Rocky Balboa is the sixth and final entry in the series and this time, his beloved wife Adrian has died and he now runs a restaurant in her name, but his family has split apart as his son doesn't want anything to do with him but when a computer simulation fight between Rocky in his prime and the current champion Mason "The Line" Dixon, it gets his thinking.
After the disaster that was Rocky 5, the series went away and Stallone faced an uphill battle to get this new one made and frankly, he delivers a knockout punch for this series, almost every note here is finely tuned, the direction, the script, the performances, the music, everything in this movie feels like it's from the heart, this isn't just another shallow sequel designed by studio executives wanting to triple their bank accounts but a sincere attempt to close off a popular film series and give the fans their rightful finale.
And hey, it certainly worked for me, as the heart and drive and determination that made the first four Rocky movies works returns here in spades, in fact in the last scene I couldn't help but get a little misty eyed myself.
Yo Adrian, He did it and this deserves nothing more than a 4 and a half out of 5, tied with Rocky II as the best of the series.
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