I didn’t realize until recently that Stallone is broke, but he must be because that’s the only reason he’d be doing Rocky Balboa and Rambo IV back to back. Perhaps next year he’ll start work on Stop or My Mom Will Shoot…Again! and ANOTHER Party at Kitty & Stud’s.
Anyway, does anybody know the plot of this movie? I as wondering why Talia Shire is not on board, nor has the role of Adrian been given to another actress. A gossip rag says that Adrian is dead and Rocky, still penniless as in the last movie (how many plotholes had to lead to that?) returns to the ring ([Gump:]Uh-gain![/Gump]) to help out his son who’s deeply in debt. (Irony would have been if Rocky, Jr., played last time by Stallone’s real life son Sage, were played by Talia Shire’s real life son Jason Schwarzman). Has any boxer ever fought at that age (Rocky would have to be pushing 60 just as Stallone is.)
I’ll probably see this movie as a “complete the series” thing, but I’m guessing it’s gonna make Rocky V look like Godfather 2.
IIRC, Adrian is dead, Rocky is trying to move on by parlaying his celebrity into a successful restaurant – and some new computer simulation lets folks plug in the relevant stats to see how Mike Tyson would’ve done against Joe Louis, or how the current champ would’ve done against Rocky Balboa in his prime. The latter invites all the interest, as well as all the trash talk from the champ about how he roxxors and would’ve pwned Rocky hard, which is why the music eventually gets cued up and so on and so forth.
According to Wikipedia, Stallone is still getting 20 million per picture. Is that possible?
Stallone is in great shape, and with the miracle of movie retouching and makeup could probably pass for someone in his late 40’s/early 50’s. George Foreman won the heavyweight title at age 45, and Larry Holmes almost did too. Archie Moore won the light heavyweight title at age 49. So, if we assume Rocky’s going to break the record, I think they could plausibly claim that he was, say, 53 or 55 or something and still win the title. It’d be a stretch, but not wholly impossible.
Please please please tell me that the theme song to the movie will be The Rye or the Kaiser by Weird Al Yankovic! (sing to the melody of “The Eye of The Tiger”). The lyrics include:
