The heavyweight champion gives a local Philadelphia boxer a chance to fight him.

It's not about boxing; that’s more like the setting. Rocky and Adrian, especially Adrian, are the kind of characters that you hardly ever see movies about, at least not in a romantic story, which is a shame because it's so pleasant to watch them.

Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.8/4 ( )

I missed this when it came out and am now seeing it 35 years later. I was surprised to learn that it was written by Stallone, filmed for 1 mi. and done in a little over a month. Excellent, no doubt about this, but seems dated, a bit slow. All that time skating around the ice skating rink just to set the background in dialogue. I had just seen Saturday Night Fever, that had many similar lower middle class Italisnisms, but SNF was far sharper, dialogue, plot, even the more explicit sexuality. ( )

Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. (IMDb) ( )

119 minutos