The robot is realistic about how boxers of the time did spend money on extravagant things- Mike Tyson brought a tiger as a pet, rocky brought a prototype robot
Fun Fact: Drago's reaction when being lifted up to fight Creed is genuine. He had no idea what was going on and no one bothered to tell him about it lol.
Fun fact dolph lundren is actually pretty smart dude was a Fulbright scholar at mit and has digress in multiple chemical engineering and one degree in normal chemicals
I met Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) at a convention last year. He was SO NICE. I asked, “Is it in your contract that every character you play has to die?” He laughed, lol. I love Carl Weathers. Cried to see him go in this movie.
I guess I'm a movie plebian here, but I was never bothered by the Rocky robot. Rocky got rich fast, he managed his money poorly as demonstrated here, it became an issue in Rocky V and he ended up more or less broke in Rocky Balboa. Seems like a realistic (albeit cliche) path for many athletes.
I can agree with that about most athletes managing their cash poorly, but there's a dozen other less science fiction ways to show that , with Rocky buying Pauly gold plated belts, a Lamborghini , or other expensive presents rather then buying a robot servant with A.I, that's reprogrammed later to worship it's owner with a sexy voice. Critic put it best, that is shark jumping to the max.
sarysa i am more bothered that they have a fighter who CLEARLY IS ON STEROIDS AND OTHER ENHANCERS and yet is not disqualified. Sports people get thrown out just for being suspected of it and yet this guy who they literally came out in the media and stated he was on several of them gets to fight
Actually, in Rocky V he went broke because Paulie gambled it all away by making bad investments. Rocky's mistake was not only letting Paulie get anywhere _near_ his fucking money, he made him his accountant. Paulie stole all the money and blew it on the stock market (as well as putting his house and cars up as collateral, thus losing them too), so Rocky had to file for bankruptcy. I've always hated Paulie, he just seriously grated on my nerves every second he was on the screen (in any of the films). Not saying his actor was bad, or anything, I'm just saying I hated that character.
Rocky beats the Super Soviet that killed his best friend in a revenge fight that takes place in the USSR on Christmas Day, forcing him to forfeit his HW Belt for no money by essentially training crossfit and zero sparring.....yet as a child of the 80s, I still absolutely love this movie. I probably saw it 5 times at the Highway Cinema...which was the local cinema I went to when I was a kid. Tickets there use to cost only $2 and it had only 2 theaters in it. I miss the good ol' days.
I personally enjoyed both Creed and Creed 2. Sure they were created off a character like Apollo to die and it starts off the character Creed being a troubled kid but they were credible films
This is one of the most '80s movies to ever come out of the '80s. Seriously. Robots, '80s rock music, lots of montages, Sylvester Stallone, American patriotism (even if it's odd with that James Brown sequence), anti-Soviet themes, and a message about getting along with each other at the end. That said, I love Rocky IV! It's so fun to watch!
Btw, after seeing *CREED*, i never looked at Apollo the same again. He was already stubbornly manly and awesome before, but knowing he left behind a successor _(That's not as tame as Rocky's kid),_ his character possesses a whole other level of depth. *Makes me wish Apollo had a prequel film.*
L Kururugi I'd love an Apollo prequel, I just image them really going with the movie version of Ali and protesting the Vietnam War and everything. If they did a prequel, he might become the most in-depth character in the series.
L Kururugi Creed was good overall, but I just didn't like the prose behind the whole thing. "This guy is Apollo's son because Apollo had an affair" Why not just have the character be the son that Apollo already had? Oh right, because the character needs to be no older than 30, otherwise, they'd have to have the movie take place a few years (or more) earlier. It just reeks of plot convenience to me.
Actually, making Donnie Apollo's illegitimate son did add some depth to the story. The fact that Donnie didn't always have everything growing up. That he was, presumably, born to a poor mother, who we know he lost as a young boy, and spent time in boys' homes. The fact that Donnie feels the need to prove that he's "not a mistake" as he says to Rocky during the end of the film. Think about it, he was born out of wedlock (Which in itself is very common nowadays) from a one night stand of an extramarital affair. Being born from such circumstances can give a guy self esteem issues, it be very easy for him to see himself as nothing but Apollo's "mistake" and unworthy of his name (Which could very well be why he kept the name Johnson, before he finally changed it) It also adds to Mary Anne's (Apollo's wife) character. She should have every reason to despise the fact that this kid even exists, and what does she do? She takes him in, and raises him as her own. That right there, is a good woman.
L Kururugi how does cheating and being a sbit person make Apollo better? they didn't even focus on it so it didn't add anything. it could have started without that and been exactly the same. but it did vaguely affect him. he was successful before being a boxer so I don't know what he had to prove by then. but like I said it could.stste why he had emtoional problems. except he didn't have any problems and was even trying to be in a serious relationship and wasn't violent or anything. like he had already gotten over it. it's hard to know when it's his personality or some problem from his childhood because again he was successful and already proved it so the boxing thing was just a passion. maybe he had a chip on in his shoulder but that frustration is equally justified from just trying to be a boxer
D. San it gives Apollo a more realistic depth to him. Many boxers have similar issues. Even modern boxers, Oscar de la Hoya who's famous for having affairs, his son out of one of them is becoming a boxer after having a pretty tough life without his father. Apollo was modeled after Ali, and Ali was famous for his affairs and many marriages. In the series, it makes Rocky into the ideal "white" boxer which America wants to root for, and it re-enforces Apollo as the more "realistic" flawed champion.
C'mon how could you not love James Brown in this movie?? BTW, the reason Drago had so few lines is because Rocky's previous opponents, Apollo Creed and Clubber Lang were so outspoken and flamboyant, Dolph Lundren thought this opponent should be just the opposite, quiet and stoic.
Rocky IV is the ultimate guilty pleasure movie. You love it, but won't admit it to anyone else. On that note, nothing will top the first two. Actually, I'd love to see Doug review Creed. That one was awesome.
I love this movie. But a lot of that comes from nostalgia. I had this movie on VHS when i was a kid. And this movie was great for 90s Poland. Soviets gets defeated, a lot of amazing uplifting music, USA as the promised land :) (the showmanship!, talking robots! )
From my understanding what actually happened was that Dolf and Stallone pretty much spent the lion's share of the production budget training and getting ripped as possible just to make the fight scenes cooler and kinda skimped on a lot of the other aspects of the film. And man, it REALLY paid off!
That bugged me too. Here we have mainstay character, and BAMF he's killed for the sake of drama, and to make things worse in a (as the review pointed out) forced arguably idiotic manner.
I think it was a little more than just a plot device. Look at Rocky and Apollo's dialogue leading up to the match; they were still building his character. This is the whole "never surrender" theme of a true fighter.
Will Common we all know fives don’t work well with beloved franchise Friday the 13th part 5 sucks Halloween 5 sucks Attack of the Clones (technically the 5th Star Wars film) sucks Transformers 5 is the worst of of horrible movies And of course, Rocky 5. By far the worst Rocky film
Oh NC, the irony, your old reviews without the stupid ass skits and characters, were like Rocky 1 and 2. Your new reviews are like your opinion of Rocky 4, moronically over-the-top and unnecessary.
He did have skits in his old reviews as well - only that he normally acted them out himself, with a bit of help by Rob and this Indian guy, whose name I simply can't remember. Nowadays he has a crew to help him with it. And yes, sometimes they go over the top, but there are still a lot of reviews with a skits in the beginning or one in the middle and otherwise simply Doug sitting in front of the white wall, reviewing the film.
In Creed 2, we gotta see Adonis watch the fight between his father & Ivan Drago, & see his reaction to his father being killed, enraging him & fueling him with anger!
Rocky IV was my favourite Rocky film...until i grew up. Now my favourites are Rocky 1, 2, Rocky Balboa and Creed. But still awesome action film. The soundtrack alone makes it one of the best.
Rocky III was always my favorite of the bunch. They're all great movies (even V), but there is something about that plot of flat out losing to someone hungrier than he was, losing Mickey, and regaining that fire for the comeback match that SOOOOO Epic. I'm always on the edge of my seat for that fight. LOVE it. Also... Mr. T. Who doesn't love Mr. T??
Dolph is also considerably more badass as well. In an interview Stallone told him to hit him as hard as he could for fun. Lol he ended up in the hospital. Dolph also has several masters degrees in science
+Channel Awesome You DO realize that Stallone directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments? OK, Rocky II was the LEAST weird of the sequels, I get that. 7:42 James Brown's performance was the highlight of the film!
It makes sense that Drago doesn't talk. He was raised from birth to fight and nothing else. A lot of socialist countries train children in sports camps so they have a chance to look good in sports. Many of them will actually force the child from their families and if the person gets an injury and can no longer do the sport, they are thrown out with almost no education since all they were every brought up to do was the sport they were put in. It's really sad.
3:10 Everything you say for like the next minute screams "Broly" to me. Muscle bound, dim witted, barely speaks. You even called him a Super Boxer! Face it. Drago is Broly confirmed.
Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989 (I was 5 and vaguely remember it) and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved by Gorbachev Christmas Day 1991 (_that_ I don't remember; was preoccupied with the Gulf War and Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" at the time).
My biggest problem with nostalgia critic doing stallone movies is he makes fun of the slur. He probably doesn't know so I give it a pass but the slur does come from a legit injury that created a speech impediment. It's not a put on or a stupidity thing. He had a shitload of speech therapy to get it to this point and more to get it to where it would improve later.
Stallone directed Rocky 2 which was still a fairly normal movie that resembled the first. Rocky IV was pure entertainment and did not really try to be a serious film although they tried really hard to make it entertaining and did. Rocky III was a bit over the top also, but still a serious film. The fight with Drago was more over the top, but you actually felt for the guy being trapped by the system he was in. Clubber was more of a true villain you hated because of his attitude.
The power and emotion in several of its scenes between Apollo dying, the argument on the staircase with Adrian, the reflective car ride, the press conference blowup, the 2 montage scenes and Rocky winning and delivering his speech, these things make me forgive so many of the obvious flaws Nostalgia Critic alludes to. This movie affects me too much to hate on it. I get so fired up during so much of it. I can't deny it's my favorite of the Rocky movies even if it's silly and stereotyped.
*Fun fact:* Stallone told Dolph to try and knock him out for real in one scence, so Dolph did. Stallone said it felt like he got hit by a truck, and he ended up in intensive care for five days because his heart swelled up.
I like how they try saying Ivan Drago is so much bigger than Apollo Creed. But if you look at the wide shots in this fight, he's maybe an two inches taller. At the time, Carl Weathers was 6'2" tall and weighed 211 pounds and Dolph Lundgren was 6'4" tall and weighed 223 pounds. Get right down to it, this actually wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for a sanctioned fight. The weight difference is a little off, but no by much.
18:05 did you REALLY use a clip from Zeus and Roxanne!!? the most obscure reference of all goddamn time and i applaud you sir. Holy Fuck that literally made my entire life!!! Thank you for proving to me that movie really did exist
An interesting fact: Stallone wanted the fight between Rocky and Drago to look as real as possible. In order to accomplish this, he told Lundgren to punch him full-force. This lead to Lundgren punching Stallone once in the chest so hard that they had to rush Stallone to a hospital. When they treated his injury, they thought he was in a car crash where he had collided with a mac truck! The thing is, Lundgren is a Kyokushin Karate black belt. (I don't know to what degree.) For those who are unaware, Kyokushin is a full-contact, bare knuckle style of Karate developed by a man named Masutatsu Oyama, who was nicknamed, "The God Hand," due to his own martial prowess. His approach to martial arts was all about testing your limits in order to be as brutally effective as possible. He was even quoted as saying that in order to win a fight one must, "Fight like a demon." So you can understand how someone trained to do exactly that on top of being at peak physical fitness and being as tall and muscular as Lundgren is could cause some serious damage. I also have to give credit to Stallone for his absolute mad-lad level of bravery for not only taking that kind of punch, but to recover and be willing to keep things going, although thankfully he didn't continue to insist on the scene being THAT realistic. Also, you would be hard-pressed to find a man so sturdy that they would survive such a devastating blow, both figuratively and literally! I have immense respect for both Stallone and Lundgren for all they have achieved in their lives and how insanely resilient they are in both body and mind. I felt the need to share this because thankfully it had a happy ending and it's too fascinating of a story that it just has to be brought to more peoples' attention at any given opportunity lol
Stallone later expressed regret for killing Apollo off this early in the series. I'd recommend the new Director's Cut. Original cut is a product of its time, while this one feels very different, much more timeless.
*Of course* the Soviet boxer is cheating. Why have a fair and even fight when you can more easily have stereotypical portrayals that make you root for the main character more?
The movie was made whilst the Cold War was still in full effect. It's practically propaganda: there's no reason to treat the Soviet boxer with decency.
Can we all agree that the most epic thing from this movie was the song "Burning Heart?" I mean, "Eye of the Tiger" is good, but "Burning Heart" is pure epic.
I'm sure I will get a lot of criticism for saying this, but I actually like most of the elements in Rocky V and I think it's a decent movie. I like how they showed that Rocky's role as a trainer/coach to Tommy Gunn causes a rift between him and his son. I know a lot of people hate the street fight at the end, but I thought it was a good setting to illustrate that while he isn't in the ring, he is still a champion. I also love a scene towards the beginning where Rocky is standing in Micky's old gym and something Micky once told him echoes in his mind. It was a great tribute moment to remember the character's importance as well as showing great reverence and respect for Burgess Meredith as an actor and as an influential role in the films. When I first saw the movie, especially that part, the words, "Micky loves 'ya," nearly put me in tears. It may not be the best of the films, but it has some great moments and all in all, it's an ok movie and while I see it as perhaps the worst of the Rocky movies, it's not a bad film in my eyes.
I felt like the Rocky movies stopped at the exact same point where Dragon Ball became Dragon Ball Z. It escalated pretty much the same. Krillan died a bit later than normal but its still pretty much the same
They weren't the established Mr. T and Hulk Hogan we know today when Rocky fought them. They were still unkown to the general public at the time of the movie
Critic: "I'm with Drago, here, this is some weird-ass shit." Drago: "Um, I don't know what you guys normally do, but in Russia, we just punch one another."
I really have to rewatch 80s movies. I once told my father that the 60s were the most anti-Communist Hollywood got, and he said that wasn't actually the case, the 80s were. And looking back, he actually seems to be right: Top Gun, Rocky IV, Rambo III, Red Dawn.
The directors cut is definitely an improvement. Especially for getting rid of the robot, giving Drago more depth, making Apollo actually land punches, and not making the Russians cartoonishly evil.
What I always liked about the fourth one was how it took inspiration from Bobby Fischer and Dan Gable's respective competitions against russians ranging from the vast amount of suspicion towards locals to the local crowd eventually cheered him on, albeit to different extremes but still
Actually the robot has a name, Sico, and it was designed to help autistic children learn and was used successfully to help Stallone's younger son. So Stallone used the opportunity to show Sico as a part of family life and promote robot-assisted therapy for autistic children. It was weird and attention-grabbing, but well, maybe it was always supposed to be. So maybe it wasn't good for the movie, but it was a very sweet and effective promotion by old Sly. And I do believe it deserves some respect.
Hey critic :) I hope your having a great day. I love your vids btw, you never fail to make me laugh 😂 my favorite joke you ever did is the one in the airbender review, when you voiced I'm a little tea pot over the earth benders 😂 keep doing what you do!
What's your guys favorite nc era 2007 the nostalgia era 2008 the nc vs avgn era 2009 the anniversary brawl era 2010 the kickassia era 2011 the suburban knights era 2012 the to boldly flee era 2013 the review must go on era 2014-17 the new era ?????????????
2007-2010 was classic area with best reviews 2011 was good but not as funny but it did give us the best TGWTG com movie. 2012 was a little less funny what shit to boldly flee . 2013 while less funny he did had good views on movies 2014-2017 I found them funny when I was younger now that I'm older most of the review are extremely cringe and we do not speak of 2018-present
He said he liked it and was very good entertainment. That still doesn't change how stupid and over the top it is. Being a bad movie doesn't mean it can't be good entertainment.
The robot is realistic about how boxers of the time did spend money on extravagant things- Mike Tyson brought a tiger as a pet, rocky brought a prototype robot
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Actually it was a autism robot for his autistic son
How long does tigers live? Tyson had a tiger in the hangover too🤨
It was an omnibot 2000
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Fun Fact: Drago's reaction when being lifted up to fight Creed is genuine. He had no idea what was going on and no one bothered to tell him about it lol.
Fun fact dolph lundren is actually pretty smart dude was a Fulbright scholar at mit and has digress in multiple chemical engineering and one degree in normal chemicals
William Allen can some make a parity of bill,s theme song with dolph
What the fuck is/are 'normal chemicals'? Are there 'abnormal chemicals' to?
Das Chemical-cist!
Farseer Flore I think they meant to say "chemistry" since they mentioned he's a chemical engineer.
Does he actually or are you just referencing The Expendables 2?
I met Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) at a convention last year. He was SO NICE. I asked, “Is it in your contract that every character you play has to die?” He laughed, lol. I love Carl Weathers. Cried to see him go in this movie.
Did you do the Predator Hand Shake?
@@lewisaino If you mean did I say to him, “Dylan!…You son of a bitch!” No, I didn’t. Since that day I wish I did, though!
Third season in and his character is still alive in Mandalorian!
Rip
Rocky with a beard may be the manliest thing ever put to film.
The only reason I lost to Bruce Lee in that movie is that I had not grown my bear yet.
Sincerely , Chuck Norris
I counter argue with Rambo
You should check out william smith from Seven
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"If he dies...he dies". The most underrated line in Hollywood history.
THE COLDEST COMMENT I'VE EVER HEARD IN A MOVIE I VIEWED
This movie might be cheesy as all hell but I still enjoy it
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This is my favorite Rocky. It’s really the best one imo.
Wait...you don't love rocky 4? Its like the most entertaining movie ever made, lol.
@joseph vincent 2yrs later I'm commenting the samething basically lls...this review is a reach.
In the ending song of his Moulin Rouge review, he admitted that he liked it as a guilty pleasure because of how entertaining it is.
That’s what I’m saying
I agree
You don’t need to love a movie to think it’s entertaining
I guess I'm a movie plebian here, but I was never bothered by the Rocky robot. Rocky got rich fast, he managed his money poorly as demonstrated here, it became an issue in Rocky V and he ended up more or less broke in Rocky Balboa. Seems like a realistic (albeit cliche) path for many athletes.
I can agree with that about most athletes managing their cash poorly, but there's a dozen other less science fiction ways to show that , with Rocky buying Pauly gold plated belts, a Lamborghini , or other expensive presents rather then buying a robot servant with A.I, that's reprogrammed later to worship it's owner with a sexy voice.
Critic put it best, that is shark jumping to the max.
Meanwhile, the robot was an actual real thing, except it was an attempt to help children with autism, and Stallone had it because his son is autistic.
sarysa I didn't mind the robot. I don't see it as jumping the shark because it was really just a side gag and nothing more.
sarysa i am more bothered that they have a fighter who CLEARLY IS ON STEROIDS AND OTHER ENHANCERS and yet is not disqualified. Sports people get thrown out just for being suspected of it and yet this guy who they literally came out in the media and stated he was on several of them gets to fight
Actually, in Rocky V he went broke because Paulie gambled it all away by making bad investments. Rocky's mistake was not only letting Paulie get anywhere _near_ his fucking money, he made him his accountant. Paulie stole all the money and blew it on the stock market (as well as putting his house and cars up as collateral, thus losing them too), so Rocky had to file for bankruptcy.
I've always hated Paulie, he just seriously grated on my nerves every second he was on the screen (in any of the films). Not saying his actor was bad, or anything, I'm just saying I hated that character.
Everyone: Drago is so ridiculous. He’ll never come back.
Years later...
*Creed 2 announced.
And he ended up being a fleshed out 3 dimensional character who was very entertaining to watch and even became sympathetic
Hey at least it's creed fighting lol
"Rocky IV, while not as well made as the first two films, is still an _incredibly_ entertaining movie."
- SomecallmeJohnny
RarefoilB Amen to that, Johnny has the best viewpoints
RarefoilB I agree with Johnny my senpai
RarefoilB When did he say that!? I WANT TO KNOW!'
Master Tactician G-CON | Look up "Shadow the Hedgehog - Part 13: Penis."
RarefoilB From Clement?
"Happy Birthday Paulie"
**Incoherent Stallone babble**
"Unable to process vocal command, executing default response."
**Nods in agreement**
Tyler D I legit need subtitles when Stallone starts talking
Rocky beats the Super Soviet that killed his best friend in a revenge fight that takes place in the USSR on Christmas Day, forcing him to forfeit his HW Belt for no money by essentially training crossfit and zero sparring.....yet as a child of the 80s, I still absolutely love this movie.
I probably saw it 5 times at the Highway Cinema...which was the local cinema I went to when I was a kid. Tickets there use to cost only $2 and it had only 2 theaters in it. I miss the good ol' days.
I gotta say, your first paragraph is... beautiful, almost poetic in your description of such a dorky premise.
We had Creed... Thanks to Rocky IV. Did anybody think about it?
LOL They killed a beloved character so they can prepare a sequel
Rocky 4 is a not a really good movie from a critical perspective.Thats undeniable.
Josh Allen Even more so.
I personally enjoyed both Creed and Creed 2. Sure they were created off a character like Apollo to die and it starts off the character Creed being a troubled kid but they were credible films
Even if creed lived Stallone would of killed him off somehow to make creed.
And that kids is how the Soviet Union fell.
Bruce Drake well said Reagan!
Kanto Raticate thank you
Did Mommy ask her astrologist about Dragos
Chances?!?
The Soviets thought the Happy Birthday Paulie robot was real
2prize nah they wouldn't, they were advanced technologically and industrialized faster than the west.
For me, Rocky iv is pure 80's nostalgia, and I wasn't even born until 2004. My dad was a kid when this film came out and thank God he shared with me.
Rocky IV wasn't as bad as Rocky V but it's just such a tipical 80's movie.
You mean overly macho, overly patriotic "fuck yeah, Murica!!" type of 80's film?
Ben Wasserman America... FUCK YEAH!!! Freedom is the only way!
Rocky IV was a Rocky movie, we do not speak of the monstrosity they call Rocky V
SnezyMcPanda lol I didn't even know there was a 5
What is rocky V, I thought the fourth was the last one?
This is one of the most '80s movies to ever come out of the '80s. Seriously. Robots, '80s rock music, lots of montages, Sylvester Stallone, American patriotism (even if it's odd with that James Brown sequence), anti-Soviet themes, and a message about getting along with each other at the end. That said, I love Rocky IV! It's so fun to watch!
Btw, after seeing *CREED*, i never looked at Apollo the same again.
He was already stubbornly manly and awesome before, but knowing he left behind a successor _(That's not as tame as Rocky's kid),_ his character possesses a whole other level of depth.
*Makes me wish Apollo had a prequel film.*
L Kururugi I'd love an Apollo prequel, I just image them really going with the movie version of Ali and protesting the Vietnam War and everything. If they did a prequel, he might become the most in-depth character in the series.
L Kururugi Creed was good overall, but I just didn't like the prose behind the whole thing.
"This guy is Apollo's son because Apollo had an affair"
Why not just have the character be the son that Apollo already had? Oh right, because the character needs to be no older than 30, otherwise, they'd have to have the movie take place a few years (or more) earlier.
It just reeks of plot convenience to me.
Actually, making Donnie Apollo's illegitimate son did add some depth to the story. The fact that Donnie didn't always have everything growing up. That he was, presumably, born to a poor mother, who we know he lost as a young boy, and spent time in boys' homes.
The fact that Donnie feels the need to prove that he's "not a mistake" as he says to Rocky during the end of the film. Think about it, he was born out of wedlock (Which in itself is very common nowadays) from a one night stand of an extramarital affair. Being born from such circumstances can give a guy self esteem issues, it be very easy for him to see himself as nothing but Apollo's "mistake" and unworthy of his name (Which could very well be why he kept the name Johnson, before he finally changed it)
It also adds to Mary Anne's (Apollo's wife) character. She should have every reason to despise the fact that this kid even exists, and what does she do? She takes him in, and raises him as her own. That right there, is a good woman.
L Kururugi how does cheating and being a sbit person make Apollo better? they didn't even focus on it so it didn't add anything. it could have started without that and been exactly the same.
but it did vaguely affect him. he was successful before being a boxer so I don't know what he had to prove by then.
but like I said it could.stste why he had emtoional problems. except he didn't have any problems and was even trying to be in a serious relationship and wasn't violent or anything. like he had already gotten over it.
it's hard to know when it's his personality or some problem from his childhood because again he was successful and already proved it so the boxing thing was just a passion.
maybe he had a chip on in his shoulder but that frustration is equally justified from just trying to be a boxer
D. San it gives Apollo a more realistic depth to him. Many boxers have similar issues. Even modern boxers, Oscar de la Hoya who's famous for having affairs, his son out of one of them is becoming a boxer after having a pretty tough life without his father. Apollo was modeled after Ali, and Ali was famous for his affairs and many marriages. In the series, it makes Rocky into the ideal "white" boxer which America wants to root for, and it re-enforces Apollo as the more "realistic" flawed champion.
C'mon how could you not love James Brown in this movie?? BTW, the reason Drago had so few lines is because Rocky's previous opponents, Apollo Creed and Clubber Lang were so outspoken and flamboyant, Dolph Lundren thought this opponent should be just the opposite, quiet and stoic.
Ivan Drago looked like a Killer lok
Rocky IV is the ultimate guilty pleasure movie. You love it, but won't admit it to anyone else.
On that note, nothing will top the first two.
Actually, I'd love to see Doug review Creed. That one was awesome.
I love all the Rocky movies. Not sure about Creed. Not the same feel.
I admit that I love this movie.
Most people I've seen say they love Rocky IV. It's the second most iconic Rocky movie behind the 1st one.
I love this movie. But a lot of that comes from nostalgia. I had this movie on VHS when i was a kid. And this movie was great for 90s Poland. Soviets gets defeated, a lot of amazing uplifting music, USA as the promised land :) (the showmanship!, talking robots! )
I love this movie, and I'll freely admit it to anyone else.
My only disappointment is that Critic fails to comment on how Rocky's son had to spend Christmas morning alone, being baby-sat by Paulie's robot wife.
"weirdest"??No,Critic...ROCKY IV is THE BEST OF ALL!! I mean,who didn't hit the gym with the ROCKY IV soundtrack,huh??
Sammy Lane fat people
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Every gamer ever.
Fat gamer here. Have hit the gym with the Rocky IV soundtrack.
The best Rocky movie ever! Period! Everyone who says, part 1 is the best, is an idiot!...
Sammy Lane I hit a guy called Jim whilst listening to the soundtrack
From my understanding what actually happened was that Dolf and Stallone pretty much spent the lion's share of the production budget training and getting ripped as possible just to make the fight scenes cooler and kinda skimped on a lot of the other aspects of the film. And man, it REALLY paid off!
i'm still super pissed off that they kill Apollo just as a plot device
That bugged me too. Here we have mainstay character, and BAMF he's killed for the sake of drama, and to make things worse in a (as the review pointed out) forced arguably idiotic manner.
I think it was a little more than just a plot device. Look at Rocky and Apollo's dialogue leading up to the match; they were still building his character. This is the whole "never surrender" theme of a true fighter.
However, if they didn't kill off Apollo, you wouldn't have had Creed. Creed was awesome.
jeremyud we would've had Rocky V though, except it would actually be good and have Carl Weathers in it
jeremyud Awesome?? Creed was safe and basically a soft reboot of Rocky 1.
RIP Carl Weathers. You were an amazing actor and everyone knew it
Id love to see you rip into Rocky V
Agreed
Will Common we all know fives don’t work well with beloved franchise
Friday the 13th part 5 sucks
Halloween 5 sucks
Attack of the Clones (technically the 5th Star Wars film) sucks
Transformers 5 is the worst of of horrible movies
And of course, Rocky 5. By far the worst Rocky film
Shawn Babcock Terminator Genesys
Like "Highlander 2" they forget "Rocky V"
that revieuw would be even longer then the movie itself lol:P
Rocky I and II are terrific films period. Rocky III and IV are excellent popcorn films.
Wait... I've never seen this one. And it's an old NC review. That hasn't happened to me for two years.
... Hooray!
Oh NC, the irony, your old reviews without the stupid ass skits and characters, were like Rocky 1 and 2. Your new reviews are like your opinion of Rocky 4, moronically over-the-top and unnecessary.
He did have skits in his old reviews as well - only that he normally acted them out himself, with a bit of help by Rob and this Indian guy, whose name I simply can't remember. Nowadays he has a crew to help him with it. And yes, sometimes they go over the top, but there are still a lot of reviews with a skits in the beginning or one in the middle and otherwise simply Doug sitting in front of the white wall, reviewing the film.
nahor88 Can you just go fuck yourself for making that stupid and horribly inaccurate analogy?
In Creed 2, we gotta see Adonis watch the fight between his father & Ivan Drago, & see his reaction to his father being killed, enraging him & fueling him with anger!
I agree.
"Do me Critic".
I'm dead
Conor M. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Ohhh yeah
Wgo was the chick in the picture? She looks familiar.
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi You saw her in a porn vid didn't you ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Actually I just realized it was Catherine Zeta Jones. Who hasn't been in a porno that I'm aware of.
Rabid Rabbit Rabbi Catherine Zeta Jones *ONE DAY YOU WILL BE MINE!* ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Rocky IV was my favourite Rocky film...until i grew up. Now my favourites are Rocky 1, 2, Rocky Balboa and Creed. But still awesome action film. The soundtrack alone makes it one of the best.
"I most break you", so this is what Bane was doing after escaping the prison.
"The hills are alive..With the sound of DRAGOOOOOOOO!!"🤣
I'm Russian, I know what dat man said when rocky won. He just was translating
Кирилл Каплин hahahaha Nostalgia Critic put those subs there just to joke around
Кирилл Каплин it was funny tho
but i was surprised that fact that that man was truely russian
oooooooooooooooooh, i knooooooow) and they are was funny))
The subtitles were put there as a joke.
Rocky III was always my favorite of the bunch. They're all great movies (even V), but there is something about that plot of flat out losing to someone hungrier than he was, losing Mickey, and regaining that fire for the comeback match that SOOOOO Epic. I'm always on the edge of my seat for that fight. LOVE it.
Also... Mr. T. Who doesn't love Mr. T??
Rocky 4 is a cinematic master piece.
Nikke 2800 omai
Nikke 2800 nah
The first Rocky film is a cinematic masterpiece.
Lol
Rocky 4 is a fvcking JOKE. The fight between him and Drago was cool. That's it, and nothing else.
That Mortal Kombat "Finish him" added to the Drago Creed fight was funny as hell! lmao
This entire movie just screams "Ronald Reagan's America"
Ben Wasserman AKA conservative Jesus
Dan that's blasphemous. How dare you compare anyone to our orange and savior
REAGAN SMASH!
Ben Wasserman: How?
Davey Ritchey: You have issues
14:16 Who else noticed the lazer sight that Leon "The Professional" was about to use to snipe out Drago?? XD
james4592225
Must... not... make... Detective Conan... Abridged... reference...
Dammit.
"What killed him? 1"
"It was a... LAZAAAAR SIIIIIIIIGHT!!"
Of course, the Russians turn to Rocky's side. Everybody loves America, right? um, right?
Stan McSerr crickets.....lol
Stan McSerr No, they just love Rocky.
They are dying to get in.
9:58 Well, Apollo straight up told Rocky not to stop the fight, so it was more of a conflict of interest.
The ref could've stopped the fight
@@aaronking5640 any ref would've stopped the fight
But the 80s music in the movie is just awesome.
The detail you missed out when it came to Apollo’s death was that Rocky wanted to throw the towel, but Apollo kept telling him not to
irony, Stallone was on more roids than drago.
Dolph is also considerably more badass as well. In an interview Stallone told him to hit him as hard as he could for fun. Lol he ended up in the hospital. Dolph also has several masters degrees in science
He has a PhD. And supposedly has an IQ of 160. But then again, so does Syl... 160. Again, supposedly...
@@benhaney5843 He said that's pre punches lol
Drago's actor used no roids at all lol
+Channel Awesome You DO realize that Stallone directed the second, third, fourth, and sixth installments?
OK, Rocky II was the LEAST weird of the sequels, I get that.
7:42 James Brown's performance was the highlight of the film!
I don't care. Rocky iv is amazing. Cheese to the 11th degree.
It makes sense that Drago doesn't talk. He was raised from birth to fight and nothing else. A lot of socialist countries train children in sports camps so they have a chance to look good in sports. Many of them will actually force the child from their families and if the person gets an injury and can no longer do the sport, they are thrown out with almost no education since all they were every brought up to do was the sport they were put in. It's really sad.
DragonNinja 365 And we see the results of that in Creed II. It makes sense.
3:10 Everything you say for like the next minute screams "Broly" to me. Muscle bound, dim witted, barely speaks. You even called him a Super Boxer! Face it. Drago is Broly confirmed.
Jarrod Boyd I had to google Broly didn't have a clue who that is. I haven't watched dragonball since I was a kid. I'm 37 now
The Legendary Super Russian!
Jarrod Boyd #WenDrago
Jarrod Boyd
"Oh great. Now he's just devolved to saying 'Rocky' over and over again."
"ROCKY"
"Dammit."
+Nerdcrafter Coley But he didn't he scream Kakarrot
The 480p quality really makes me think this is from 2006-2009 the golden age of online video
Nevermind, I didn't realize this was an old episode
I would like to point out that the Berlin Wall fell a short four years after Rocky's speech in this film was released...
+L.D. Johnson Unpopular opinion: Metallica does not enough power in their songs to do something like that.
+L.D. Johnson The Soviet Union collapsed in 1997. The Berlin Wall fell in 1993.
Berlin Wall fell in November of 1989 (I was 5 and vaguely remember it) and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved by Gorbachev Christmas Day 1991 (_that_ I don't remember; was preoccupied with the Gulf War and Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" at the time).
L.D. Johnson Oh. I think it was the Red Army that was disbanded later after the Soviet Union fell..
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 just asking did you even pass history in school not that they teach you anything useful that is
Without this movie, we would’ve never gotten Creed.
I love you nostalgia critic never change
But if you can change, and I can change, and he can change, anybody can change. XD
jim h you're welcome
Mark the polok It looks that way. Smh.
"But if you can.. etc." is from the video, so maybe think before you react aggressively. But it's your life so do as you please I guess.
said on a 7 year old video
My biggest problem with nostalgia critic doing stallone movies is he makes fun of the slur. He probably doesn't know so I give it a pass but the slur does come from a legit injury that created a speech impediment. It's not a put on or a stupidity thing. He had a shitload of speech therapy to get it to this point and more to get it to where it would improve later.
Best soundtrack ever!
Razzie for worst musical score my ass.
On another note: still the best training montage i’ve ever seen in any movie EVER.
Rocky 4 is just super enterntaining
My favorite growing up
Stallone directed Rocky 2 which was still a fairly normal movie that resembled the first.
Rocky IV was pure entertainment and did not really try to be a serious film although they tried really hard to make it entertaining and did.
Rocky III was a bit over the top also, but still a serious film.
The fight with Drago was more over the top, but you actually felt for the guy being trapped by the system he was in. Clubber was more of a true villain you hated because of his attitude.
The power and emotion in several of its scenes between Apollo dying, the argument on the staircase with Adrian, the reflective car ride, the press conference blowup, the 2 montage scenes and Rocky winning and delivering his speech, these things make me forgive so many of the obvious flaws Nostalgia Critic alludes to. This movie affects me too much to hate on it. I get so fired up during so much of it. I can't deny it's my favorite of the Rocky movies even if it's silly and stereotyped.
*Fun fact:* Stallone told Dolph to try and knock him out for real in one scence, so Dolph did. Stallone said it felt like he got hit by a truck, and he ended up in intensive care for five days because his heart swelled up.
Consider Dolph is both a Karate Black belt and former Olympic athlete, it's understanable how that happened.
In all brutal honesty I'm shocked it didn't win like 10 Oscars "I Defeat All Man! If He Dies...HE DIES!" Epic lol
It did win 5 Razzies, though, so there's that
@@MrMaxHauser RIP Carl Weathers man, twice now
I like how they try saying Ivan Drago is so much bigger than Apollo Creed. But if you look at the wide shots in this fight, he's maybe an two inches taller. At the time, Carl Weathers was 6'2" tall and weighed 211 pounds and Dolph Lundgren was 6'4" tall and weighed 223 pounds. Get right down to it, this actually wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for a sanctioned fight. The weight difference is a little off, but no by much.
Apollo’s reaction to the robot is priceless.
18:05 did you REALLY use a clip from Zeus and Roxanne!!? the most obscure reference of all goddamn time and i applaud you sir. Holy Fuck that literally made my entire life!!! Thank you for proving to me that movie really did exist
I absolutely love this movie
An interesting fact: Stallone wanted the fight between Rocky and Drago to look as real as possible. In order to accomplish this, he told Lundgren to punch him full-force. This lead to Lundgren punching Stallone once in the chest so hard that they had to rush Stallone to a hospital. When they treated his injury, they thought he was in a car crash where he had collided with a mac truck!
The thing is, Lundgren is a Kyokushin Karate black belt. (I don't know to what degree.) For those who are unaware, Kyokushin is a full-contact, bare knuckle style of Karate developed by a man named Masutatsu Oyama, who was nicknamed, "The God Hand," due to his own martial prowess. His approach to martial arts was all about testing your limits in order to be as brutally effective as possible.
He was even quoted as saying that in order to win a fight one must, "Fight like a demon." So you can understand how someone trained to do exactly that on top of being at peak physical fitness and being as tall and muscular as Lundgren is could cause some serious damage.
I also have to give credit to Stallone for his absolute mad-lad level of bravery for not only taking that kind of punch, but to recover and be willing to keep things going, although thankfully he didn't continue to insist on the scene being THAT realistic.
Also, you would be hard-pressed to find a man so sturdy that they would survive such a devastating blow, both figuratively and literally! I have immense respect for both Stallone and Lundgren for all they have achieved in their lives and how insanely resilient they are in both body and mind.
I felt the need to share this because thankfully it had a happy ending and it's too fascinating of a story that it just has to be brought to more peoples' attention at any given opportunity lol
Maybe he did average 1850 pounds
@@salt_factory7566 It wouldn't surprise me :)
@@loneronin6813 Whatever he hits, he destroys.
@@salt_factory7566 This we know to be true lol
Weirdest Rocky??? No that's Rocky 5.
Rocky 5 > Creed and Creed 2
@@smoothst9303 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@nathanieldiaz5254 I’m serious
@@smoothst9303 Then you're seriously wrong
@@nathanieldiaz5254 I just prefer the original series than the newer thing
Stallone later expressed regret for killing Apollo off this early in the series. I'd recommend the new Director's Cut. Original cut is a product of its time, while this one feels very different, much more timeless.
Funniest jokes were the Frankenstein grunts over Drago and the Russian announcer's new translations of Rocky's speech.
In Russia a lot of people still love Rocky 4.
Mila Kanev
great movie
Mila Kanev love*
@@igorivanov299 Definitely not.Fun?Yeah.Good plot?Nope
*Of course* the Soviet boxer is cheating. Why have a fair and even fight when you can more easily have stereotypical portrayals that make you root for the main character more?
Anime Girl Yes
I guess it gives america an excuse for losing. :/
The movie was made whilst the Cold War was still in full effect. It's practically propaganda: there's no reason to treat the Soviet boxer with decency.
It's a movie. If it was realistic it wouldn't be fun to watch.
Logan Sanders I know. All movies have to have a villain, I just think it would've been better had the fight been fair. Just me though.
Can we all agree that the most epic thing from this movie was the song "Burning Heart?" I mean, "Eye of the Tiger" is good, but "Burning Heart" is pure epic.
The worst part was when Apollo Creed died
Gary Turbo Agreed
Gary Turbo duh
Agreed
"N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O(.5sec speed)!!!"
Acreed
I'm sure I will get a lot of criticism for saying this, but I actually like most of the elements in Rocky V and I think it's a decent movie. I like how they showed that Rocky's role as a trainer/coach to Tommy Gunn causes a rift between him and his son. I know a lot of people hate the street fight at the end, but I thought it was a good setting to illustrate that while he isn't in the ring, he is still a champion.
I also love a scene towards the beginning where Rocky is standing in Micky's old gym and something Micky once told him echoes in his mind. It was a great tribute moment to remember the character's importance as well as showing great reverence and respect for Burgess Meredith as an actor and as an influential role in the films. When I first saw the movie, especially that part, the words, "Micky loves 'ya," nearly put me in tears.
It may not be the best of the films, but it has some great moments and all in all, it's an ok movie and while I see it as perhaps the worst of the Rocky movies, it's not a bad film in my eyes.
he climbed a mountain this time but they ddnt put a statue of him up there
Rocky prolly started to sing Elvis up there : oh , but this time , lord you gave me , a mountain !
:P
I felt like the Rocky movies stopped at the exact same point where Dragon Ball became Dragon Ball Z. It escalated pretty much the same. Krillan died a bit later than normal but its still pretty much the same
Rocky IV had the best soundtrack with "Burning Heart"
They weren't the established Mr. T and Hulk Hogan we know today when Rocky fought them. They were still unkown to the general public at the time of the movie
Critic: "I'm with Drago, here, this is some weird-ass shit."
Drago: "Um, I don't know what you guys normally do, but in Russia, we just punch one another."
Paulie saying he would be Rocky if he could be... Man, that line gets me. I know what it feels like to wish you were someone else.
Yeah but Rocky IV was more than just a movie back then, like TopGun It was a movie that puts the US above the USSR.
I really have to rewatch 80s movies. I once told my father that the 60s were the most anti-Communist Hollywood got, and he said that wasn't actually the case, the 80s were. And looking back, he actually seems to be right: Top Gun, Rocky IV, Rambo III, Red Dawn.
And now with the Hillarytards and Bernie followers Hollywood is the most pro Communist.
The directors cut is definitely an improvement. Especially for getting rid of the robot, giving Drago more depth, making Apollo actually land punches, and not making the Russians cartoonishly evil.
What I always liked about the fourth one was how it took inspiration from Bobby Fischer and Dan Gable's respective competitions against russians ranging from the vast amount of suspicion towards locals to the local crowd eventually cheered him on, albeit to different extremes but still
1:30 so that's where family guy got that reference from.
Thing about the robot scene is, nowadays, you actually CAN buy robots just like that.
Actually the robot has a name, Sico, and it was designed to help autistic children learn and was used successfully to help Stallone's younger son. So Stallone used the opportunity to show Sico as a part of family life and promote robot-assisted therapy for autistic children. It was weird and attention-grabbing, but well, maybe it was always supposed to be.
So maybe it wasn't good for the movie, but it was a very sweet and effective promotion by old Sly. And I do believe it deserves some respect.
Hey critic :) I hope your having a great day. I love your vids btw, you never fail to make me laugh 😂 my favorite joke you ever did is the one in the airbender review, when you voiced I'm a little tea pot over the earth benders 😂 keep doing what you do!
One of the things I love about the rocky universe is that James Brown technically witnessed Apollo Creed getting murdered by Drago.
"I must break you."
TH-cam copyright system in a nutshell.
I just learned Carl Weathers died earlier this year [2024]. Oh man...
At least this movie is the reason we got Creed
5:44 Apollo-Not to mention a spin off of you training my son!
Rocky-You have a son?
Apollo-THAT YOU"LL BE TRAINING!!!
What's your guys favorite nc era
2007 the nostalgia era
2008 the nc vs avgn era
2009 the anniversary brawl era
2010 the kickassia era
2011 the suburban knights era
2012 the to boldly flee era
2013 the review must go on era
2014-17 the new era
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BIG DADDY CHOCO Your comment made me realize I have spent 10 years of my life watching The Critic. That's kinda sad.
Anyway, Nc vs. Avgn was awesome.
2007-2010 was classic area with best reviews 2011 was good but not as funny but it did give us the best TGWTG com movie. 2012 was a little less funny what shit to boldly flee . 2013 while less funny he did had good views on movies 2014-2017 I found them funny when I was younger now that I'm older most of the review are extremely cringe and we do not speak of 2018-present
The new era all the way
2007
I openly say Rocky IV is one of my all time favorite movies
This is definitely a movie of its time, and I loved every minute of it
I just got started to watch the first 2 Rocky Movies, so I got 2 more to go
Rocky stopped the cold war.
@@anubusx FREEZE
ME TOO
D'awwwww c'mon Critic! Rocky IV is a classic, how can anyone NOT love this one? Yeah it's cheesy as hell, but at least it's the nice kind of cheesy.
He said he liked it and was very good entertainment. That still doesn't change how stupid and over the top it is. Being a bad movie doesn't mean it can't be good entertainment.
Quq Balam it’s not bad at all just goofy
What the hell was with that robot its like lord of the rings having talking trains its out of place and stupid
You've been my inspiration for years! I always couldn't wait for new reviews and your legacy the internet made me a film lover! Thank you Doug! :)
The hills are alive with the sound of..DRAGOOOOOOOOO
LMFAO!! fav part.
the movie i want to see is Pauli babysitting the kid and robot while Rocky and Adrian are in russia.
i boxed from age 8 to 27 because of this movie.
no movie has ever evoked that kind of reaction from me