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Rocky Balboa (2006)

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After the dust had settled on Rocky V and it was deemed a failure, writer/star Sylvester Stallone started making noise about wanting to end the series in another way. But she was starting to catch up to him, and soon it would just look silly for a 50 plus Stallone to once again step into the ring against yet another new contender.

And then the most unexpected of all unexpected things happened. At the ripe old age of 45, George Foreman scored an unexpected knockout of heavyweight champion Michael Moorer to become the new WBO heavyweight champion of the world. As Rocky Jr says at the end of this film, now people weren’t laughing. Now Stallone had his starting point.

Yet, after fights with original Rocky producer Irwin Winkler, who refused to do another Rocky movie due to Winkler not seeing a way the character could connect anymore (a fight that would cost the two their friendship), it would take another 12 years for Stallone to finally get backing and distribution for a brand new Rocky film to be produced. And after once again stepping behind the camera to direct, Stallone would prove Winkler and all naysayers wrong when in December of 2006, Rocky Balboa finally hit theater screens to massive box office and critical success.

Here, the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast hosts close out the Stallone starring leg of the Rocky series. And at a time when legacy sequels are still front and center -anyone see the Gremlins 3 trailer?- Rocky Balboa could be seen as the start of that trend. Is it worth your time? And what are the guys reviewing for this Halloween season? The answers to both those questions might surprise you!

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