Clubber's a Wreckin' Machine | ROCKY III

[@michaeljw3602]

Burgess Meredith.. what a phenomenal ridiculously underrated actor, conti frames every rocky movie with incredible music

[@thunderous-one]

Very few films have ever put the right actor for the right part for the right film, the first 4 Rocky movies did that with every actor for every role for all 4 first Rocky movies. The Godfather would be another.

[@JV-vy8ke]

What a great scene and poignant dialogue.

[@carlogervasi5393]

I know what an amazing actor he was!

[@resurrectionsunday]

Yessir we all need a Mick in our life

[@resurrectionsunday]

He also played the penguin in Batman

[@andrewfrantz5502]

RIP Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, Carl Weathers, and Burt Young.

[@Johny40Se7en]

Indeed. And I have to say, the passing of Carl Weathers... I genuinely couldn't believe when I saw that on a suggested video last night. Still very young like... Really reminds you of the perspective "Life is sometimes shorter than you think".

[@earth7551]

You forgot Sylvester Stallone son and Tommy Morrison

[@auntiesemite9295]

And Stallone soon, as juice isn't good for the bodybuilding.

[@Spiritoid]

And rip Joe Spinell aka Gazzo

[@alcastro4909]

They Helped Make The Entire Rocky Franchise !!!!

[@dallisb1047]

Burgess Meredith was exceptional in the Rocky movies. An underated actor for sure. I will always love him as the Penguin.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Fighting batman&Robin

[@lawrencestrabala6146]

He was hilarious in the Grumpy Old Men movies too.

[@hectorlopez1069]

​@@lawrencestrabala6146with Walter matthau

[@GodsMadeMan]

Mr. T WAS a beast in this.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

He really played his role WELL. Very convincing!

[@hectorlopez1069]

He did a funny role in a movie called, DC cab with Gary busey.

[@harriston-x8o]

I finally understood his anger with Rocky, he earned a shot AND deserved it but it was Mickey that got in his way knowing he was gonna knock Rocky into the next week cause Rocky wasnt hungry now that he at the TOP.

[@fultonjackwaterloo4085]

"Every great athlete dies two deaths: his natural death, and one far worse; when he can no longer play the sport he loves..."

[@strangelee4400]

Due to a traumatic paper cut i can no longer defend my Tiddlywinks world champion title. 😥

[@gabegheb]

​@@strangelee4400 😅

[@metsrus]

Apollo had a 2 for 1 package.

[@txmetalhead82xk]

Amazing! That is my true fear. So true.

[@fenderstratocastertelecast8479]

AND the second one hurts so bad

[@Jitsover50]

Remember when movies touched your soul.

[@kevinj3511]

well said friend...

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Yes but there are some that still do.

[@antonioelaventurero9117]

Regular characters interacting with each other in alot of situations that can actually happen in real life, but more exciting to try to tell a story. Which I think keeps you guessing / wondering what can happen as the movie goes on. No costumes or Superpowers Shooting MOST of the movie on location...no CGI/GREEN SCREEN Fight scenes : NO CLOSE UPS No shaky camera No Switching shots/camera angles for every hit! (Anyone can do it home with their phone) Which TODAY , you can already guess that something big is going to happen because of Video Game looking CGI/ GREEN SCREEN ! 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@PreciousBobby443]

Like this 1

[@ZURROS]

When morality was alive...

[@bigdaddyl-rob7445]

"He'll knock ya til tomorrow, Roc!" Burgess Meredith had some classic lines in this one!!

[@chriswilliamson7694]

* into tomorrow

[@ArchingRock]

​@@chriswilliamson7694 crazy thing is, "knock ya till tomorrow" is just as terrifying. It's as if he can keep beating the s**t out of an opponent for a long time. That wouldn't fit Clubber though, he got low stamina 😅😅

[@mrm64]

@@ArchingRock LOL true, I got it both ways XD

[@Agent-cz9rj]

Mickey had Rocky’s best interests at heart keeping him safe and now he’s afraid of losing Rocky. Scenes like this make The Rocky Movies so good - ain’t all about fighting against one another is more than that is about friendship, survival, love, courage, honour.

[@nemethmark2573]

Mickey was his Angel.

[@janicehill7134]

???????????… who was Zack then and my set up fake boyfriends ?!! What is going on ?!!! Yeah .. I want the truth ..!!!! B ???

[@seanwebb605]

Say that again in English?

[@corssecurity]

Man vs man, man vs nature. Man vs himself. Rocky v Clubber Mick v Rocky Rocky v time Rocky v Rocky self doubt.

[@Dominic-p2z]

Yeah dude you know it

[@michaelstewart5754]

Famous line "he'll knock you into tomorrow rrrroooccckkk

[@davissinclair4945]

"Because the beating that you got from Apollo should have killed you kid. It didn't" Wonderful scene by Sly and Mr. Meredith! RIP Mick.

[@redips]

Mickey"it was my job to keep you winning and healthy"

[@RaySchwarz.]

@@redipsYeah except he cheated him after giving him a cuff link and the whole “Mickey loves you” bit

[@NhamshahSpah-ky-id6jo]

I totally forgot that line. I saw this in the theater 40+ years ago as a teenager. Getting older makes you see things you didn’t see the first time around.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

I saw it when it came out on vcr in the early 80s. It was a big deal. I was 7 or 8 years old. I'm 47 now. Time goes very fast but it seems so long ago.

[@alexis5878]

They were different moments from Rocky himself. Against Apollo, Rocky was the underdog, the guy with the "eye of the tiger", the guy hungry to win and show who he was. At this point, it was Clubber who was in this situation and Rocky became an accommodating boxer. That was Micky's concern.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Plus Rocky and Clubber are essentially the same style. Except Lang is slightly bigger, stronger, younger and definitely hungrier. Even if Rocky had trained as hard as the last fight vs Apollo he still would have lost. It was only because he lost weight and became a different style that he could beat him.

[@jarmelo2006]

Mickey always gave it to Rocky straight.

[@jonharrison9222]

If he had, then this showdown wouldn’t have been needed.

[@jarmelo2006]

@@jonharrison9222 You know, your right about that.

[@bloodsling]

Slys anguished screams when Mickey dies..dunno where he pulled that from but it's chilling in how amazingly he crushed that scene.

[@timlemire6852]

The sound of true, raw sorrow. Stallone had to have reached down somewhere inside himself to pull that out. Lots of people cry in movies, but that was a brave, honest look at when someone's death means that something inside you has died, too.

[@bloodsling]

@@timlemire6852 exactly :(

[@BillRalens]

There's the scene in Rambo, when Rambo is surrounded like that.

[@bloodsling]

@@BillRalens At the end of Rambo where he talking about his friend that got his legs blown off..jeez..Sly doesn't get enough props as a top notch actor. He was amazing in Copland too.

[@battlestarmarc]

Awesome sequel. Clubber lang was great. The way Burgess Meredith says wrecking machine was a like waving a red flag that Clubber was too dangerous.

[@bizzy24100]

it somewhat reflected over 35 years later when Rocky tried 2 warn Adonis about dangerous Viktor was because he was a fighter who had nothing 2 lose. Clubber was a fighter who had nothing 2 lose and it showed in his training and his background from Chicago. Society can learn one thing never mess wit any person who has nothing 2 lose, I know I'm certainly one of those people.

[@commanderjoj6426]

Excellent scene. Shows how much Mickey loved Rocky. Went out of his way to “protect” Rocky. He knew Clubber was different, knew Rocky wasn’t as sharp as he needed to be, and most of all, how unprepared Rocky was to face a fighter like Clubber, and Mickey didn’t have the heart to watch Rocky get beat.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

If Mickey had been alive he wouldn't have allowed Rocky to fight Drago. Especially after seeing Apollo get killed against him.

[@k_ckh7076]

Mickey would have never allowed Rocky to fight Drago. Glad he didn’t have to witness that

[@k_ckh7076]

@@Jav-in-G-likedandsubbed but look what it cost him. His health. He was never the same. He finished right where he started, broke

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Full circle

[@markherring3513]

Its funny, this is basically what Duke was telling Apollo about Rocky in Rocky 2..."We don't need him in our life"

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

What's odd is Mickey was right but he was wrong about who would die.

[@uzoegbeogu9617]

One of my favorite scenes in the movie

[@andy42x]

Let it gooooo

[@occdouglas4053]

Exactly

[@antwanjenkins6735]

They just don't make movies like this anymore. Movies with such passion, raw emotion, movies with so much humanity in them, I really miss those days of cinema. The Rocky movies were and still is the embodiment of all those things, filmmaking like this is a true artform, an art form that is sadly missing in cinema today.

[@dwade6322]

People tend to act as if the Rocky films were ''80's run of the mill'' type of flicks. They were actually inspiring,well written with top notch acting. They are great to watch over and over. Not many films of the last 30 years can say that. Don't get me started on all those Marvel movies🙄

[@MMZERO9]

The Infinity Saga still stands out.

[@cgore4]

In V in the flashback with Mickey, you finally learn what Rocky was doing for Mickey - giving him a reason to live and keep going. Makes III mean much more.

[@Agent-cz9rj]

Bill Conti was the right man to conduct a fine film score for the Rocky Franchise all 5 movies except Rocky IV.

[@DaDrillSergeant]

Agreed fully…Conti was perfect for it. I truly loved DiCola for Rocky 4 in 1985 though…he captured the 80’s with his style and soundtrack

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

Rocky IV has an all time great soundtrack. Great for the gym.

[@don8244]

Mick was right about how Rocky should've been killed. It took only 1 more fight going the distance of 15 rounds (Ivan Drago) and that caused Rock permanent damage. "He broke things in me that ain't never been fixed." - Rocky in Creed II talking about Drago

[@RSTI191]

Can imagine anyone else playing Mickey by someone other than Burgess Meredith? Me neither..

[@bryanmack4054]

Definitely…born to play such a role

[@thomastakesportspodcast]

he made the first three movies the legendary movies that they are and always will be and even his scene in Rocky V was the best scene in the film and always brings a tear to my eye

[@seanwebb605]

Billy Crystal.

[@RSTI191]

@@seanwebb605 Too young..

[@RSTI191]

@@jars7774 He'd be too busy dealing with Sosa and the Diaz Brothers..

[@Rekaert]

Even many years later it blows my mind that this snarling, perpetually angry little lump of a trainer is played by the same guy who played the Penguin in that wonderfully campy Adam West Batman series back in the day. Cracking actor.

[@restoringfaithfamilyandfre8949]

Mickey reminds me so much of my grandpa. 😢😊

[@nawaralsabagh1329]

True words by Mickey warning Rocky about Clubber

[@crazyralph6386]

“They’z wasn’t killers like this guy!” 😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

That's what Rocky should have said to Apollo before he fought Drago.

[@grandchamp7783]

Such an underrated actor!! Great scene.

[@cptpepper7731]

The mandatory "underrated" comment in every comment section of anything that has ever been posted on YT

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

Clubber WAS a wrecking machine. But I found it hard to believe that Micky couldn’t formulate a plan to defeat a man with exactly 3 punches in his arsenal. All he did was throw left and right hooks. Occasionally an overhead left. Still, Apollo trained him up good and they slayed the dragon.

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

@dashing7883 - Yes I know. Clubber issued his challenge at Rocky’s Statue Unveiling/Retirement Announcement. I understand that Mickey wanted Rocky to retire. But once it was known that the fight would take place, they had plenty of time to prepare. And yes, I realize that Rocky wasn’t taking his training seriously.

[@biggestsign]

I saw somewhere that they wanted Mr. T to have more punches but for some reason he refused to do it.

[@drdfilm]

I would respectfully disagree to an extent .Sometimes it ain't always the formula. The truth is Rocky never gave it his all during the training. It didn't have all to do with Mickey. Remember Mickey trained him against Apollo both times. And in my opinion I think Apollo technically was a better fighter than Clubber Lang.

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

@@drdfilm - And I disagree. If Clubber would’ve challenged Apollo for his title, Apollo would’ve gotten destroyed just like Rocky. Remember, Apollo went toe to toe with Rocky in both fights. Even when Tony was screaming “Stick, and move!!!”, Apollo just wanted to prove that he could knock out Rocky after standing toe to toe. His pride would be his downfall. I’m sure he would’ve done the same against Clubber, whom he despised. Now if they had a rematch, maybe he would’ve danced around and dodged punches and fought smarter. But it’s a known fact that Rocky’s chin was much stronger than Apollo’s; just look at their respective fights against Drago.

[@drdfilm]

@@tigerleoneinc.9282 I will admit you make a great point even though I see it a bit differently. In reference to Apollo versus Ivan Drago, Apollo had been out of the ring for a good amount of time not to mention they didn't show him training or conditioning or going through any type of preparation for such a fight. I kind of see if Apollo went toe-to-toe with Clubber it would have been kind of the same as a Mike Tyson vs evander holyfield type of fight. Even though Mike Tyson was a slugger and hit much harder than evander, evander used more of the technical aspects of boxing to both outsmart Tyson and wear him down. Apollo showed ability to go the distance as he had done with Rocky in both fights. But again you make a great point and I would have to admit as far as durability Rocky had the edge over Apollo.

[@euclideszoto997]

Mic shows what pro boxing really is. Why champions dont fight the best. However in a way Mic is right.

[@stevenhodgson834]

Burgess Meredith is fantastic in this scene.

[@staxmantim]

Stallone really is an underrated actor/director/writer, but how good is Burgess Meredith here! I mean, he was great always even before the Rocky franchise, but this scene is so perfectly played by both men. Makes his character’s passing mean so much more which meant the stakes in this film were raised!

[@otisbeck5327]

This is where Rocky felt that Mickey undermined him in the name looking out for his best interests, causing Rocky to doubt himself. This is where he lost his edge, the "Eye of the Tiger."

[@jonharrison9222]

Nope. It was when his ego took a necessary kick.

[@dhruvaryankundra4163]

When was that, i'm actually wnating to know the scene which youre referring to, will help in understanding it better, when did the ego kick him​@@jonharrison9222

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Mick's loving way of saying "Rock, ya got soft..."

[@MrJuvefrank]

"Hill" knock you into tomorrow, Rock!

[@thomasgregg3448]

I love it, he'll knock you in tomorrow, Rock

[@PODSMPSG1]

All his title defenses were hand picked to present him with easy victories. Rocky wasn't challenged or pushed.

[@tomgtb]

That’s a ridiculous statement to make

[@Bowhuntingskills]

I think that's overstating it. They were picked so that their style would suit Rocky. As Mick says they were good fighters.

[@HerbChao14xs]

@@Bowhuntingskillsstyles make fights as they say .

[@Alex861697]

@@tomgtbI agree

[@Alex861697]

@@HerbChao14xsso as to say what exactly?

[@kazee502]

1:13 that’s the same look i have when I get cold fries at McDonald’s

[@resurrectionist1]

Its crazy to think that this guy (Burgess Meredith) went from playing the Penguin on the Batman TV show to playing Mickey and he kills it in both.

[@mkaplan1383]

Foreshadowing Rocky warning to Adonis about his fight with Drago's son.

[@markherring3513]

The thing that made Rocky movies so great was you like the "bad guy" just as much as Rocky..Apllo, Clubber and Drago were the PERFECT castings. The guys you loved to hate...they were and are memorable..those first 4 Rocky's are 10/10'sa lot because of the bad guys. They should have stopped after 4. Everything after 4 is forgettable.

[@ravensthorne4631]

Rocky Balboa is good, but yeah the antagonist is pretty weak/forgettable. If they'd made that film as Rocky 5 in the mid to late 1990s - instead of the dreadful Rocky 5 we got a few years earlier - it would have given us a perfect Rocky saga.

[@Robert-nb6cc]

I remember watching Burgess Meredith on The Twilight Zone back in the day so talented.

[@taysmith9321]

Dam when mick said he's going on a permit vacation he spoke it to the universe dam

[@dave23024]

"If you can't trust the Penguin, then who can you trust???"

[@hectorlopez1069]

Yourself

[@mykeygostupid]

It’s your head kid

[@vnote1970]

This scene and the two actors' interaction is why I like the first 4 Rocky movies.

[@princelevi3733]

I freaking love, micky

[@dirkdaubertshauser9423]

Mickey was Rocky 's Cus D' Amato

[@neneshubby]

The very fact that Rocky doesn't realize how dangerous Clubber is show that Mickey is right.

[@gymandthelifeoutside3966]

The character picking in this movie was simply phenomenal. Explicitly Mick and Apollo.

[@alrom125]

Never watched this scene in isolation. When he sits down that whole convo was pretty deep. “You got civilized”

[@gregshock]

Very good scene.

[@jasonmcmanus6169]

Please stop saying Burgess was underrated people he was a Legend in everyone's eye's especially mine.

[@gavjackson6049]

The way mickey knows he cant let rocky face him alone ❤

[@CurtisFukkinSliffe]

He said, You got civilized.

[@kactusJacko]

Man!!! Right

[@leonatomunsayac4653]

One of my fave scenes from Rocky 3.

[@tron1007r]

I feel a sense of loss watching this... I've watched this movie hundreds of times and over the years I zoned past this scene... It hurt me hearing that Micky didn't believe Rocky could win. Micky also revealed his weakness too, he couldn't train Rocky any better to be able to beat Clubber. Only Apollo could.

[@jackloveall7672]

Mick was looking out and protecting his champ. But it's still heartbreaking when Rocky hears Mick say, " They was hand picked."

[@giovannilofaro2843]

Scena che ricordandomi particolarmente la mia infanzia rispecchia la morale del film il senso dell' eccezionale determinazione poiché Rochy si è determinato particolarmente quando ha saputo la triste realtà

[@stevewhitaker1705]

Loved Mick y played this part great

[@JoeHickey-n9q]

Burgess Meredith was bordering on heart attack in this scene

[@therealbs2000]

THEY WAS SETUPS!

[@oscarleyva6485]

One of the best Hollywood scenes in film history.

[@joecolman1968]

When Micky says 'yku got civilised' rocky flicks his tie. Its like he realised in that moment that its true

[@NousSommesduSoleil]

" You scream , I scream , we all scream for ice cream " .

[@buster5661]

If rocky retired, would everyone still be alive?

[@Truthking69]

My uncle bob

[@GiovanniLoFaro-z6w]

Condivido personalmente e pienamente la scena del film che mi ricorda eternamente la mia immensa Infanzia rispecchiandone la Morale il Senso dell' Eccezionale Determinazione poiché Rochy si è Determinato avendo saputo di avere combattuto solo con i Dilettanti essendosi venduto dalla protezione di Michey

[@manuellim6284]

Rocky will plead Adonis not to fight with Drago too

[@aaronstevenson4136]

Yeah but young drago wasn't hungry, he was a wrecking machine and wanted revenge for his pop.

[@manuellim6284]

@@aaronstevenson4136 One thing I noticed is how Rocky sounds similar to that of Mickey during Rocky III. When Mickey was telling Rocky to not fight Clubber Lang and telling him that he was dangerous. Now in Creed II, Rocky was telling Adonis not to fight Viktor, saying that Viktor is dangerous due to being raised in hatred. Kinda cool how they mixed in Rocky Ill and IV into Creed II

[@AnkitSingh-xl6pt]

I hate saying this, but this movie made me despise Mickey. He loved Rocky like any father would love his son. But putting him in too much comfort zone and then screaming "IT'S OVER" when he needed his mentor the most isn't something a professional would do. At best, he could've been frank with Rock and told him to retire on a high right after he officially beat Apollo in the rematch. It's not that a retired champion still in his prime doesn't get commercial opportunities. This is where Duke gets extra points as a better trainer-manager. Minus the first film, he always kept Creed tested against THE best, something which technically proved beneficial for both.

[@biggestsign]

So Rocky was not hungry yet he was in way better shape in this movie than in Rocky 2. Hmm. I wish he had been out of shape for the first fight with Clubber, and then was in great shape for the second fight. That would have made sense.

[@80srocknroller]

Is Damian a hybrid of Clubber Lang and Tommy Gunn?

[@AngryMaguire]

Yep. Honestly I enjoyed Damiens character.

[@ccl7983]

Damian was basically Clubber Kang with a dark twist to Rocky’s underdog story

[@jedidiah.j.decena]

RIP ❤❤❤

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Mickey was right he said inside of three rounds

[@jsj31313jj]

Boxers, promoters, trainers, fans, and any others who love the sport, keep your eyes closed...this will hurt a lil bit 😢

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

0:30, Mickey was absolutely right.

[@christianpuente7259]

If Mickey was Around For Rocky 4 he would’ve never let Rocky take that Fight

[@arnavkaple3140]

True at first but did know that when Rocky was training in front of fans he said let’s privately and Rocky in Rocky IV trained in seclusion and Mickey would have been proud if he saw Rocky training in the harsh cold weather of Russia.

[@ford9177]

I wonder he would think abt Drago

[@Crypticxamp]

Fr

[@diegomelendez9918]

A living AK-47 lol

[@Sameer-Mustafah-Raza1-2-1]

3:17 😂😂😂😂

[@jeremybaker7462]

Rocky does all that to talk Mickey into one more fight then he sets up a clownshow set up for training instead of actually training. Regardless of Mickeys death clubber would have whipped him good.

[@auntiesemite9295]

ONE more fight. It's always one more fight. I turned on subtitles because I couldn't understand what stallone was saying, and it didn't get it either. Something about Mickey buying women's underwear for rocky?

[@allanbard6048]

"If you don't let me do it...I'll tell everybody you ain't bought a new pair of underwear in the last ten years."

[@auntiesemite9295]

@@allanbard6048 That's funny but I think mine is hilarious 😂

[@thehound9008]

To be fair one on few contenders is a wrecking machine, rest are not there

[@rodnewcombe1120]

i cried is some rocky scenes

[@gavingambuzza1824]

People often don’t realize how hard it is to lose the only person that’s ever believed in you. Sometimes we think that just because we are successful, it doesn't mean we have to show loyalty. But in actuality, Rocky would've given anything for Mickey, to him. That was his father.

[@firebd9]

The Penguin from The Old Batman and Robin

[@93deadpool]

It’s funny how Mick knew that Clubber was far more vicious than Rocky in his current state and that a hunger fighter is the most dangerous fighter.

[@JPatelLive]

The music sounds different.. That just me?

[@walkingtheearthin4k]

Rocky was unaware of the tomato cans he was fighting?

[@robwernet9609]

With the exception of Drago, Clubber Lang was the most dangerous fighter Rock ever faced. Like Mickey says here, hes hungry fpr a shot at the belt/Rocky, hes a machine, a brawler with a good amount of fighting i.q. mix that with the fact that rocky had gotten lax, complacent and older/beaten down/tired. Rocky didnt stand a chance. Its crazy how life often imitates art, there are so many parallels that can be drawn between Rocky and Mick to Iron Mike a Cus D'Amato. And rocky came out some time before Mike and Cus even met.

[@texas7123]

How is Mick doing? I haven’t seen him anymore

[@Cuddy83]

Rocky gave Adonis the same speech 35 years later

[@AkramBaig2689]

Rocky feels upset like kid 😂

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

With pro wrestling you could do something similar... Rocky > Roman Reigns Mickey > Paul Heyman Apollo > Dwayne Johnson (yes I know he's The Rock) Clubber > Solo Sikoa

[@ptrazz11]

Why are movies made today so bad!

[@Sazerrider]

Because there’s too many talentless people making movies today. It’s all textbook method and not done naturally.

[@PreciousBobby443]

Lack of clarity

[@buster5661]

More like over budgeted

[@aansul888]

Rocky was totally fool, not to recognize his opponenets were just chumps.

[@tsar2149]

one last time 😆🦾

[@sccc6758]

T"he,FBI will knock you to tomorrow rock"

[@auntiesemite9295]

stallone CAN'T pull off a suit, even in real life. LOL

[@brianellinger6622]

with no ssn?

[@shaunigothictv1003]

Burgess Meridith was a million times more talented as an actor than Tom Cruise.