Rocky III holds a score of 66% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film's consensus reads, "It's noticeably subject to the law of diminishing returns, but Rocky III still has enough brawny spectacle to stand in the ring with the franchise's better entries". ... Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III
OK, I'll tell you why it exists.
A. Hulk Hogan. Sure, the guy's made racist, homophobic, and pro-Trump comments. But this movie came out before any of that, and every second he's on screen is magic.
B. Mr. T. I pity the fool who hasn't seen him in action. Playing a character with as much personality as Clubber Lang takes effort, hard-earned skill, and raw talent.
C. Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed, teaming up with Rocky, lending him his boxer shorts, taking him to train in LA and dropping some fundamental knowledge including:
D. The Eye of the Tiger. The king of all training montage sountracks. If you're preparing for something and this comes on, you know you can't fail.
There's also a fun "Rocky being successful" montage where he goes on the Muppet Show and poses with motorcycles while Clubber Lang prepares to beat him down. And some great supporting roles from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Besides that, sure, it's a formula Rocky film but there's nothing wrong with that.
When someone praises Reddit on Lemmy:
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91wziq - the link from above
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x902lne - Spanish dub
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vkam4 - Portuguese dub
BONUS FILM
Over the Top (1987) - Stallone plays a trucker single father who bonds with his kid over the sport of arm-wrestling
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVokX7JnEU (360p)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BBgKzcWO8 (1440p) - another link, this one's higher-res visually but the other one has better sound, go figure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film)