![]() ![]() Stallone recruited his own son for the role of Robert (Rocky's son) and the result is one of the best father son relationships ever committed to celluloid. The fifth instalment in the anthology goes back to the more personal story of the character, and deals much more realistically with the aftermath of loss and the twisted nature of professional prize fighting. Rocky IV was a great spectacle but it was more comical than anything to think that an entire Russian government could be funding one over-sized boxer who could kill a man with one flurry of punches, not to mention turn a blind eye to illegal doping. ![]() For me, Rocky V is the best of the sequels to the 1976 original, as it does not follow in the Rocky tradition of simply having a bigger guy to fight than in the previous film. This refers to Movies that are interesting in their own way but fail to live up to the hype or expectation of previous instalments, or simply do not follow the formula that everyone derided for being too predictable anyway. Rocky V is one such film that is affected by the as I call it Phantom Menace syndrome. Additionally, the Director's Cut has a completely different edit of the street fight, with new music, and also includes the Mickey hallucination scene.įor some reason or another, certain movies achieve a reputation as being worse than they actually are. There are also a number of deleted scenes in the film, including a scene of Rocky getting drunk at the bar prior to visiting Mighty Mick's Boxing, and a scene where Rocky meets Marie from Роккі (1976) to find that she is a prostitute and has just become homeless. Several scenes are edited differently in the Director's Cut, and often with different dialogue. Additionally, the music throughout the film is decidedly different then that used in the final version of the film in particular, there is a lot more Bill Conti music rather than the songs used in the theatrical cut (although Michael Bolton's "When I'm Back On My Feet Again" plays in this cut when Rocky visits Mighty Mick's). In this version, the opening credits are completely different, with different music. Avildsen released a work-print version of the film online, under the title "Rocky V: Director's Cut". ![]() It's gonna say, 'Get up you son of a bitch 'cause Mickey loves you'. ![]() Huh? And now I'm givin' it to you and it, it's gotta be like a, like an angel on your shoulder see? If you ever get hurt and you feel that you're goin' down this little angel is gonna whisper in your ear. Mickey: See that? This is the favorite thing that I have on this Earth. Mickey: No, wait a minute, now, wait a minute. Rocky Balboa: Ah, Mick you don't have to. 'Cause when I leave you you'll not only know how to fight, you'll be able to take care of yourself outside the ring too, is that okay? Mickey: and I'll never leave you until that happens. And I'm gonna stay alive and I will watch you make good. We keep losin' and losin' till we say you know, 'Oh what the hell am I livin' around here for? I got not reason to go on.' But with you kid, boy, I got a reason to go on. Little by little we lose our friends, we lose everything. Mickey: And nature is smarter than people think. Rocky Balboa: Nature's smarter than people think. The fact that you're here and doin' as well as you're doin' gives me-what do you call it-motivization? Huh? To stay alive, 'cause I think that people die sometimes when they don't wanna live no more. Well, if you wasn't here I probably wouldn't be alive today. You know kid, I know how you feel about this fight that's comin' up. You're gonna roll over him like a bulldozer, an Italian bulldozer. My God, you're ready ain't ya? That Apollo won't know what hit him. ![]()
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