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Underrated
When I first saw this film at the age of 6, I really didn't know what to make of it, even though I am a die-hard Stallone/Rocky fan. But being a huge fan, there really is no way I can give this a bad review.
I will admit the film does seem out of place a little bit. In the previous movies, Rocky speaks with great grammar most of the time, now he is back to his bumbling terrible grammar ways again. But of course that could have been the result of taking one too many hits to the head in the previous movie.
I can see where other Rocky fans would dislike this movie because Rocky doesn't go back into the ring and it doesn't have the vintage Rocky story to it. Plus the soundtrack just seemed out place the majority of the time.
But let's face it, when one is watching this film, you can easily tell that it is a movie about the hardships of boxing. The other four movies were mainly perspective on one's hardships in life from a bum to champion of the world. None of them seem to have captured the true hardships of boxing itself as a career. I won't go into much detail about that, but you get the picture.
The street fight is entertaining and the movie itself serves its purpose.

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MY RINGS OUTSIDE
this is by far one of the most underated films in the history of the world. most people dont like it because they expect it to follow the same format that the previous rocky movie's did. those people dont understand that this is the reason why its the best one of the series.rocky 5 did an outstanding job of getting the viewers to know more about rocky the man instead of rocky the boxer.complex family issues and financal diffaculty affect the once great boxer not to mention a little bit of brain damage so he is forced to move back to the ghetto. where he discovers a talented amature boxer and trains him. at a certin point rocky's own son takes a backseat to tommy gun "rocky's protege". and when the buisness of boxingturns tommy against rocky. rocky discovers what is really important. the last fight is awsome it takes place in the streets and rocky says some of the most memorable one liners ever "i didnt hear no bell one more round" do your self a favor and watch this movie.

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Great in its own way
While I'm not sure this was the closing Rocky film, I believe it should be. And that said, I must point out that this is not intended to be like the other Rocky films. This was a movie about real life; a movie about our relationships with the people who have surrounded us all of our lives - and this film does a great job of making us think about such things.

After Rocky returns from Russia, and his kid has aged like five years in a month, he learns that his attorney has stolen all of his money...drats, it's back to the hood for the now brain-damaged boxer (imagine that). Rocky's only possession is Mick's old gym, and it is outside that gym that Rocky meets Tommy Gunn (Tommy Morrison - I think is his real name). Rocky trains him and gets him some big name fights, but has trouble moving fast enough for the immature Tommy Gunn, who decides to hook up with a Don King-like promoter.

I'm not telling you anymore...you have to buy the film!

Sorry.
See ya next review.

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