Rocky – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Rocky III (1982) | Sylvester Stallone

December 20, 2024 qwipster Comment is Closed

With Rocky III, director-screenwriter-star Stallone takes the film series into a new direction, although the underdog formula still stays intact. Stallone realizes that it’s hard to be the underdog when you’re the champion, so to knock Rocky down a few notches, he creates the most terrifying challenger he never faced, the bruising #1 contender, Clubber Lang […]

Rocky II (1979) | Sylvester Stallone

July 13, 2024 qwipster Comment is Closed

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After a replay of the climax of Rocky, Rocky II picks up exactly where the first film leaves off, with Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) taken to a nearby hospital after suffering serious injuries caused by the pummeling each fighter took in their 15-round contest. Creed won the bout by a split decision, but the victory […]

Rocky (1976) | John Avildsen

May 27, 2024 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The film tells the tale of Rocky Balboa (Sylverster Stallone), a washed-up Philadelphia boxer who just barely scrapes by, fighting in small clubs for meager pay, while supplementing his income as a thuggish debt collector for a local loan shark. He doesn’t have many ambitions; his only real goal is to get to go out […]