der ganzen Rocky-Reihe. Was ich an dem Film liebe? Eigentlich alles, was falsch an dem Film ist! Er ist ein einziges Klischee, 80iger Jahre Trash par exellence!
Wir haben hier mehr keinen Boxerfilm sondern eine echte Rachegeschichte. Ivan "WENN ER TOT IST, IST ER TOT" Drago, der russischte Russe, der je gerusst hat, frisch aus der Sowjetunion, prügelt mal so nebenbei Apollo Creed im Ring tot. Das heißt, diesmal wird wirklich ein "Geliebter" von Rocky totgeprügelt und ja, das Ganze wird auch genauso cheesy dargestellt, wie es sich anhört! Herrlich!
Dolf Lundgrenn, als Ivan Drago, diesem "Terminator" im Boxring, ist einfach…
Who doesn't love this film??????? IDK how anyone couldn't, Now i couldn't tell you how many times i've seen Rocky IV, but i would guess it's in the 100's. There were a few movies that from the age of 8 through the age of 17, If I wanted to just watch an awesome movie that had great entertainment value, and Rocky IV was on thet list.
Now I do realize as an adult now that it is extraordinarily cheesy, and there is about 30 minutes of montages, and like they run almost back to back to back. From the moment Rocky gets in the Lambo, thinking about the Apollo dying, and then there is a 5 minute break when Pauly…
my 9th grade history teacher neglected to tell me that rocky balboa single-handedly ended the cold war 😤
Fuck it, this is perfect junk food. Sure its 50% montages and recycled footage but I can't remember the last time a movie left me feeling this stoked.
Is Rocky IV a super cheesy movie? Sure it is! But as my first ever Rocky movie, there is just something about the campy adrenaline-fueled ride this takes me on that has become so deeply embedded in me, and is one of my supreme guilty pleasures.
"All your strength, all your power, all your love. Everything you've got. Right now!"
All the reasons I love this movie:
- The most epic throw-down boxing duel of the franchise between Rocky and Drago
- Starting off with the all-time great Rocky tune 'Eye of the Tiger'
- Russian history has always been an interest of mine, and I enjoy seeing all the USSR decor
- Montages on top of montages! Aside from…
The speech that ended the cold war -
I came here tonight
and I didn't know what to expect
I've seen a lot of people hatin' me and
I didn't know what to feel about that
so I guess I didn't like you much
then either
During this fight, I seen a lot of changing
The way yous felt about me and the way
I felt about you
In here there were 2 guys killin' each other,
but I guess that's better than 20 million
What I'm trying to say is
If I can change
and you can change
Everybody can change!!!!!!!!!
...
A few stray notes that likely won't make it in the final piece:
-This movie has more training montages than fights. By a fair margin.
-Rocky and Adrian have almost the exact same argument in ROCKY III and ROCKY IV (whether to fight or not fight), except this time they've completely switched positions. In ROCKY III, Rocky yells "I don’t want to lose what I got!” and Adrian says who cares. In ROCKY IV, when Rocky tells her he's going to fight Drago, Adrian asks "You’re willing to lose everything?” and Rocky replies, “Adrian, this ain’t everything. This house, the cars, all the stuff we got, it ain’t everything." Seen years apart, no one would notice; viewed back to back…
The most commercially successful film in Rocky franchise that utilises the tension between US & USSR to its advantage, there is no denying that Rocky IV brims with a strong dose of patriotism from start to finish but apart from that and a truly intimidating antagonist, there is nothing impressive about it for the story is only as good as the previous two chapters.
The fourth instalment in the Rocky series, Rocky IV continues the journey of Rocky Balboa as the reigning world heavyweight champion challenges a virtually invincible opponent from the Soviet Union for a match in Moscow in order to avenge the death of Apollo Creed, who was mercilessly beaten to death by the Russian in an exhibition match,…
They got a Swedish guy to play a Russian guy who fights an American guy who's nickname is the Italian guy.
Hunt for Red October was more lenient on the USSR than this.
My twelve-year-old self would easily give this one five stars, as I loved this movie growing up. I would watch with my cousins and we would get so hyped up. It’s basically an action film.
Now, as a “mature” adult, I see the flaws in Rocky IV, and the areas that should have been further explored, like Rocky and Apollo’s friendship, the effects of Apollo’s death on his family and friends, the guilt Rocky carried for not throwing in the towel, etc. There should have been more from Tony Burton, who plays Duke, Apollo’s trainer who is vastly under-appreciated in his role. Apollo Creed shouldn’t have even died, for crying out loud.
Still, for all Rocky IV doesn’t accomplish, it’s a…
This movie is hilarious. The editing is insane, but I have to admit, it’s hard to look away. It’s the kind of film that only works if you know what to expect.
With that being said, the first half-hour of Rocky IV is actually a decent story, with tender moments between Rocky and Apollo Creed; but then of course a 60-minute montage takes over.
But the intercutting between sparring partners and tree chopping was pretty profound.
I never watched the Rocky series as a kid, nor am I a big fan of boxing. I've seen the first Rocky film, but didn't care much for it, so I skipped directly to the fourth one, which is notably shorter than the others and has a minor cult status. The quality of the film was nothing to write home about, though after seeing it I can kinda understand where it got that status.
There are so many things wrong with this one, that it's almost impossible to know where to start. There's the complete failure to add some drama, especially with Stallone tripping over himself in an excruciating attempt to act. Or the completely nonsensical fight at the end,…
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