Rocky Balboa (2006)
Rocky Balboa
”An aging Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement for one last fight against heavyweight champ Mason Dixon.”
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With the trend of remakes and franchise revivals starting to dominate Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone pulled out his greatest creation. 'Rocky Balboa' brings back the retired title character with a restaurant in Philadelphia, but challenged to get back in the game by the current champion, Mason "The Line" Dixon, played by real-life boxer Antonio Tarver. The story, once again written and directed by Stallone, is practically a remake of 'Rocky: A Fighter', but it hits the mark by bringing nostalgia, facing aging body head on, and showing the repercussions of Rocky's life in previous years. With that, 'Rocky Balboa' was a success, revitalizing Sly's career and encouraging the return of the 'Rambo' franchise, the creation of 'The Mercenaries' and, later, the spin-off 'Creed: Born to Fight'.
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Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
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