The fight was filmed in front of a real crowd before a real boxing match took place. The boxing finale looks better visually than previous films. The image of him sitting by her gravestone in a folding chair is a powerful image of loneliness and heartbreak. We feel the pain and we feel for the Rocky character. That’s why in the intro when the audience discovers that Adrian has passed away, it hurts the fans so much. Rocky would have been nothing without Adrian by his side helping him every step of the way. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement for one final fight.įor fans of the Rocky series, there is much to celebrate and get sentimental about in this outing. Mason Dixon and his manager issue a challenge to Rocky for an exhibition bout, a publicity act to regain Mason’s lost respect from his fans and the boxing community. After seeing a computer-generated virtual fight pitting Rocky in his prime against current Heavyweight Champion Mason “The Line” Dixon, Rocky becomes tempted to enter the ring again. Retired boxing champion Rocky Balboa lives a simple life in Philadelphia, running his restaurant “Adrian’s” and trying to have a relationship with his estranged son Robert. Stallone finally convinced studios to fund the film after they realised there might be some money to be made from a nostalgic audience. Sylvester Stallone admitted that he was “negligent” during the production of Rocky V leaving fans and himself upset with the way the series ended. Sixteen long years after Rocky V, Stallone returned to the big screen as Rocky Balboa on December 20th, 2006, Thirty years after the original Rocky release.

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