| Rocky: "I just wanna go home mick." |
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Rocky V
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Rocky V starts off right where Rocky
IV left us. Tony is celebrating Rocky's win over Drago, when he hears
Rocky call for Adrian from the shower. Adrian finds Rocky sitting on
a bench curled up. Rocky senses something is wrong because he cannot
stop his hands from shaking. Adrian wants Rocky to see a doctor, but
Rocky insists not to, and just wants to go home. Rocky's son Robert
is waiting at the airport as the group arrives home. There is a converence
in the airport hanger which all attend. As Rocky talks about Russia,
a boxing promoter (George Washington Duke) interupts the converence and challenges
Rocky to a match against up and coming boxer Union Caine. Adrian insists
that Rocky is retired and has "nothing else to prove". The challenge
is turned down and the Balboa's return home. Robert senses something
different about his dad, but Paulie assures him that he just took a few
nasty hits. But the family was about to find out different. |
| Adrian: "It's gone. The money. Everything's gone!" |
| Rocky looses all of his money from a mistake
Paulie made. An accountant took all of their money, so Rocky wants
to box to get it back. Adrian insists that Rocky see a doctor, and
when he does, he discovers that he has irreversible brain damage. Rocky
is crushed inside, and the family is forced to move back into the old neighborhood.
The only thing that Rocky still owns is Mighty Mickey's gym. Rocky
remembers that Mickey gave him a cuff link for good luck back before he
fought Apollo for the first time. The cuff link was like an "angel
on your sholder" and was to let Rocky know that if he felt that he was "going
down", that he should get back up. Rocky decides to open up the gym
again, and soon boxers are working out there. As this goes on, Duke
is still taunting Rocky into fighting again. Adrian keeps stepping
in, knowing Rocky's passion for the sport. Both Rocky and Adrian feel
that they are going back to where they started, until a young boxer entered
their lives. |
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| Rocky: "It's all heart and fire, heart and fire!!" |
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As Rocky is saddened more and more,
a young boxer named Tommy Gunn approaches the former champion. Rocky
sees potential in him because he sees the hunger in Tommy's eyes. Tommy
also was a street fighter, just like Balboa. Rocky begins training
Tommy, and soon he starts rising in the ranks. During this time, Rocky
inadvertantly puts Tommy ahead of his family. His son Robert is going
through a tough time at school, but Rocky is too busy with Tommy. Duke
also sees that Rocky is spending a lot of time with Tommy. He starts
to promise Tommy many many things, such as a shot at the newly titled Union
Caine. Tommy is also starting to get frustrated with the media calling
him "Rocky's puppet". Before long, Tommy turns on Rocky, and goes to
sign a contract with Duke. Robert has also given up on his father.
Rocky starts to be destroyed inside, angry that after all of his accomplishments,
he has ended up right back at the beginning. Adrian intercedes, saying
that he was still the same man, but that he was losing his family. Rocky
finally understands that he can't change Tommy, so he makes amends with
his son, and accepts his new life. |
| Rocky: "Now you knocked him down, why don't you try knocking me down now." Duke: "In the ring, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring!" Rocky: "My ring's outside." Tommy Gunn: Yeah? Lets do it!" |
| Rocky, Paulie, Adrian and Robert all watch the title
bout against Tommy and Caine on tv. As Tommy boxes, Rocky feels Tommy
remembers what he taught him. Rocky hits a punching bag as Tommy wins
the title from Union Caine. After the fight, Tommy thanks Duke for
all that he has done, never once mentioning Rocky. In a post interview,
the media bashes Tommy, saying he beat a second rate fighter, and that his
title was manufactured. Duke tricks Tommy into believing the only way
he can step out of Rocky's shadow is to challenge him to a fight. Tommy
does just that, tracking Rocky and Paulie to a bar near Mickey's gym. He
challenges Rocky, but Rocky declines. Paulie starts to yell at Tommy,
and gets hit in the face for his efforts. Rocky is furious, and tells
Tommy to meet him outside. The street fight begins, with Rocky's skill
winning over Tommy at first. With a cheap shot, Tommy gets the best
of Rocky, and Balboa goes down. The effects of the brain damage start
to set in. Knowing that Mickey would never want him to give up, Rocky
fights on. In a grueling street fight, the two go at it. In the
end, Rocky is the victor. |
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| Rocky: "Thank you for being born." |
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After things have calmed down, Robert
takes Rocky to the museum. The museum steps are where Rocky has been
running up all of the past years, and he never knew about the muesum behind
them. Rocky decides to give Mickey's cuff link to Robert. Robert
is grateful to have the cuff link, and is happy to have his dad back too.
The two head into the museum, as the Rocky statue ,which was put on
the steps as a gift to Rocky, looks onto the Earth. And so the Rocky
saga concludes...or does it? |
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Rocky V was one
of the most emotional films in the series. Bill Conti's music returns
and it is great. There is much character development and the director
is the same man that directed the 1st film. Tommy Gunn was a neat character.
He came from the same streets as Rocky, but never had the same heart,
which led him to a power/money hungry existence. We see a lot of Robert
in the film. He feels neglected by his father after Tommy comes in
the picture. The father-son subplot was a new addition to the saga.
Paulie reverts back to the old character, loosing his comic relief,
but gaining back his complexity. Adrian tries desperatly to protect
Rocky from getting hurt, and eventually helps him get his priorities straight.
Rocky had much growth in this film. Do to the brain damage and
loss of money, he is forced to go back to where he came from. Rocky
is angry and saddened at the same time, and his only hope is in Tommy, who
then turns on him. After everything is done, Rocky gains back what
is important to him. He never lets Duke get him into the ring. I
feel this movie is a great ending to a great saga. But we may get more
Rocky in the near future. Who's complaining? Not me!!! |
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