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Rocky IV: Rocky vs Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut
2021
- 2021 · Drama · 1h 34m
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By Zaki Hasan
Updated: Nov 12, 2021 2:20 pm
Posted: Nov 12, 2021 2:00 pm
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago -- The Ultimate Director's Cut will be available on digital and On-Demand Nov. 12.
Thirty-six years ago this month, Rocky IV hit theaters and sent the iconic Italian Stallion (Sylvester Stallone) to Russia to avenge the in-ring death of his pal Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) at the hands of Soviet pugilist Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). Arriving in the midst of “peak Stallone” (the star’s Rambo: First Blood, Part II was a smash hit that same year), Rocky IV always sat uncomfortably with the rest of series, both thanks to its MTV-inspired editing style and the intrusion of rah-rah jingoism into what had been a fairly apolitical series up to that point.
Even as it was derided critically, Rocky IV took in a very healthy $300 million at the global box office and earned a permanent place in the annals of “so bad it’s good” 1980s kitsch. One would think this “glass half full” reception would have been enough for Rocky’s creator, but clearly it never sat well for Stallone. And more than three decades later, the writer-director-star hit the edit bay again to see if he couldn’t fine tune his most commercially successful Rocky movie –– and shock of shocks, he’s done it!
Heck, even Dolph Lundgren’s bad guy boxer Ivan Drago gets a few extra moments here, which one imagines came at least partly from Stallone having revisited the character in his script for 2018’s Creed II and seen an opportunity, separate from Cold War fervor, to make him a bit more than a monosyllabic man-mountain. Not to say Drago is suddenly deliv...
Aided by 36 years of hindsight, Sylvester Stallone has gifted fans a version of Rocky IV fitting more seamlessly from a thematic and stylistic perspective with the rest of the series (including the recent Creed films). The theatrical Rocky IV will always have a special place in the hearts of those viewing it with nostalgia-colored lenses (including...
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Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut: With Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Burton, Sylvia Meals. A director's cut of Rocky IV, released for the film's 35th anniversary.
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Live TV. Categories. Rocky IV: Rocky Vs. Drago. Director, writer and star Sylvester Stallone masterfully reshapes "Rocky IV" in this ultimate director's cut -- including never before seen footage -- bringing back one of the most triumphant sports-dramas of all time. 3,300 IMDb 7.5 1 h 33 min 2021. X-Ray HDR UHD PG-13.
Nov 18, 2021 · Some feelings never die! A director’s cut that has much in common with The Godfather Coda, as Stallone doesn’t just throw in a few extra fight scenes but recrafts Rocky IV into a compelling ...
Nov 12, 2021 · Armed with the unwieldy title Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago – Ultimate Director’s Cut, this new version adds a total of two minutes to the original 91 minute runtime, but it also boasts 40+ minutes of new footage woven throughout. As someone who’s watched Rocky IV so many times I know practically every shot and scene transition, I can say ...
Time to get back in the ring. Knockout classic Rocky IV has been masterfully recut by Sylvester Stallone with 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage, plus a...
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