Movie Review :: Rocky Return

Got free tickets to watch the premier for "Rocky Return"

The movie was better than I expected even though I felt asleep half way during the movie. The story is simple but I think the plot is well written. A 50+ yr old ex-World Championship, Rocky Balboa, comes out from retirement to step into the ring for one last time and faces the 22 yr old present World Championship Mason Dixon. The ending was as expected, Rocky endures and ties the game. A bit unbelievable, yet just believable enough.

I was surprised the movie got quite a few good quotes. Here's one,

Rocky: It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!

And I gotta give credit to Sylvester Stallone. I always assume action movie stars can't act but he is one exception. Now I'm interested in watching the whole Rocky series! LOL ;-)