Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Un... Read allRocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 8 nominations total
Mark De Alessandro
- Russian Cornerman
- (as Mark DeAlessandro)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaSylvester Stallone decided that for the shooting of the fight, he and Dolph Lundgren should hit one another for real, so as to increase the intensity of the scene. After doing three takes of Rocky taking shots to ribs, Stallone felt a burning in his chest, but ignored it. Later that night, he had difficulty breathing and was taken to a nearby emergency room. It was discovered that his blood pressure was over 200, and he had to be flown on a low-altitude flight from Vancouver, Canada to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where he remained in intensive care for four days. What had happened was that Lundgren had punched him so hard in the chest, Stallone's heart had slammed up against his breastbone and began to swell, cutting off the blood supply and restricting the oxygen flow throughout the body. . However, when asked about whether or not it really happened while answering a series of fan questions in a 2021 interview with the Guardian, Lundgren claimed to have no recollection of the incident. "I don't know," he said. "[Stallone] keeps talking about it, so maybe he's right. He did go to the hospital, but I don't know whether it was my punches or the fact that he was so overworked as the director, actor and writer. We shot those 15 rounds over two or three weeks, eight or 12 hours a day, so you're throwing thousands of punches. If you don't connect, it looks a bit fake, but it doesn't mean you want to hurt the other guy. But there were no hard feelings." He went on to explain that stand-ins and stunt doubles were rarely used, and that he has performed the majority of his own stunts and fight scenes--but that this has changed in more recent years. "Back in the day, you had to do it all yourself: Rocky IV, The Punisher, Masters of the Universe, all the Expendables," he said. "I've jumped from a motorcycle to a truck; dangerous things I would never do now. Staying physically fit over the years has been nice. There aren't many actors who can stay physically fit for a long time. Part of the game is trying to look fit, at least."
- GoofsAt the end of the Drago/Rocky Bout... Rocky gives a speech where he says, "Today there are 2 people killing each other but I guess it's better than 20 Million people". The Russian translator however translates this as "It's better than 20 Million Dollars". (Theatrical cut only, as the "dollar" mistake was cut out of the director's cut)
- Crazy creditsOnly Rocky film that doesn't start with the "scrolling Rocky" logo.
- Alternate versionsCurrent AMC broadcasts in the US use the sped-up 25 fps PAL video from a 24 fps film source.
- ConnectionsEdited from Rocky (1976)
- SoundtracksEye Of The Tiger
Performed by Survivor
Written by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan
Produced by Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik
Survivor appears courtesy of Scotti Brothers Records
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Rocky IV is another good entry, but unlike Rocky III, it actually changes up the story to make things fresh. Picking up where the last film left off, the story is Soviet boxing champion Ivan Drago (played by Dolph Lungdren) comes to the U.S. to enter the professional boxing circuit, causing Apollo Creed to come out of retirement to face the monster in an exhibition match, which ends with the former nemesis of the Italian Stallion getting killed in the ring. Rocky, feeling guilt over allowing his death to happen, despite his best efforts to make Apollo stop the match, decides to challenge Ivan, with the match taking place in Moscow.
Yeah, the story is changed up compared to the last three films, which reused the formula of main hero coming from the bottom to rise to the top as an underdog, the story in Rocky IV can be seen as a revenge story, as Rocky agrees to fight Ivan due to Apollo's death. Also, there are some silly moments (like Apollo's entrance, which has James Brown singing Living In America), but the story and characters are good, and while the movie is tied to the Cold War that was erupting at the time, I tend to ignore politics and stick to the elements I like. Worth checking out if you like boxing.
Yeah, the story is changed up compared to the last three films, which reused the formula of main hero coming from the bottom to rise to the top as an underdog, the story in Rocky IV can be seen as a revenge story, as Rocky agrees to fight Ivan due to Apollo's death. Also, there are some silly moments (like Apollo's entrance, which has James Brown singing Living In America), but the story and characters are good, and while the movie is tied to the Cold War that was erupting at the time, I tend to ignore politics and stick to the elements I like. Worth checking out if you like boxing.
- jeremycrimsonfox
- Aug 8, 2019
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Sylvester Stallone's Most Iconic Roles
Sylvester Stallone's Most Iconic Roles
We're celebrating the iconic Sylvester Stallone with a look back at some of his most indelible film performances, from Rocky and Rambo, to Joe in the new superhero movie Samaritan.
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- Rocky Vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut (2021)
- Filming locations
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA(Siberian farm site)
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- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $127,873,716
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,991,537
- Dec 1, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $300,473,716
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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