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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 10/01/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Political Drama, Sports Drama See Also: Rocky IV

The third sequel to Sylvester Stallone's boxing blockbuster combines the ringside sports melodrama of the previous installments with the Cold War patriotism of the star/director's other motion picture series of the 1980s, the Rambo saga. Stallone is back as Rocky Balboa, the heavyweight champion of the world and now good friend of his one-time nemesis, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Creed is brutally slaughtered in the boxing ring during a lop-sided exhibition match against the superhuman Russian boxer Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), an event that Rocky takes personally. Vowing revenge against Drago in the name of Creed and the United States, Rocky is invited to the Soviet Union for a matchup and hires Creed's former manager (Tony Burton) to get him in shape. While Drago trains using the latest technology, Rocky's ascetic preparations are a low-key affair of carrying logs up hills through knee-deep Russian snow. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
Talia Shire - Adrian Balboa
Burt Young - Paulie
Carl Weathers - Apollo Creed
Brigitte Nielsen - Ludmilla
Dolph Lundgren - Drago

This double-sided, widescreen anamorphic (1.85:1 ratio) DVD comes in a five-part boxed set that includes all the Rocky movies from one to five. Special features on the =Rocky DVD -- extra footage cut from the final version of the film, a making-of featurette, audio commentary by the director, and a long interview with Sylvester Stallone -- do not appear on this DVD except for theatrical trailers (all of which also appear on =Rocky). Subtitles are also missing. The Dolby Digital sound quality is clear, but the bass is barely adequate. Picture quality is similar to that of a VHS video. The usual chapter index is also included. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide