Rocky III
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Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
What critics thought
Critics were split roughly down the middle, with most agreeing the film adds little new to the formula while audiences embraced it far more warmly. The central fault line was whether crowd-pleasing energy was enough to compensate for a flattened, less sympathetic Rocky and a plot that largely replays beats from the first two films.
“Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“The first Rocky was primitive in a relatively innocent way. This picture is primitive, but it's also shrewd and empty and inept.”
Pauline Kael·The New Yorker
“Somehow, Sylvester Stallone has kicked life into what you might imagine is a pretty tired Rocky Balboa and has gotten him up on his feet again ... Rocky III works, possibly even better than numbers I and II.”
Sheila Benson·Los Angeles Times
“Starting off with a replay of our hero's second miraculous return from the dead to win the championship back at the end of Rocky II—itself a virtual repeat from the original Rocky—Rocky III soon demonstrates that it has nothing to offer but more of the same”
Tom Milne·The Monthly Film Bulletin
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Action
Cast & Crew
Sylvester StalloneDirectorSylvester StalloneRobert 'Rocky' Balboa
Talia ShireAdrianna 'Adrian' Balboa
Burt YoungPaulie Pennino
Carl WeathersApollo Creed
Mr. TClubber Lang
Burgess MeredithMickey Goldmill
Tony BurtonTony 'Duke' Evers
Hulk HoganThunderlips
Al SilvaniAl
Wally TaylorClubber Lang's Manager
Bill ContiComposer
Wilmer ButlerCinematographyRocky III
Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
What critics thought
Critics were split roughly down the middle, with most agreeing the film adds little new to the formula while audiences embraced it far more warmly. The central fault line was whether crowd-pleasing energy was enough to compensate for a flattened, less sympathetic Rocky and a plot that largely replays beats from the first two films.
“Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“The first Rocky was primitive in a relatively innocent way. This picture is primitive, but it's also shrewd and empty and inept.”
Pauline Kael·The New Yorker
“Somehow, Sylvester Stallone has kicked life into what you might imagine is a pretty tired Rocky Balboa and has gotten him up on his feet again ... Rocky III works, possibly even better than numbers I and II.”
Sheila Benson·Los Angeles Times
“Starting off with a replay of our hero's second miraculous return from the dead to win the championship back at the end of Rocky II—itself a virtual repeat from the original Rocky—Rocky III soon demonstrates that it has nothing to offer but more of the same”
Tom Milne·The Monthly Film Bulletin
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Action
Cast & Crew
Sylvester StalloneDirectorSylvester StalloneRobert 'Rocky' BalboaTalia ShireAdrianna 'Adrian' BalboaBurt YoungPaulie PenninoCarl WeathersApollo CreedMr. TClubber LangBurgess MeredithMickey GoldmillTony BurtonTony 'Duke' EversHulk HoganThunderlipsAl SilvaniAlWally TaylorClubber Lang's ManagerBill ContiComposerWilmer ButlerCinematographyStream
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