Sylvester Stallone ruled 1985. Rocky IV was the second highest grossing film of the year...and Rambo: First Blood Part II was the third. He was only stopped by a little film called Back to the Future.
@desmoove
2 жыл бұрын
I think "Cobra" was the beginning of the Stallone downslide
@wampa25
2 жыл бұрын
@@desmoove Cobra was awesome, though
@jermainemartinez8282
2 жыл бұрын
Actually Rocky 4 was the 4th highest Grossing movie in 85
@desmoove
2 жыл бұрын
@@wampa25 I know man, I know..."Crime is the Disease and Cobra's the cure"
@js09js09
2 жыл бұрын
@@desmoove He still was in a lot of good movies after Cobra. I think Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot was the start of his downslide.
@seamusburke639
2 жыл бұрын
I am convinced that nobody told Carl Weathers about the robot and that was his genuine reaction.
@lexkanyima2195
Жыл бұрын
That is unscripted
@michaelvaughn8864
11 ай бұрын
If that's so, it was a helluva ad libbed reaction that fit into the script perfectly, especially if it wasn't initially intended🙂💯
@staytrue5307
6 ай бұрын
@@lexkanyima2195Stfu. Pretending you know that is beyond sad.
@V0ltron
2 жыл бұрын
"If he dies, he dies." - Lundgren as Ivan Drago. One of the most iconic quotes.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
When I watched this movie for the first time, there were no subtitles for what he says in Russian later on. So I only learned last year for the first time, what he really said and thus my favorite quote from him in this movie is "He's not human. He's like a piece of iron"... 😅 Omg, the tears, I had after I read that for the first time, RIGHT after Rocky's trainer just said "He's just a human!"..... 😭😭😭
@CoryGasaway
2 жыл бұрын
Also one of the corniest! So ridiculous.
@adamromero
2 жыл бұрын
"You will lose."
@rickylyon3846
2 жыл бұрын
In one of the later movies, there were plans for Rocky to visit Drago who would be dying from aids and Rocky would use the same line (If he dies, he dies) regarding Drago's situation. Apparently the scene was scrapped as soon as Stallone read it because he taught "That's not Rocky at all".
@scottp.5055
2 жыл бұрын
Mine was always, "I must break you."
@ToniMcGinty
2 жыл бұрын
I met Dolph a few years ago. Lovely guy, and waaaay smart. He told me his reduced dialogue was a request, as Apollo and Clubber were big mouths, and he wanted to be different. Then, he admitted that this led Hollywood to think he couldn´t speak.
@SarkkiKarkki
2 жыл бұрын
Dolph is great. I remember in some interview he talked about how much work he put into his role in Universal Soldier (his best performance IMO) and he was pretty much "adviced" not to put so much effort in it because it's just an action movie. He should have been a massive action star.
@ToniMcGinty
2 жыл бұрын
@@SarkkiKarkki Agreed.
@victorvarges_
2 жыл бұрын
This is all really cool to know honestly, thank you! Really like this movie and never really learned to much about the actors
@ToniMcGinty
2 жыл бұрын
@@victorvarges_ No problem!
@MaewCatt
8 ай бұрын
Funniest part is he speaks 3 languages fully fluent and can speak a few more as well if I remember correctly
@Ozai75
2 жыл бұрын
Stallone actually had to go to the hospital during this movie. He asked Lundgren (who has advanced degrees in many STEM fields and is a literal genius) to actually hit him in the ribs (Lundgren is also a black belt in a couple forms of contact sports) and he hit him *so* hard that I believe it bruised Stallone's liver and ended up almost collapsing his lung. (It broke 2-3 ribs) The Doctor refused to believe that it was done by a punch because it looked like he'd been in a car wreck. I believe Stallone had to prove to the insurance company of the film (with the footage) that no, he didn't wreck his car, and that it was actually the punch that did the damage to get them to cover it.
@S_047
2 жыл бұрын
Ah you beat me to it
@timlevis3630
2 жыл бұрын
@@S_047 I remember this story also. I did not remember the car wreck part though?
@Ozai75
2 жыл бұрын
@@timlevis3630 Yeah, the Doctor and the insurance company thought he got into a car wreck. He had to prove (so that they'd pay for the treatments) that it was Lundgren's punch that did the damage.
@S_047
2 жыл бұрын
@@azazello1784 lol wut
@glennwelsh9784
2 жыл бұрын
I believe that Lundgren's punch caused Stallone's heart to bounce against his sternum, causing swelling. It basically gave Stallone a heart attack and he had to spend two weeks in intensive care. Stallone said that they thought he was so close to death that they sent nuns into his room to give him his last rites.
@DavidLender
2 жыл бұрын
The tone of this movie was different because, remember, this was in the mid-80's and MTV videos were HUGE! You can definitely see the influence in the montage scenes. Great reaction! Was waiting for you to get to this one. It's my favorite in the series. Not a fan of Rocky 5. But Rocky Balboa and Creed 1 and 2 are great! Must sees!
@Kthomasritchie
2 жыл бұрын
With all the montages, this movie is practically a musical. Stallone was always disappointed with IV, hence V trying to capture the heart and soul of the earlier movies.
@cliveklg7739
2 жыл бұрын
IMO the antagonists in VI is where it fails. The personal story outside of that was still good imo.
@suprchickn7745
2 жыл бұрын
Lots of so-called "jump cuts" which emulated the quick edits in music videos at the time. I saw this in the theater and people loudly applauded at the end. I still love it!
@daveross1638
2 жыл бұрын
if you have watched all the Rocky movies you dont need to see creed 1 or 2 because you have already seen them.
@geneeverett7855
2 жыл бұрын
Also in my opinion. I can’t prove it. Some CIA money went into it for anti Soviet propaganda
@seanbumstead1250
2 жыл бұрын
The fight at the end was filmed in Vancouver British Columbia Canada,the film makers asked people to come and be in the stadium to cheer and we got free food and drinks.only ones payed would be the ones for close ups. But I got to say I was in a movie I was 16
@dreamcruzer4743
2 жыл бұрын
How cool. That must have been fun.
@desmoove
2 жыл бұрын
That is beyond cool!
@YoureMrLebowski
2 жыл бұрын
an amazing memory to have. lucky you 🍀
@marcuscato9083
2 жыл бұрын
That would have been awesome. Do you ever try to get a glimpse of yoursrlf in the crowd?
@kewltony
2 жыл бұрын
Everyone in this film died a painful AIDS related death.
@wampa25
2 жыл бұрын
The "Hearts on Fire" training montage is largely considered the greatest training montage in film history. It is truly epic.
@emmanuelmedina5535
2 жыл бұрын
Facts!
@js09js09
2 жыл бұрын
Burnin' with determination to even up the score!
@jayconant3816
2 жыл бұрын
Band that did the music for Eddie and the cruisers I think the did a song in stalones cobra also at the end credits
@andarporbuenosaires
2 жыл бұрын
The two training montages are good for me, the first with the score music of Vince Di Cola and "Hearts On Fire".
@wampa25
2 жыл бұрын
@@jayconant3816 John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. "Voice of America's Son"
@fashizzle78
2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't wait for you guys to get to Rocky 4 ..Drago was the scariest fighter of all Rocky's opponents .the guy scared me as a kid .I loved the training sequences and the music
@joemckim1183
2 жыл бұрын
Now I can't wait till they get to the Creed films.
@Rhodair
2 жыл бұрын
he's like the T-1000 of the Rocky series
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
It was after number 4 that Rocky became a superhero :P
@dustman820
2 жыл бұрын
@@Rhodair Or the T-1000 was the Ivan Drago of the Terminator movies since Drago came first by 6 years.
@Rhodair
2 жыл бұрын
@@dustman820 lol good point - didn't mean to insinuate one drew any inspiration from the other - just that they've got the same chilling vibe =}
@VenomKpp
2 жыл бұрын
Samantha at start of reaction - soft spoken "hello.'' Samantha at 2nd round of Drago fight- "KILL HIM ROCKY!"
@mikeminer1947
2 жыл бұрын
"Rocco? Drogo. Froggo? Drogo." I am dying of laughter already.
@FrldyZX87
2 жыл бұрын
Haha, that got me too! 😄
@YoureMrLebowski
2 жыл бұрын
it's amazing. they're so cute
@zzzkoszzz
2 жыл бұрын
The year this came out was pretty hot during the cold war. Looking back the movie presents the tension and patriotism so well of that mid 1980s feeling. Another really good one, in that regard, is Red Dawn.
@Jar0fMay0
2 жыл бұрын
WOLVERINES!!!
@dacsus
2 жыл бұрын
@@DeltaAssaultGaming sarcasm?
@robertmolton6761
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jar0fMay0 AVENGE ME!!! ✊
@itsalwayssomething7490
2 жыл бұрын
You guys have to check of Cop Land with Stallone. It also has a bunch of other famous actors. Great under-rated movie.
@YoureMrLebowski
2 жыл бұрын
agreed. please do Cop Land.
@matthewdunham1689
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@lethaldose2000
2 жыл бұрын
Even though in movies he's often playing dumb muscle type of guys, Dolph Lundgren (Drago) is actually extremely smart and has a master's degree in chemical engineering. In real life, he's a legit badass with a black belt in karate, and twice won the European championships ('80-'81), as well as heavyweight champ in Australia ('82). When Dolph says, "I must break you". Oh hell yeah I BELIEVE IT.
@hylianchriss
2 жыл бұрын
Also, fun fact: his real Swedish name is Ulf Lundgren. He thought 'Ulf' would be too difficult for Hollywood to pronounce, so he changed it to 'Dolph' to make it clearer.
@shackyman3644
2 жыл бұрын
He'll always be that dude from "Universal Soldier" to me.
@yaimavol
2 жыл бұрын
He did a B movie called I Come In Peace that is actually pretty good. You should check it out.
@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968
2 жыл бұрын
@@yaimavol I second that!
@RubyGB
2 жыл бұрын
@@hylianchriss Actually, the fact is "Dolph" was born Hans Lundgren in 1957 in Stockholm,, Sweden the son of Sigrid Birgitta (née Tjerneld; 1932-1992), and Karl Hugo Johan Lundgren (1923-2000),
@martinbraun1211
2 жыл бұрын
Please watch the STAR TREK movies 🖖
@LukeMaynard
2 жыл бұрын
What I love in this movie and what I never notice when I think of it at a distance, is just how much a victim Drago is of the Soviet machine that made him. We know nothing at all about him, except when Rocky breaks the machine and we see the broken human bleed between the cracks. I mean there's a ton of Cold War anti-Soviet sentiment in the film, but it's not really about Drago as the generic Russian bad guy. The dude is probably a poor kid from a tiny village who happened to be huge and have a physical gift for dealing damage, just as Rocky was a poor kid with a gift for taking it. On the US-vs-Russia level, all the propaganda and America fanning happens at that broad surface level: America is the country that lifts up its local poor kid to be a hero, while Russia ruins its local poor kid, turns him into a doomed wrecking machine, and then throws him away like a broken toy when he's used up. Beneath the Cold War stuff, there's still a movie here about two simple human guys trying to overcome adversity, and that's where the heart comes from. I love too that neither of these guys are real smart in the head. Despite Rocky's great bum-logic one liners, he's not an articulate guy. And yet Rocky with no gift for gab is always talking, talking, talking. Drago has like 10 lines in the whole movie, which RADICALLY separates him from both champion showboat Apollo and champion trash-talker Clubber Lang. The extent to which Drago's voice is entirely stolen by his handlers where all the American boxers are given a voice is a really interesting puzzle piece in the humanizing of Drago that no one ever notices.
@christopherwall2121
Жыл бұрын
You're not the only one; IIRC, Drago's entire arc in _Creed II_ is realizing all of that, and eventually stopping himself from taking his son down that same road.
@SpecterNeverSpectator
8 ай бұрын
I dont think it was that anti soviet, as much anti war, sure it makes the russians the enemy but for example after rocky begins winning, it is the russians who become accepting of him and cheer for him showing them in a good honest light instead of making them stick to the dying titan, tho thats only what my opinion is, after all i didnt watch this in the cold war time
@michellepeters7066
2 жыл бұрын
Please watch THE NEVERENDING STORY!
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
I would wish for that. Even part 2 is kind of underrated imo....
@IggyStardust1967
2 жыл бұрын
Just remember the context of when this movie came out: The Cold War. The US and USSR were repeatedly close to going to war (there were a surprising number of "near misses" that came close to WWIII, which have more recently come to light), and almost no one in the general public of either side knew it. All we knew was that "They hate us, and could launch their missiles at us at any moment". That was my teenage years. It's part of the reason that I'm a cynical fatalist now. Live for the moment, because it could all end in a bright flash 15 minutes from now. But for a moment, Rocky IV gave us a little bit of hope that, because the Soviet CITIZENS weren't that much different than us, and it's their leaders that are the potential war mongers, that peace might just remain for a while. Less than 6 years later, the Berlin Wall would be opened and the Soviet Union would collapse under its own weight. Tensions would go down, and the Cold War would end. Edit: OH! While I think of it.... you should check out the music video for Weird Al Yankovik's "Living With A Hernia", which is a parody of James Brown's "Living in America". It's not only hilarious, but Brown gave Al access to the same stage and props as are in this movie.
@td811
2 жыл бұрын
Yes context Of the time period matters for this movie for sure. I’m betting perhaps they weren’t even born yet.
@IggyStardust1967
2 жыл бұрын
@@td811 We could be wrong, but yeah, I'm thinking they were both born in the 1990s. Maybe one day we'll find out.
@patsk8872
2 жыл бұрын
And now we're right back where we started, on the brink of nuclear annihilation. Yay...
@brockbaby
2 жыл бұрын
We were on the verge of a nuke war every single day. HIGH STAKES that a new generation can never fully understand.
@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc
2 жыл бұрын
The film also shows the differences between American and Soviet culture in a very subtle way. The presentation of the fight Creed vs. Drago is fancy and glamorous, like a Las Vegas show, while the Drago vs. Balboa is the typical communist ritual, with symbols and images that evoke the cult of personality, with the Russian anthem in the background. Very few people appreciate this.
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
It may have received negative Reviews, but became a $300 million dollar hit!
@drlee2
2 жыл бұрын
This is the best Rocky film to me. It's the main one I can watch over and over.
@Kthomasritchie
2 жыл бұрын
It's a terrible film.
@js09js09
2 жыл бұрын
$300 million dollar hit, and more importantly, ended the Cold War.
@andarporbuenosaires
2 жыл бұрын
Stallone was influenced by MTV in the 80s, while editing the movie, this was said by him in interviews, and he wanted to make it more musical, and faster in terms of editing, and for That left out a lot of material that he filmed and made it very short in duration in relation to the others that were slower, because he wanted a quick and easy-to-watch movie, like an MTV-style music video, something that years later Stallone I would regret it, and that for me he fixes in the 2021 director's cut, putting back all that material he left out and removing scenes from the original that don't add anything, like comedy moments between Rocky and Apollo, comedy moments by Paulie, the robot, etc.
@js09js09
2 жыл бұрын
@@andarporbuenosaires The robot should have won "Best Actor" at the Academy Awards.
@lecacasurmonmur
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Stallone was briefly married to Brigitte Nielsen - the woman who played Drago’s wife.
@SorryImFromOhio
2 жыл бұрын
Red Sonya!
@elawane
2 жыл бұрын
They were married when they filmed this, as well as cobra
@indridcold3762
2 жыл бұрын
Best montages ever.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
Hearts on Fire!! I prefer the original over the director's cut!
@FrldyZX87
2 жыл бұрын
You two had some funny quips in this one! "He runs like a loser" and "Ivan Froggo" 😂😆 And I always like seeing people's reaction to the robot, so random and 80's!
@karlluigi1987
2 жыл бұрын
I love this movie, but I find the political speech at the end cringe.
@jaypee9575
2 жыл бұрын
I don't like this movie, but can definitely agree that the speech at the end is the worst part.
@Mokkari77
2 жыл бұрын
As much as I miss Bill Conti as composer I love Vince DiCola's synthesizer score. He also did the music for Transformers: The Movie the next year.
@xtremejay2000
2 жыл бұрын
I was telling myself during the review that the music playing in the background during the introduction of Drago sounded almost identical to Unicron's theme. Now I know why.
@ElDuderino84
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the Director’s Cut! It gets to the point and removes the robot scenes too
@azazello1784
2 жыл бұрын
Robot scenes are the best.
@tommikoistinen2321
2 жыл бұрын
I found it just weird. A lot worse than the original.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
Robot was awesome. Director's cut stinks!
@verisimilitudeteller
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen that, but between the robot and the Soviet crowd cheering for Rocky my ability to eyeroll should have gotten it's own workout montage.
@milesjergens9088
2 жыл бұрын
Best part of the director's cut is the much-better fight Apollo put up against Drago, along with diving deeper into the relationship between Apollo and Rocky.
@chelle4757
2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Rocky movie. I love a villain that needs a beating. It's so satisfying.
@danskyl7279
2 жыл бұрын
And then we sympathies with the Drago in Creed 2, I feel bad for them. Thank god for those deleted scenes which shows umm... spoiler xD
@emilianosintarias7337
2 жыл бұрын
I saw Apollo as the villain in this movie, though he is a hero in rocky 3
@CarlLepeltier
2 жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome and I really really wanna thank you for all the wonderful vibes that you share with us all here, through your channel. ❤️💖💞 Once again, your reaction and the review following it, were filled with a lot of heart and philosophy. 💫✨✨ You guys always have this sensibility and an admirable capacity to feel all the various emotions while peeling all the multiple layers... 😍 This fourth movie in the franchise, like you said, has a very different feel to it. I think it pays off in a highly rewarding way, the more you advance deeper in the story, with all these amazing montages and several intense scenes, up until the huge climax of the final fight, which is like a mini-movie on its own... You can see the shift taking place, from a propaganda boxing fight that is perfectly orchestrated in the middle of a stadium that is more like a cosy salon, but round after round it becomes a raw street fight, which is excellent to see... Drago having to get out of his comfort zone and trying to be something else than just a political tool, but failing in front of a human being who's filled with love, heart and passion, and all the history behind it... Making Rocky who he is, which is basically an unbreakable piece of steel that can take a beating forever and exhaust the most accomplished opponent you could find ! All of this wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for Adrian, who completes him and fuels him with an extra soul. ⭐ Also, I loved the message that you add in the end, regarding the present situation in the world we live in. Yes, the movie and Rocky's speech in the end, is a nice lesson about the fact that we live in a civilized world in which there are multiple ways to fight for XYZ cause, but it doesn't have to be on a battlefield and you don't have to run wars against everyone and kill millions of people... There are other ways to exist as people and as nations, because above all we are a planet that is filled with human beings who work much better when they are together than against each other ! You can't love everyone but you can function in a way that allows everyone to live peacefully and be fulfilled. Synergistic type of way, for mutual benefits. This being said, once again I thank you wholeheartedly. I always am very happy when I see that you guys have uploaded a new video/reaction ! 😃❤️ Tons of fabulous movies (and series) out there !!... Looking forward to see you discover all these gems together, with all the passion that makes you the magnificent human beings that you are. 👍💯❤️❤️⭐✨✨
@kewltony
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky slowly transitioned from a guy who went 15 rounds with a world champion to a marvel superhero able to withstand brain trauma that would kill any regular man.
@jaypee9575
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely. Rocky 1 is brilliant heartwarming story about a man taking his shot at life and going the distance and Rocky 4 is a superhero boxing cartoon with a shallow political message injected in.
@ckobo84
2 жыл бұрын
What most people call Hell Rocky calls Home. He wins by attrition.
@js09js09
2 жыл бұрын
It is because Rocky Balboa was like "a piece of iron", as Drago said. Plus Rocky's heart was on fire, just like the training montage said.
@kewltony
2 жыл бұрын
@@ckobo84 That's crazy that he stayed competitive in Rocky I by being an inside fighter to nullify Creed's mobility and used his dominant left hand to cut off his escape, both important plot points, but because you said a thing the movie literally changed.
@emilianosintarias7337
2 жыл бұрын
@jay pee worse than shallow, it was totally racist and imperialistic. The USSR was not a threat at the time and was relatively peaceful, the citizens also were very much thinkers who quietly joked about and mocked their govt and media. They weren't robots. The US on the other hand was committing mass murder in several countries, particularly latin america, and would go on to interfere in Russia to the tune of millions of deaths in the 90s. Not that any of that is the fault of Rocky or the common American man, but just goes to show that getting on the high horse preaching about how evil the soviets and making things political was very hypocritical
@jean-philippedoyon9904
2 жыл бұрын
Love one thing about this movie they respected...after seeing the 2014 documentary Red Army, you pretty much learn that all athletes in the USSR at the time in the Cold War where also considered member of the soviet army, not just propaganda tool. It's another kind of war and it's the first thing we know about Ivan Drago, he's an officer...There is also a cost to failure !
@chrisbullard5901
2 жыл бұрын
After seeing this, you have to cover “Creed” and “Creed II”.
@elizabitty213
2 жыл бұрын
I love the parallel montage of Rocky Vs Drago It’s like It showed that Drago had to stop when he was running on the high incline treadmill but Rocky made it all the way to the top of the mountain 🏔 Foreshadowing to the ending when Drago runs out of steam while Rocky finished strong 😃
@crusader2112
2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Dolf Lungren is Swedish in Real Life. RIP Apollo Creed.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
If you have a problem with Apollo dying in the ring, just google how many people did in real life!! Yeah, I was pretty shocked, too....
@johnny9000
2 жыл бұрын
I just googled it and since 1890 there are more then 1876 boxers that died in the ring. That’s just shocking.
@Twrite609
2 жыл бұрын
"HE'S CUT! HE'S CUT!" "YOU SEE YOU SEE, HES NOT A MACHINE HES A MAN!" my favorite part and my favorite Rocky. I still listen to "No easy way out" while running.
@ayostupid4049
8 ай бұрын
I listen to it when in at the gym on replay🤷♂️
@alucard624
2 жыл бұрын
The actor who plays Koloff, Michael Pataki, also played a memorable villain in the original Star Trek TV series episode The Trouble With Tribbles. He was the Klingon who was talking trash about Kirk and then the Enterprise and got punched by Scotty and started the whole brawl in the bar sequence. He was great at playing antagonistic jackasses in his career.
@cometogether999
2 жыл бұрын
That's some cool trivia there. Loved 'The Trouble With Tribbles.'
@emilianosintarias7337
2 жыл бұрын
He sounds Italian in this movie, not Russian
@Worrier316
5 ай бұрын
Pataki also worked with Burgess Meredith (Mickey) in some 70s tv show.
@brianhulshof2588
2 жыл бұрын
Dont let Rocky 5 get you down. It's the weakest of the series, & "Rocky Balboa"(Rocky 6) is a fantastic conclusion to the series
@danskyl7279
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky 5 was... different but it was pretty interesting. Shame that the final fight resulted into a street fight rather than "Young Lion v Old Lion" in the ring.
@MST3Killa
2 жыл бұрын
@@danskyl7279 Honestly, I just really hated Tommy Gun (or whatever his name was). Like, sure... Clubber and Drago were both 'bad guys' but Tommy was just sooooo annoying to watch. I dunno, 5 is such a 'SKIP!' movie for me in the franchise. It deals with some really interesting stuff like the PTSD and all, but damn it's obnoxious at times.
@TenTonNuke
2 жыл бұрын
Most people's favorite Rocky movie, though arguably the worst in terms of how far the franchise has been Hollywood-ized compared to the original.
@michaelgoodyear9369
2 жыл бұрын
Yea. Rocky 4 was my fav as a kid. Now I like Rocky n Rocky 2 the best. They are all good tho. Even Rocky 5🙂🙂
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelgoodyear9369 Nice to see someone appreciate Rocky V, sometimes I feel I'm the only one. Rocky Balboa is one of my favorites as well. But yeah, I and II are masterpieces, and in some ways, almost shot like independent films, rather than big budget box office hits. It makes sense too, considering the first had a very low budget, and the second had a much better budget, but still kept so much of the magic it found in the first one. Creed I and II were also really enjoyable and well made films. What can I say, I've been a fan of Sly and this series for almost 30 years now :)
@andarporbuenosaires
2 жыл бұрын
The director's cut 2021 for me improves this movie a lot, Stallone was influenced by MTV in the 80s, while editing the movie, this was said by him in interviews, and he wanted to make it more musical, and faster in terms of editing, and for That left out a lot of material that he filmed and made it very short in duration in relation to the others that were slower, because he wanted a quick and easy-to-watch movie, like an MTV-style music video, something that years later Stallone I would regret it, and that for me he fixes in the 2021 director's cut, putting back all that material he left out and removing scenes from the original that don't add anything, like comedy moments between Rocky and Apollo, comedy moments by Paulie, the robot, etc.
@roesler
2 жыл бұрын
Good to see I'm not alone in having this as my favorite as a kid (I saw this one when it came out and it was MY Rocky). Nowadays I think 1 and 2 are far superior.
@Ugnutz
2 жыл бұрын
3 was always my favourite.
@lethaldose2000
2 жыл бұрын
Apollo never takes his fights as seriously as he should, he did it in Rocky 1 and he did it, here again, gravely underestimating what Drago could do to him. James Brown, singing his heart out at the funeral and getting all choked up. That scene is money and a tear-jerker for sure. But of course, we needed the tragic setup to force Rocky to have to come out of retirement and fight.
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
For sure. I dont think Rocky was retired yet though, he was still the reigning champ and title holder. He was a little older sure, but still the sitting champion in Rocky IV
@MarCuseus
2 жыл бұрын
*Rocky
@joeconcepts5552
2 жыл бұрын
Drago didn't know it was a damn show, he thought it was a damn fight.
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
@@joeconcepts5552 "Drop this bum, and let's go home"
@terrigaines1812
Жыл бұрын
James Brown didn't sing at the funeral. He sang at the fight.
@julianoweil1006
2 жыл бұрын
I think you'll like Rock IV: Rocky vs Drago - Director's Cut more because it remains faithful to the spirit of the first 3 films and whose story is more character-oriented. It has 40 new minutes that delve deeper into the drama of Apollo and Drago with a more mature tone. Adrian in this version has a more relevant role and the fights feel more real and balanced and less cartoonish.
@alucard624
2 жыл бұрын
It's a much better version of the movie IMO. Wish it was available on Blu Ray and not just digital.
@EpimethiusPSN
2 жыл бұрын
I have never heard of this version. I will definitely check it out. Thank YOu
@xjoemallardx
2 жыл бұрын
The funeral scene is one of the best of the series.
@dr2926
2 жыл бұрын
Well said, I completely agree with you.
@Dacre1000
2 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of the directors cut. Unfortunately, it felt like trying to make a different movie decades later with material that was never meant to be for that movie. It didn't quite work, for me. I agree it mostly works better than this one, but sometimes it does jarr.
@fernandomonroy2
2 жыл бұрын
Don't skip Rocky 6 (Rocky Balboa), the clowns who say go straight to Creed smh
@entertainmentforall6609
2 жыл бұрын
Yup. Balboa actually adds to the storyline going forward into the Creed movies. Rocky 5 is more of a popcorn Rocky movie that isn't part of the official timeline. Still decent but kinda meh.
@jkhoover
2 жыл бұрын
They said about 50 times that they're watching it.
@thunderstruck5484
2 жыл бұрын
That movie is great and very touching
@Watertribewesley
2 жыл бұрын
3 and 4 used to be my favourites as a kid (cool opponents/antagonists). As an adult I like 1,2 and Balboa the most!
@michaelriddick7116
2 жыл бұрын
Balboa is my favorite!
@azazello1784
2 жыл бұрын
That's depressing.
@thebluecollarbibleguy5114
2 жыл бұрын
I am with you 100% This one is fun, but does not have near the story and script of the top three that you mentioned.
@blackpowder99
2 жыл бұрын
Balboa is a little too depressing for me especially since Adrian's no longer with us
@alainvosselman9960
2 жыл бұрын
Just give me the first. It's the best. But the others except Balboa are also cool. Maybe i missed something in Balboa.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
You guys are literally the only channel, where I regularly enjoy watching the whole long post viewing discussions!
@johnny9000
2 жыл бұрын
Check out popcorn time. These are the only two i watch
@lethaldose2000
2 жыл бұрын
The Robot looks weird and ridiculous for sure, but the reason it's in Rocky IV is that it was invented to help children with autism. Stallone actually bought it to help his autistic son, Seargeoh. Eventually, Stallone would put it in the movie to bring awareness to the robot on the press tour for the movie.
@jleddy
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! So glad this comment was made. 👍
@laparkagames9277
2 жыл бұрын
Don't skip Rocky V, a lot of people on the internet say it's bad but no it's not, it's a great movie
@jkhoover
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but it's bad. I'm the perfect age for it too. I know they're not going to skip it, and it's needed for the entire story. It is bad though.
@commsense1979
2 жыл бұрын
@@jkhoover actually it's not really needed to be honest. Skip it. Go straight to Rocky Balboa.
@MegaAndyGG
2 жыл бұрын
It's pretty bad. And completely unnecessary. But god i love Rocky IV and its montages
@f1playlist308
2 жыл бұрын
@@commsense1979 it's worth watching at least once for them though. Might aswel do them all.
@LordVolkov
2 жыл бұрын
"Froggo?" 🤣🤣🤣 Adorable as always Sam Rocky 4 is probably my fave of the Rockies. Incredible training montage, another great song from Survivor, a beast of a fight, and the death of Apollo really ups the stakes.
@countryoftheblind
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Rocky should have mocked Drago by calling him "Froggo".
@discojelly
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in the 80s in the movie theater. It was one of those cinema moments (party due to the cold war at the time) that had audiences cheering and emotional. I watched you guys' reactions throughout this video and those reactions were the same for so many movie goers at the time. Also, what happened to Drago? Well.. you may have to go check out the recent film Creed:2.. where Ivan Drago's son challenges Apollo Creed's Son. Great video guys! I enjoyed it!
@Tr0nzoid
2 жыл бұрын
Having seen this when I was young and it was new, I never knew the robot would be seen so negatively. It fits right in the time. Robots were very popular in the mid-'80s, from Omnibot to Johnny Five to T-Bob and even Transformers. In the new version, the robot was completely cut out as well as Brigitte Nielsen's lines.
@NikkieTwix
2 жыл бұрын
Heart’s on Fire is one of my favourite moments in all of the Rocky movies, such a banger of a song too
@MLJ7956
2 жыл бұрын
Great reactions you two....Another good movie with Dolph Lundgren (where he plays the good guy this time around as well as a Marvel comic character) is 'The Punisher' (1989). It is action packed and very underrated. Not many channels on KZitem react to this film probably because they're unaware of it or don't really remember this first incarnation of the Marvel character outside of the MCU (...so this would be a treat for many members in my opinion...I will also point out that there are 3 cuts to the film, the theatrical/R rated version - that most worldwide audience seen...an unrated version - which the kills are a lot more bloodier, gorier and it is slightly longer than the theatrical by two minutes because of the unrestrained/unedited kills...and a workprint/rough cut - this version has an entirely different opening, some slight variations/alternate takes of other scenes and is longer than both the other versions by 15 minutes because of the different shots and the orginal opening. Also many of the shots/sequences are edited slightly differently than how they appear in the theatrical, as well as much of music soundtrack is made up of other music cues from other action movies, such as Rambo, Lethal Weapon, Commando, RoboCop, etc - due to this being a workprint not the finalized version of the film with a finished complete music soundtrack - but at least you get to see all the footage that they shot in an assembly fashion of what the movie might have looked liked). The Punisher (1989) is definitely worth checking out in my opinion (especially if you enjoy 80s action flicks)...
@TheJCVD1987
Жыл бұрын
I've discovered you by accident and I can see you've covered a great deal of movies already. I love your reactions and I enjoy a lot to listen to your very elaborate and constructive opinion right after, this is not something done just for the sake of having it done. There is true love and passion for movies here, and you know and perceive a lot considering that these are all first time reactions. It's like you know about movies even if you haven't seen many movies. Instant subscriber.
@doughbafett
2 жыл бұрын
11:19 Unfortunately Apollo's death was revealed in the trailer back in 1985. In fact, the ad was entirely built around that moment. Probably one of the biggest spoilers of all-time in a marketing campaign for a major film.
@danskyl7279
2 жыл бұрын
Apparently Dolph Lundgren said that he didn't wanna do the part of killing Apollo Creed, because he was a fan of the character. xD
@gamerbear84
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, that sucks, I'm glad I got to be surprised by it.
@lethaldose2000
2 жыл бұрын
Stallone was hitting his peak for sure dropping Rambo: First Blood II and Rocky 4 in 1985. But an undersized little know actor was approaching fast in his rearview mirror. Some Arnold Schwarzenegger guy. Dropping classics like Conan, Terminator, Predator, Commando, Total Recall, True Lies. Giving birth to the eternal debate of the '80s who was the bigger blockbuster action. Stallone or Schwarzenegger. ROcky or The Terminator. LET's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
@Clnt874
2 жыл бұрын
Stallone is the og. Rocky will outlast any of arnies movies
@ty_the_RetoVideo_guy5543r
2 жыл бұрын
Gonna need a montage!! This movie is the best montage film ever
@Jar0fMay0
2 жыл бұрын
It's about 75% montage. Gotta love it
@maxfieldnuckels9075
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jar0fMay0 more like 50%, but we’re splitting hairs here
@shawnlopez2317
2 жыл бұрын
Dolph Lundgren (Drago) has a surprising filmography if you want to see more, as a Hero he was in Showdown in Little Tokyo with the all to soon late Brandon (son of Bruce) Lee, also he was a pretty decent live action He-Man in 1987 Masters of the Universe. As another turn as a villain he was in the underrated 1992 Universal Soldier with Jean-Claude Van Damme and how can we forget that he was the original Marvel comics Punisher. (Though that was kinda cheesy, but kinda fun too.) Oh, and he is in those Expendables films as well.
@thomasfinnell9681
2 жыл бұрын
I come in peace
@shawnlopez2317
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasfinnell9681 oh yeah, I forgot about that one, I remember liking it for what it was, it had potential.
@FatiFleur-jn7ky
2 жыл бұрын
He was honestly good in Universal Soldier.
@fatherburn3715
2 жыл бұрын
It's all about the montage!
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
Montages! Plural! 😉
@marceloxavier9113
2 жыл бұрын
He started by climbing stairs in a museum, ended up climbing mountains. Rocky Evolution
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
People we're very upset when they saw their fan favorite character die too soon
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like based on your guys' reactions in general that, although people harp on the 5th Rocky not being as good as the rest, I think that you'll definitely find some redeemable and believable qualities in it. I agree that it is not like the other films in the series, including both Creed films, but I still appreciate a lot of what Sly was trying to say in that one. Really interested to see your reaction for it whenever it happens. Keep it up guys! Awesome channel :)
@thebigbop5866
2 жыл бұрын
It's better with age, much better.
@just_another_villain
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. It's by far my least favorite of the franchise, but it definitely has some redeeming qualities buried in it. I'm really waiting for Balboa though. I can't wait to see their reaction to that.
@RDSports5
2 жыл бұрын
@@just_another_villain Outside of the first one, and maybe the second, Balboa is my favorite after that. Three was cool, four was insane but entertaining, five we've discussed, Balboa was really good, and the two Creed films were really well made. Agree with you on Balboa though, I don't hear people giving that one the credit it deserves, it's a real good installment for sure
@dustman820
2 жыл бұрын
@@just_another_villain I want to see their reaction to Rocky's big speech in that movie when they get to that part of the movie. I still watch it when I need the reminder about what he says.
@tadarez5708
2 жыл бұрын
I think Stallone rated it 0/10 himself. That's a bit harsh even though it's the worst of them all 😂
@bigwig2881
2 жыл бұрын
A critic said it and I have to agree, "watching Rocky do sit-ups upside down was worth the price of admission alone".
@jkhoover
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky? Stallone doing them is unreal.
@SAtownMytown
2 жыл бұрын
"If he dies, he dies." For what it's worth, no one of the U.S. believed a Russian contender would have that point of view. The "There's NO Easy Way Out", and "Hearts Of Fire." segments was a part of the 80s, when MTV and music videos were all the rage. They were in many TV shows, like Miami Vice, that did their part, too.
@ARIOCH_VL
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in the theater, was 5 at the time. One of those that really sticks with you. Can’t wait for Creed 1 and 2.
@calvinallen3424
2 жыл бұрын
Watching this just makes me love the Creed movies even more
@44excalibur
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Dolph Lundgren, who is originally from Sweden, earned a master's degree in chemical engineering and earned a Fulbright scholarship to MIT. He quit MIT to pursue acting. He's also a black belt in Judo and Kyokushin Karate and captained the Swedish Kyokushin Karate team, winning the European Championships in 1980 and 1981 and a heavyweight tournament in Sydney, Australia in 1982. He dabbled in modeling but was considered too tall and muscular for modeling, and studied drama at the Warren Robertson Theatre Workshop in New York.
@vodoumyers
2 жыл бұрын
So they had a Swede play as a Russian? Had no idea that was possible until I saw your comment.
@JohnnyBarton85
2 жыл бұрын
Finally, my favorite rocky movie of the franchise 💪 it was released my birth year and is just complete awesomeness ❤💯💯💯
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
1985? Me, too. Are you also a Libra? That would be insane...
@MegaAndyGG
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too!
@JohnnyBarton85
2 жыл бұрын
@@chanceneck8072 nah I'm a Scorpio, but still 1985 🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥❤
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnnyBarton85 Close enough! 👍
@willthorburn1985
2 жыл бұрын
Love this movie. Everytime I watch the training montage it makes me want to chop wood, outrun cars and climb up the highest mountain…it’s THAT great!
@MP197742
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky IV is such a weird movie. At parts it’s great. At parts it’s jump-the-shark ridiculous. Rocky wins the Cold War by getting punched in the head and not giving up. I loved it as a kid, but then watched it as an adult and went “hey, this movie has no second act, just a series of montages.” And yet, it’s still a fun ride.
@lonerunner89
2 жыл бұрын
Dolph Lundgren was such a physical specimen in those days. He stole the show in this movie with barely even speaking. It was a no brainer for Stallone in the casting process. As massive as Lundgren appeared in the film he stated in an interview he could only bench press 300 lbs during production. He was basically in race horse condition with the muscles to boot. The training montage is the most inspirational movie footage ever recorded and as great as the other Rocky training montages are, they don't add up to this one.
@shainewhite2781
2 жыл бұрын
DRAGOOO!!!!!
@probably_afk
2 жыл бұрын
That robot was actually awesome in 85.... Also.. idk if you are planning to continue the saga but ah.... seems like in the 80s, the 5th movie in both Rocky and Star Trek were the worst... You can skip 5 and 6 and go to straight to Creed. OR!, watch 5/6 ironically for the memes...
@dante340
2 жыл бұрын
This is when the franchise reached peak 80's cheese 😂 and it's hilariously wonderful.
@dnllrnt
2 жыл бұрын
I can still remember watching this for the first time on TV almost 30 years ago; that moment when Drago bled, I had the same reaction Samantha had: "YES! LET'S GO!"
@TheSYPHERIA
2 жыл бұрын
As a boxer and trainer of 18 years, I can tell you what Apollo said, in the beginning, is so true. "Without the war the warrior mine as well be dead." Many fighters were BORN TO FIGHT and without it have trouble functioning in normal life. You gotta think, it's all you know and all you've ever done for 20+ years
@emilianosintarias7337
2 жыл бұрын
Not to sound disrespectful, but I think it is why traditional martial arts are better, they way they frame life and apply to all parts of a balanced person. And training a few years of boxing will only help a TMA practitioner and is fine by most instructors, whereas vice versa- it would at best do nothing for a boxer, and at worst screw up his footwork and head movement
@TheSYPHERIA
2 жыл бұрын
@@emilianosintarias7337 That's why they're two completely different things and lifestyles. The Martial Artist learns it for defense, the Boxer learns and hones his skill as a TRADE and CAREER. Most boxers start with martial arts when they're young and graduate into boxing. Don't mistake boxing for being void of it's own philosophy that's been passed down for centuries and across the globe. Boxers will learn and apply more life lessons in their day to day journey than most people will ever learn in a lifetime.
@coreyhendricks9490
2 жыл бұрын
Aight of a sequel but the soundtrack on the other hand is awesome, cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care
@pedanticperson1149
2 жыл бұрын
Re: Apollo's fight It was supposed to be an exhibition fight, in football/soccer/other sports terms, a friendly match to showcase ability, which is why it was a big spectacle with dances; Drago fought it like he would a proper fight & well, you saw how that turned out.
@GF_Baltar
2 жыл бұрын
Dang, I haven't seen Gorbachev this upset since Chernobyl exploded. "I was told that Rocky's punch is the equivalent of a chest X-ray"
@hoodwinkiez
2 жыл бұрын
Worst thing about Rocky IV is Rocky V. Rocky V is so bad. Balboa is excellent though.
@chanceneck8072
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky V isn't even that half bad. It's much more real and gritty but the directing is worse, the acting (although R.I.P. little Stallone) and there is no boxing match....
@shanelbyann1541
2 жыл бұрын
My brother and I still quote this movie to each other to this day. "I must break you." "If he dies, he dies." And then we pretend to punch each other even though we are both in our 40s. Good times.
@escalatingbarbarism5096
2 жыл бұрын
It's easy to forget how ridiculous the robot just being around is when you've seen this a bunch of times in your life.
@CoryGasaway
2 жыл бұрын
It's soooo 80's
@gustonzimasheen
2 жыл бұрын
Gotta get that merchandising in there somehow. jk
@alucard624
2 жыл бұрын
So glad the robot stuff was cut for the Director's Cut.
@Kthomasritchie
2 жыл бұрын
The whole movie is ridiculous.
@Mrvwcc11
2 жыл бұрын
I’m proud of you guys for watching this whole series. Enjoy it.
@acmalin927
2 жыл бұрын
The "YES, LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!" from Samantha was AMAZING !!!!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅
@KevinArdala01
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky IV is a masterpiece and a perfect conclusion to the previous three movies...so glad they decided to end the franchise there. 😅
@gelsol
2 жыл бұрын
I heard they cut the robot scenes out of the newer cuts. I'm a big fan of "comic relief" robots, and believe they should be inserted randomly and haphazardly into any film.
@brandoncrow3741
2 жыл бұрын
The Godfather -Robot Cut would be epic! 🤣🤣🤣
@alucard624
2 жыл бұрын
Sly cut those scenes out because he never did like them. Also, apparently he didn't want to have to repay the guy who invented the robot in the first place when the new cut was screened in theaters.
@gelsol
2 жыл бұрын
@@brandoncrow3741 AGREED.
@gelsol
2 жыл бұрын
@@alucard624 That's hilarious, and kind of a dick move.
@dontworry5696
2 жыл бұрын
I say all existing robots in films should be removed and spliced together to create a new Short Circuit movie
@SuperWhofan1
2 жыл бұрын
I would stop right here and jump to the Creed movies Rocky 5 and 6 should not have been made.
@shanemcconnell358
2 жыл бұрын
Over 8,000 people auditioned for the part of Ivan Drago. Dolph Lundgren was first turned down by the casting directors for being too tall but later on, he got the chance to send photos and meet Sylvester Stallone who told him he had a good chance to get the part, but advised him to gain twenty pounds of muscle. In total, it took Lundgren several months to win the part.
@sainttrunks1982
2 жыл бұрын
A Real Man shows his woman all these GREAT movies in history. 👍🏽 ❤️
@yup486
2 жыл бұрын
24:41 - That's why I love this channel.
@barrycohen311
2 жыл бұрын
Good timing on this one, with Rocky beating up Russia and all. :-)
@the_vile_one.
2 жыл бұрын
I love Samantha's enthusiasm!!! So happy you two have enjoyed the series!! Looking forward to the next one!
@jkhoover
2 жыл бұрын
"If he does he dies." "I must break you."
@grc3rb
2 жыл бұрын
Favorite rocky movie as a kid. Now that I’m older it’s definitely the first one but man this one was so epic
@-TheFilmBuff-
2 ай бұрын
28:23 Sam's "yessss" just made my day, i don't know why, it just did.
@monsterkhan3414
2 жыл бұрын
Look forward to seeing you two react to the rest of the Rocky movies. In my opinion they are all worth watching. Another fun Stallone film with heart that I hope you two react to someday is "Over the Top" (1987). It's definitely an 80's movie but a lot of fun!
@verisimilitudeteller
2 жыл бұрын
In spite of what a lot of other people say, don't skip Rocky V. It's a different kind of Rocky movie but necessary to understand the full history and life of the character. This one, was too much propaganda... I mean really, do you think a Soviet crowd would start cheering for Rocky? Give me a f'n break.
@danskyl7279
2 жыл бұрын
Rocky 5 complete Rocky 4 story arc, Drago said "I must break you" and he did. Rocky was officially broken physically and mentally in Rocky 5 post fight that send him to retirement. But there's more transpired xD.
@midianmtd
2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see your reactions to the two Creed films. They are so well written and acted.
@thunderdogproductions
2 жыл бұрын
17:42 - they filmed all that in the teton valley, Wyoming. you can actually see the grand teton in the background on several scenes. about 6300 feet in the valley there
@thunderstruck5484
2 жыл бұрын
I believe that in a recent interview Stallone regretted having Apollo die , maybe I dreamed that but I thought I heard that maybe someone else knows for sure, thanks again
@toddpatrick8254
2 жыл бұрын
This movie was truly an epic continuation in the saga. 2 more Rocky films and then The Creed series which I know you will like as well. I can't wait for Creed 2! Don't ask... you will see! Lol. 😁
@Billinois78
2 жыл бұрын
“I came here tonight, I didn’t know what to expect. I seen a lot of people hate me and I didn’t know what to feel about that, so I guess they didn’t like much nothin’ either. During this fight, I’ve seen a lot of changing: the way you felt about me, and in the way I felt about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that’s better than twenty million. I guess what I’m trying to say is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!”
@JacobPMendoza
2 жыл бұрын
The Director’s Cut was well done. I saw it in theatres a few months ago
@charlesderosas5577
Жыл бұрын
is it more superior?
@wbrouilette
2 жыл бұрын
The "Yes, let's go" from your wife at 24:21 is the most intense reaction I've seen from her. She was into it!
@vanlawprime6694
2 жыл бұрын
Robots were VERY BIG in the '80s. Definitely the showiest movie of the series. End of Line
@popculturewatch8689
2 жыл бұрын
That wasn't why the robot was there. That style robot helped Sly's son with his learning and development issues. So, he wanted to feature one of them in the film.
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