Fresh
The real question with Rocky III was how Sylvester Stallone could twist the plot to make an interesting difference. He manages.
Variety Staff, Variety
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Rocky III
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Sylvester Stallone Director
- Sylvester Stallone as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
- Talia Shire as Adrianna 'Adrian' Balboa
- Burt Young as Paulie Pennino
- Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed
- Mr. T as Clubber Lang
- Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill
- Tony Burton as Tony 'Duke' Evers
- Hulk Hogan as Thunderlips
- Ina Fried as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
- Al Silvani as Al
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Learning, especially from Scorsese, in his approach to action and performance, writer/director/star Stallone has somehow contrived to make each of his movies into a more magnificent spectacle than the last.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Mr. Stallone, the star of Rocky III as well as its writer and director, is hard put to find problems with which to freight his gold mine of a character, now that Rocky has everything.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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