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ROCKY BALBOA, the sixth installment of the long-running film franchise, should amount to nothing more than a lame punch line to a TONIGHT SHOW monologue joke. However, just as his longtime corner man Paulie describes the Italian Stallion himself, this movie is all heart. Thirty years after Sylvester Stallone first introduced the underdog backroom brawler from Philadelphia in the Oscar-winning ROCKY, Rocky Balboa returns for one last dance. Speculation as to whether Balboa, in his prime, would have been able to defeat lackluster champ Mason "The Line" Dixon spurs Dixon's management to set up an exhibition fight between the two. That Balboa is in his 50s in the film and wouldn't be sanctioned to fight anyone, let alone a man 30 years his junior and in the prime of life, must be left up to the viewer's ability to suspend disbelief. To its credit, however, the movie addresses at every turn the insanity of a man approaching 60 getting back into a boxing ring, and Balboa's impassioned explanation of his motivations is just believable enough to give all other improbabilities a free pass.Though it may sound like faint praise, this is the best ROCKY movie since the original. It's very much a love letter to Philadelphia, and Stallone, who wrote and directed the movie, shoots everything with an unflinching eye that humanizes the mean streets of the City of Brotherly Love and evokes the gritty dignity of the original film. And while Burt Young's cantankerous Paulie and Tony Burton's Duke both return, Talia Shire, sadly, does not reprise her role as the beloved Adrian. It's revealed early in the film that Adrian has died of cancer, and it's the pain of that tragedy that ultimately fuels Rocky. Boxing as a metaphor for life is certainly nothing new, but Stallone makes a legitimate contribution to the tradition with ROCKY BALBOA. Life hits harder than any man can, and one's ability to keep getting up until the final bell rings is the true measure of self. Corny? Perhaps. But when Bill Conti's legendary score kicks in and Rocky starts pounding the heavy bag, the metaphor feels truly profound.

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UPC0043396161948

eBay Product ID (ePID)58378177

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ActorAntonio Tarver, Sylvester Stallone

RatingG

Movie/TV TitleRocky Balboa

DirectorSylvester Stallone

FormatBlu-ray Disc

Release Year2007

GenreDrama

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Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Leading RoleAntonio Tarver, Sylvester Stallone

Film CountryUSA

Release Date20070320

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by susaus.adbjvpgnn
Mar 03, 2020
Rocky Balboa ( his last hurrah)!
Liked Rocky Balboa was pretty good. Rocky’s last hurrah... One thing I didn’t like was Someone was missing. It was still good. Would watch again.
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by esapapr.g5h1ujbgz
Jan 06, 2020
Five stars
You would think at the age of the character the character and movie would be played out but honestly it’s one of the best rocky movies. Just as good as the first rocky movie if not better.
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by skymaster40m
Jul 15, 2019
Better than the other reboots
One of the better Rocy movies. One and Two were good. This is up there with those.
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by martinv3448
Apr 23, 2018
Love the Rocky movies
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by bigd45822
Dec 18, 2018
Good movie
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by nicolfujiwar0
Dec 17, 2018
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Excellent
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