Rocky
IV (1985)
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Russian man mountain
Ivan Drago appears in the boxing world and is hyped up by
his manager and trainers as having a punch that "Destroys
whatever it hits".
The retired Apollo
Creed isn't impressed however, and offers the Russian an exhibition
match but everything goes wrong as Apollo refuses to stop
the match and is killed after taking countless blows to the
head.
Rocky, feeling partly
responsible for the death after not throwing in the towel
and stopping the match, offers Drago a shot at the title and
agrees to take him on in Russia itself. Adrian shows little
support, admitting its a "Suicide mission" worried
that Rocky could be killed himself.
Rocky travels to
Russia with best friend Paulie and Apollo's former trainer
Duke, and is overjoyed when Adrian turns up a few days later.
As Drago uses his
high tech training methods, Rocky uses the basics and goes
on to face the muscleman in a hostile reception.
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