Sylvester Stallone,
Carl Weathers,
Mr. T,
Talia Shire,
Burt Young
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Sylvester Stallone returns to the character which made him famous in this wildly successful sequel. Rocky III starts with the Italian Stallion so famous that his likeness is everywhere, including pinb... read more
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Release Date: May 28, 1982
Keywords:
sports,
boxing,
media,
rocky movies,
clubber lang,
hulk hogan,
rocky iii,
Comic Sans ,
Apollo Creed ,
Hulk Hogan ,
Clubber Lang
DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003
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December 18, 2011This is definetely the weakest of the Rocky movies. Stallone didn't really expect many more greenlights for the Rocky movies so he milked the cash cows which were the first two.
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October 15, 2011The "Eye of the Tiger" (the concept brought up by Apollo Creed, as well as the hit Survivor song) is the only one that really makes ROCKY III a decent film. Otherwise, it's just another sequel to the 1976 Oscar-winning champion.
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August 28, 2011My predicted rating: 2 stars
Probably my favourite of the Rocky series films I've seen to date. A little more action from the very beginning, a couple of well known faces and back to the training techniques.
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July 19, 2011True 80s with the cut-off t-shirts,and headbands. When Apollo Creed trains Rocky. It shows you that he is the only fighter in all five Rocky movies that he became friends with,and was great how Apollo let Rocky use his shorts from their fight in the first movie. I love all the R... read more
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August 23, 2010Going for more of an action movie vibe, this entry into the series starts to show a decline in quality. In the overall arc of things it's not too bad, but it's one I usually prefer to skip. The twist with Apollo is cool, though, and, since Mr.T is one of the less annoying phenome... read more
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May 25, 2010While this is a lot different than the first two movies, I think it's the most fun in the entire series. It's really light and 80s oriented, but it still has everything that makes Rocky a great character. They also changed the formula which was interesting and surprising. What re... read more
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December 24, 2009I'm giving it 4 stars for the final match alone, but the overal product wasn't as impressive as the second film.
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November 3, 2009The worst that can happen to any fighter is to get civilized, and the great underdog drama from the early films is practically over now that we are left with a famous boxing star fighting a psycho killer.
Critic Reviews
July 6, 2010
Variety Staff, Variety
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Mr. Stallone, the star of Rocky III as well as its writer and director, is hard put to find problems with which to freight his gold mine of a character, now that Rocky has everything. Full Review
December 15, 2010
Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media
Sly's boxing saga begins to go lightweight. Full Review
December 6, 2006
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...probably the most effective of the bunch... Full Review
February 18, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
The formula was starting to become tiresome by now. And can somebody please explain how Rocky suddenly became more articulate in this one despite more punches to the head? Full Review
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Learning, especially from Scorsese, in his approach to action and performance, writer/director/star Stallone has somehow contrived to make each of his movies into a more magnificent spectacle than the... Full Review
November 6, 2005
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Was a great film during the Cold War.
February 26, 2005
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
not awful, but getting there
October 25, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
With each sequel, quality receives a KO.
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