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The 8 Best ‘Rocky’ (and ‘Creed’) Movies, Ranked
Yo, Adrian, they can’t all be champs!
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8. ‘Rocky V’ (1990)
Not only is Rocky damn-near brain dead after his narrow victory in this movie’s predecessor, he’s also broke as a joke, thanks to a shady-ass accountant. What’s left to do but [rewinds VHS] defend your honor by squaring up with your former protégé in the streets before patching things up with the estranged son you’ve been neglecting? All those haymakers to the head really started to take their toll on the script.
7. ‘Rocky Balboa’ (2006)
The American propaganda has always been as heavy-handed as one of Rocky’s left hooks, but there’s a line — and this film crossed it with a primary antagonist named Mason Dixon (sigh). The younger boxer (played by real-life bruiser Antonio Tarver) goads the now-geriatric legend into the most lopsided generational feud since “Granddad’s Fight,” but goddamn if the Italian Stallion didn’t give it his all.
