"You got your ass kicked honey." Really, I don't think I can sum that up better then faux Adrian. Rocky V in 1990 effectively ended the Rocky series with an entry so weak and so uninvolving it wasn't even funny. In the movie, we pick up right after the big fight in Rocky IV with Rocky rattled and hurt talking to Adrian. Something is wrong with him that we will learn later. Upon coming home to America, Rocky is … more
Rocky goes back to the slums cause of bad money decisions and bad beatings to the head. Has some heart but you are never truly invested in what you see. Ends on a quiet note.
Rocky has finally did it, he did the possible and has his brain turned into mush to prove it. After the severe beating he took from Drago in Part IV (any normal human would've perished from acute trauma of the brain) he now must face life outside the glamorous lifestyle of being a rich and successful boxer. Poor Rocky also has to come to terms with several things one of them happens to be the sudden growth spurt of his son. As usual the deck is stacked up against Rocky. Will he be able to overcome … more