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  • Rocky Balboa is his best Rocky since the 1976 Best Picture Rocky.

  • I know people are gonna think im crazy but, Sly should of been nominated for a oscar for this movie

  • The movie so sad to me.

  • I love Stallone.

  • why are all of rockys opponents either black or russian

  • @p3t3ymac96 Spider Rico was Puerto Rican.

  • A fi;m the teaches it ain't about winning, it's about respect.

  • Rocky Balboa was a wonderful movie.

    Much like Stallone, I pretend Rocky 5 doesn't exist.

  • i'm not sure but he's like jackie chan once was with doing his own stunts and actually getting hurt

  • Really good ending to the series :)

  • Antonio Tarver was the light heavyweight champion in real life just saying

  • Stallone is crazy, and a mother fucking tough dude. 60 years old doing this and getting punched for real WTF how many whinny little bitches nowadays would be like not in face, not in the face. He did the same in the expendables when he fought Stone Cold Steve Austin, he fought for real, and received injuries. I would like to be half of the man he is.

  • People can say what the ever they want but Stallone is a great actor and as real as this is a prove of that he was 60 and the receive real puches not only that the puches was deliver by champ this is some heavy stuff like or dislike the movie this is the true and I think that should only by this factor is a good factor so yeah the movie have some fauls like other but is general is great.

  • Great review and a great movie

  • I think the actor who plays Rocky's son in this movie, would make a FRAKKIN good Peter Parker. Even better than Toby M. If, they ever make a Spiderman made for tv series.

  • Wow... I can't listen to that ending music without getting choked up... amazing!! And this film is AWESOME!! Perfect ending for this franchise...

  • Great review and video. Well done !

  • This is the best Rocky since Rocky.

  • Ya it sucks because they don't put rocky 6 in the channels only 1-5

  • @Ryusuta He was actually light-heavyweight champion which is appropriate because in the first two movies, Rocky and Apollo were in the 190-220 lbs range.

  • 65 people tried kissing the express train

  • Wasn't Tarver just middleweight champion at the time. I don't think he was a real-life heavyweight as James was saying, though I might be wrong.

    More relevantly, Rocky Balboa is my favorite Rocky sequel and one of my favorite movies of all time.

  • Well, when I saw this first time this movie was great. But when I saw this second time this movie was kind of boring.

  • *crick* crack* YEAAH

  • Here's one thing james didn't mention, Audince had freedom cheer so the ROCKY ROCKY cheer was there own doing.

  • Sly is great in this film

  • not to happy that they killed off his wife ....

  • @marchell18 i think it had to be done to give it a dramatic effect

  • @bibipbi yes i know, just sad - i did really enjoy the love story there.

  • "LETS START BUILDING SOME HURTTIN BOMBS!

  • @CRaZyPE143 *Crack crack* Yeah!

  • i love all the rocky movies to death(even rocky 5)but this one is my favorite...i know theres others in the series that are considered bigger "classics" but theres just something about this one...could be cause i havent seen it like 20 times(like the others)

  • Damn, I gotta see these movies.

  • @Samisawesomeguy YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM OMG! U HAVE TO! THEY CAN BE SLOW SOMETIMES BUT IF YOU LIKE KICK ASS MUSIC, EMOTIONAL EVENTS, AND AWESOME FIGHTS YA GOTTA WATCH THEM!!

  • why i love stallone

    hes got balls he was 60 and he got hit by a real champ

    he does it for the fans

    he doesent do it for money,fame or support he does it because he wants to and make his fans proud :)

  • click crack YEAH!

  • My opinion of the best in order

    1. Rocky

    2. Rocky Balboa

    3. Rocky 2

    4. Rocky 3

    5. Rocky 5

    6. Rocky 4

  • @Rorshein Rocky 4 is last? Come on man srsly?

  • @8matthewlee8 I hate Montages. Thew acting is stale. The villain isn't really menacing nd the techno music is just......I just don't like it. Its just to unreal. I like better, even if they made Tommy Gunn into a villains when he didn't need to be one. And it gradually went over the top, but at least they attempted something that resembled the story.

  • @Rorshein He killed Apollo... how is that not menacing? If you actually liked Rocky 5, I feel bad for you.

  • @bIoodypingu Because he did it one punch after a James Brown Musical number. The movie was off. Its weaker then the obviously flawed Rocky 5, but Rocky 5 suffered in that it attempted to retake the atmosphere of the first Rocky film, without having the direction to do so. I mean the movie was a train wreck, but its an enjoyable stalemate. The worst part of Rocky 4 is the Russian crowd rooting for Rocky. No way is that believable.

  • @Rorshein you.........dont.........like.­...montages? But even so i mean come on if u put it next to rocky 5 rocky 4 was well better. Better villian, better drama, better story, better montages (XD) and way more entertaining

  • @8matthewlee8 The movie made more sense then Rocky 5, which is saying something, but when you look at the basics of the movie, there is no attempt at any point in time, to tell a story. Its just Robot, Creed Dying, Montage, Montage, Rocky Fights Drago, crowd cheers for Rocky. Rocky 5 has the basis of a good story, it was just executed horribly. It shouldn't have ended with the street fight. For instance Tommy Gunn is flawed, not evil. Drago was evil. He was to evil. Right vs Wrong is not good.

  • @Rorshein I dont agree I mean come on there was good enough suspense and plus the action was amazing (meaning montages) and plus i like that drago is bad because to be honest I like them kinda fights. Like naseem vs barrera, you want someoine to win and ur rooting for them and it was great how it was like russia vs america. Rocky 5 i thought was lazy

  • rocky 5 sucked

  • Rocky = Brett Favre?

  • Survivor's not in Balboa because it's not the same film as Rocky IV or V. Same with Rocky I & II. It's not needed and isn't appropriate,

  • Rocky used to be a championship boxer, then he took some arthritis to the knee.

    I said =]

  • Rocky Balboa is my favorite film of all time!!!! So glad it was made, you can watch it on 2 levels "another Rocky film" or look a bit deeper and see it's actually a metaphor for life, about how tough it is and you've just got to "KEEP MOVING FORWARD"

  • my main complaint was when i saw the movie was that rocky didn't win in this one. than i saw the alternate ending when rocky won the fight. then i started to really think about if they did put the original ending in the film then maybe it would not have been as good as it turned out. in a way you feel like you did at the end of the first film. which is what i think Stallone was trying to do.

  • i even cried seeing the review...man only stallone can make me cry!his character is soo inspirational

  • this one my favourite....maybe because its the end...and it ends perfectly....its like all those years...just paied off!when i watch the feud with apollo creed...i never watch only the one or the two....i watch both!because i cant get enough..love drago love clubber lang...JUST HATE FUCKING TOMMY GUN!

  • i know im a major minority on this one, but this was my favorite rocky movie. the first one is a classic but the "nothing to something" story has been overused i believe. this movie was awesome because not only were the people in the movie disapproved of rocky fighting again, but the reviews and fans were too. and a comeback story like this was really well done (comebacks are over done too but not as much as "nothing to something") it's just an awesome movie.

  • Hmm.. didn't know he actually took all those hits (obviously with breaks and cuts between takes), that's actually quite impressive for a man of his age.

  • This was the greatest comeback I have ever seen. Stallone is talking about doing a Rocky 7, which I highly doubt that will be made, even though this one was so good. I believe now is the best time to leave Rocky to rest. Come out with a Rambo 5 instead.

  • Rocky has the Brett Favre disease in we thinking he's retiring

  • @kurdish1bling Ricky I (or Ricky 1)

  • Saw it in theaters, had no clue what I saw. Loved it. I was only 10 though. Not that it mattered.

  • That *crack crack* YEAH!

    That kills me every time.

    And Rocky Balboa was surprisingly good...I thought so anyway

  • I liked this movie, it's understandable why people are criticizing it b/c of Stallone's age. But they still should've watched the movie and feel the nostalgia Stallone made in this movie.

  • i agree it is a big come back

  • 4:42, that old guy is not an actor. hes a dude that actually works in Philadelphia, i think he is in the Police or something, because i met him at a plaque ceremony for my grandfather, who was a Philly cop and died in 1983. He was in Rocky 5 too. nice guy he is

  • I feel like the last battle in this movie was lost. The flashy jump cuts between all the camera angles threw me off. I felt jumbled and disjointed. I still believe it was impressive. But not as impressive as could been.

  • What was the name of the knock off rocky movie that AVGN found?

  • @kurdish1Bling Ricky

  • yeah a special movie indeed.

  • I think this possibly the true successor to Rocky 3 rather than the immediate successors. I watched it recently, having been dismissive, and found it was interesting. Its true that if you can get over the age thing it is ok..it is a big ask. I kept thinking when I watched the fight 'He'd be gone by now...he's in his sixties he wouldn't still be standing'. But Stallones physical prescence did suspend my disbelief at times. If those punches were real...thats bloody impressive!

  • It's an awesome close to the Rocky saga. Excellent work, Sly Stallone!

  • so that was the Rocky movies but what did we learn from them, Well its about Riseing to the Challenge and Following you Dreams.

  • I hate Paulie HATE! I HATE Paulie. He is a bum, he is broke he is a leech and EVEN if U guys wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and even try to pretent like he is family blah blah blah, - before you (*btw I'm watching your vid as I"m typing this comment, I"m around the 3min mark where you do the reel run of the retiring remarks. Its the ONLY sports movie/series of its type where the hero/champ actually RETIRES in EVERY film, including ONE!) but its b/c of PAULIE they lost their fortune!

  • I liked this movie more than I expected. I watched the first one and this one back to back and they fit seamlessly. Maybe that was the intention.

  • Stallone might be 60+, but he was in awesome shape for this and the Rambo sequel. I think what they say is true, take care of you body and your body will take care of you.

  • realy great movie, loved it more than rocky 2,3,4,5 combained.

  • good movie not bad

  • thumbs up if u saw this christmas day.

  • Like the first movie, Rocky Balboa is easily one of the best feelgood movies of it's time.

  • Rating Sylvester Stallone's movies (one that I have seen) Rocky-10/10 Rocky 2-10/10 First Blood-9/10 Rocky 3-8/10 Rocky 4-8/10 Rambo 2-8/10 Cobra-9/10 Rambo 3-6/10 Tango & Cash-9/10 Rocky 5-5/10 Demolition Man-9/10 Cliffhanger-9/10 Judge Dredd-3/10 Cop Land-9/10 Rocky Balboa-9/10 Rambo-8/10 The Expendables-9/10
  • WAT??? THE PUNCHES ARE REAL???

  • Fuck the title Rocky Balboa. This movie's real title is Rocky 6. Awesome movie.

  • Rocky 5 is awesome.

    Very underrated. Its special to me.

  • @womblewandering It's better than 4, I've always thought.

  • @NilsMcCloud

    Yes rocky 5 is better than 4 easily. better than 3 too.

  • @womblewandering Better than 3 is pushing it, but that's my own opinion of course.

  • Rocky 6...Yeah, Rocky 6!

  • THOSE PUNCHES WERE REAL!? :O HOLY SHIT STALLONE IS ONE TOUGH SON OF A BITCH!

  • @solidjdr watch the training vids he did prior to this movie. i'm 25 and i can't do half the shit he does. it's time to hit the gym.

  • @solidjdr i'd like to belive that even if the contact was real that the punches were pulled a bit.

  • This was an awesome movie, and one of the few films that had me getting emotional...

  • Hands down, one of the best movies of the year when it came out. Apart from the second, it's my favorite Rocky.

  • 60 years old with those muscles, it don't matter how many steroids you take THAT is impressive

  • @jodijustice No disrespect to your fucking bitch mom, but she's a whore and you're a faggot so plz die

  • I actually think that Rocky Balboa is just as good as the first Rocky and man, do I love these movies! (Except for the fifth...)

  • 6:04

    Thats pretty much the only problem I have with this movie. Why does it say he has won 54 fights by KO? In the first Rocky his record was 44-20 (38 KO) after his fight with Spider Rico, how can he get more knockout wins from fights that already happend?

  • I was skeptical myself when i saw this movie, too. I saw this movie just for the hell of it. I was sucked into this movie right away, and when the final fight came I was literally cheering for Rocky. It brought back that feeling when i first saw the first Rocky.

  • Brett Farve got the retiring idea from these movies

  • rocky 7 the italian stallon

  • the rocky series are great. i didnt dislike any of them, not even rocky 5

  • "Rocky and Survivor go together like bread and butter" I agree 100%, the same thing can be said about Queen and "Highlander".

  • @CultureClasher Exactly...or the Beatles and "Across the Universe".

  • 3) Another time they brought up Rocky 5 was when Rocky jr was first told by Rocky that he wants to fight again and then says "Home Team"... that term "Home Team" was brought only in Rocky 5.

  • Couple Things Wrong in the Review: 1) The Restaurant happened with Adrian was still alive if you look at the Grave Stone... 2) They didnt bring up the Brain Damage in the scene with Paulie "Stuff in the Basement" Scene....

  • Rocky: Best Movie Ever Made

    Rocky 2: Best Sequel Ever Made

    Rocky 3: I PITTY THE FOOL

    Rocky 4: 20% Montage

    Rocky 5: Satisfying Ending

    Rocky Balboa: Not bad of a Movie, it's decent.

  • SPOILER!!!

    This is the only one in which Rocky DOESN'T win.

  • @Kangur08

    Rocky 1?

  • @Kangur08 I am pretty sure that Apollo is declared victorious in Rocky 1.

  • @iMarduk SPOILER!!!

    Sorry, i f'ed up.

  • Lets start building some hurtin' bombs!

    f'n love tony

  • I dont think there would be any mention of the brain damage if Rocky 5 apperently didnt happen

  • when i saw the trailer i said bullcrap when i see the movie i dont belive the movie was too fcking good the figth was so fair not the best the best to me was rocky vs clubber lang round 1 PERFECT. and figthing over drago the last hit in his ribbs was great

    but i love this movie and yeah shame they dont call it rocky VI

  • This is a really good movie. To me this ranks just below the first Rocky movie.

  • Rocky should have won

  • what is that at 1:35?

  • and not having Survivor in the film was because the Rocky movie this one most aspires to be like is the one and only original...

  • You don't even have to have seen any of the other sequels to be teary in this film... that's the greatness of it.... Ifr you've seen rocky 1, for all you care this could be, and most sane people say it is, the only real sequel...

    You don't have to have seen any of the other films to get this one.

    "Yo Adrian, we did it!"... cue tears.... cut to credits... awesome end!

  • Thumbs up if you thought "Rocky Balboa" was going to be ridiculous and terrible (like I did) and it turned out to be a much better movie than you expected.

  • Hey James, is it true that Tarver Accidentally knocked Stalone out in filming?

  • Rocky

    Rocky Balboa

    Rocky IV

    Rocky II

    Rocky III

    Rocky V

  • *jogs on spot then throws arms toward the skies*

  • *crick* *crack* YEAH!

  • @Danc3ParTy Lets start building some hurting bombs!

  • 1,2, and 5 were my favorites ....3 i didnt really care for the most and 4 i just got sick of it cause of seeing it so many times ..was the first one i ever saw i think. 6 was good but for some reason marie bothered me.

  • @Smurfbite06

    That part of the story line feels the most like Rocky 1..... That's why it probably bothered you....

    not only that, but this time she's like half his age....

  • I wonder what would happen if they did a Rocky vs Mike Tyson

  • @Ray01Geogeass Stallone would not be letting Tyson actually punch him in the face...lol

  • @reallazy Maybe maybe not

  • rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooccccc­cccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkkkkkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­y bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaallllllllllboa thats what i remember from the rocky movies

  • Even if Stallone is 60 he still. well sort of, have an six pack.

  • I don't care what critics think.

    Balboasaurios if you name him that way, inspired and taught us the way no one ever did.

  • Only complaint with this one is I hate Tarver. Really wish Roy woulda answered Stallone's damn calls and played the Dixon role.

    Aside from that this one is perfect and ends the series better than 5 did. I felt like a kid again the 1st time I watched this shit :)

  • 0:50 He didn't put a flashback of Rocky V because he didn't fight in the ring in that movie

  • Hey James, you should really review the movie A League Of Their Own. It's one of the greatest sports movies of all time. It's about baseball as well WWII and the effects that had on the country. Its about women's rights but mostly it's about the characters. All the characters are brilliant and you grow so attached to them. Just give it a look would you?

  • you forgot to mention that mike tyson also made a brief cameo appearance in the beginning of the fight.. he argued wtih the champ.. that made it a lot more realistic as well..this isn't my favorite rocky movie but its definately in my top 5 though, silvester stallone did an excellent job... only thing i didnt like was the high hopes song.. what the hell were they thinking?? definately should of used eye of the tiger for nostalgic purposes.. also didn't like the marie romance thing.

  • When is Rocky 7 coming out?

  • I Liked the movie except for the fact adrian died.

  • wow that's a great review. I haven't watched this film because I expected it to be boring even though I liked previous films. But now I definetly gonna watch it. Thanks for opening my eyes

  • Rocky Balboa was a good film but I personally thought it didn't to be made Rocky 5 ended perfectly.

  • @JReed1985 Well, if you consider that Stallone wasn't too fond of the original, this one is actually a remake of V.

  • @keeperxiii yeah I guess it is but still Rocky V was really good, I can't understand why Stallone didn't like it. I don't think he could of done any better with Rocky V.

    There might be a Rocky 7 but that's only a rumour and the antoganist is rumoured to be Tommy Gunn.

  • @JReed1985 Yes, Rocky V wasn't bad really so I guess that Roc- er, Stallone was just nitpicking :P

    I doubt there could be a 7 though. Probably just wishfull thinking :P

  • @keeperxiii yeah I think he just had a hard look at the film and didn't feel satisfied. What is nitpicking?

    I think it's only a rumour but never confirmed that there's going to be Rocky 7 :P

  • @JReed1985 Yeah, nitpicking, like, he was just coming up with flaws that didn't matter :P

  • @keeperxiii yeah he was indeed :P

  • i think in about 10 years, they are going to make rocky remakes. not sayig it will be good, its just what will happen

  • It's a nice coda to Rocky's story, and a genuinely inspirational movie. Not at all what I was expecting, really.

  • For stallone to be 60 and get "mangled" by the real heavyweight champion is a real honner. Go ROCKY!!!!!!!

  • The guys thinking age has nothing on me

  • They should've used "Eye of the Tiger" or "Gonna Fly Now" instead of "High Hopes" as an entrance-theme. If a whole marchingband can play "Gonna Fly Now" in Rocky III(yes that's right I'm not counting Rocky 5) I don't see why not use It as an entrance?

  • I LOVE ROCKY!!!!execellent review!

  • If the deleted scene from Rocky V (where Lil' Marie is homeless) was added Rocky Balboa would never would have worked. Because when Rocky is like "Is that you, Lil' Marie that hung out at the atomic hogiee shop?" Marie tries to show off to the street corner gane and says "Yeah." So Rocky is happy about seeing her and leaves. And Marie' says "Hey Rocky, screw you." And everybody laughs and Rocky looks down is disbelivef. Paulie tries to comfort him but it doesn't work. Now you see what I mean.

  • A lack of Survivor doesn't really bother me, in fact I believe it's fitting; notice how the Survivor stuff is only shown in III and IV, aka the action flicks. I, II, V and Balboa don't have em since they go back to the character driven story.

  • i mean i understand the idea why they had to have him lose... but i'm sorry fuck all that... this is rocky, its beleavable to think he had 1. fight still left in him... he should have beat that nazi's ass in the end and won...

  • @lotusclown217 You stupid cow! If he won won it would've been TOO predictable and end like every other movie...him winning a fight.

  • the true sequel to rocky 5 is jim carey's rocky balboa- in the links

  • ROCKY BULLSHIT!! 

  • I saw this in the theater and I remembering actually tearing up when Rocky exits the arena after the fight. Great stuff.

  • In the beginning of Rocky Balboa; when you see the picture of Adrian, and Rocky starts of his day and visits the grave to her. Everytime I see this scene it breaks my heart, I love all of the Rocky movies (even V), but there is something about Rocky Balboa that just warms and breaks my heart at the same time. This movie is as emotionally satisfying as it is heart-warming. Only this movie and Titanic makes me cry because of emotional impact. 10/10

  • watch its 2020 and theres a rocky 7 LOL

  • @cheezdoodle96 *was

  • @BlountDucks9 Dude, it is something that happen when he eas born.. He whouldn't come out of his mother, so the doctors had to use some kinda forceps, but they used it wrong and cut one of his nerves, but he managed to make it into a character.

  • -vicwootenisgod- how can you say that? This movie kicks ur ass until diaria cums out ur dick

  • @FunkmasterRichard damn ur lame so just stfu cause u aint funny

  • Outstanding film :)

  • This movie actually got praise by the boxing community for having a more realistic fight. In real life, most boxing matches would get stopped if they got as violent as they did in the previous movies, and when they haven't, careers of the boxers tended to end shortly afterwords.

  • 3:59 - 4:07 sorta like how rambo 4 should of been?

    And yes, i call it rambo 4.

  • the rocky movies are the best of all time

  • Rocky 6 makes 5 look asome it was horific

  • You know... for a man over 60 he first looked about 40 to me.

  • you can tell stalone had botox injections, his forehead doesnt move when dixon his him

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  • I didn't see this one in the theatre. Purely because I misread a synopsis, I read about the simulated fight, but thought I read it as the actual Rocky fighting taking place in a video game or something. I thought "that's just fucking stupid". So I didn't go see it. I rented it afterward, and shit, it's probably the best since the first.

  • Rocky: 10/10

    Rocky II: 9/10

    Rocky III: 8/10

    Rocky IV: 4/10

    Rocky V: 6.5/10

    Rocky Balboa: 9/10

  • @VenomShock Rocky IV 7/10

    Rock V 0/10000000

  • @TannerRocksUSA12

    Disagreed. I thought IV sucked ass.

  • @VenomShock u r an idiot then

  • @TannerRocksUSA12 Says the moron who can't even type out complete words.

  • @VenomShock rocky 4 rated the lowest? no way!