Rocky IV Review

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

Rock's speech at the end may sound like incomprehensible rambling from a man who's brain had been damaged, but his speech is actually a relevant and awe-inspiring plea to end the Cold War. That man is a true American hero *sheds tear*.

[@utoresa5193]

Hmm,yeah. No its definetly incomprehensible rambling from a man who's been brain damaged.

[@ThorfinnSonofThors892]

@@utoresa5193 Lol

[@TWKReviewsOLD]

This is my favorite Rocky movie due to how unabashedly 80s it is. Between the robot, the soundtrack and fighting the evil Russian this movie hits every stereotypical 80s checklist and I love it.

[@XenretheVague]

Rocky 4! It 80's so *hard* that even the 80's can't 80's their way out of the 80's. 80's.

[@easygrin1127]

Really this shit is your favourite??

[@ZiplineShazam]

THis movie was a cartoonish shell of the original and it should have never been made.

[@TWKReviewsOLD]

@@ZiplineShazam Perhaps, but it's just so got dang entertaining!!!

[@knightwarrioranimations9656]

@@TWKReviewsOLD It looks good but it really isn't. Rocky 3 is better than 4.

[@kevb044]

Just so you know, the Robot was added to the story by Sly as a way of drawing attention to it. It was originally used as a learning tool to help his autistic son Seargeoh with communicating and interacting.

[@1984Brandon]

I'm actually friends with Michael MacKensie Pratt, the one who choreographed the scene made for the entrance of Apollo Creed the Godfather of Soul James Brown, apparently James Brown was so high at the time they needed to hold cue Cards to his own song lyrics, (Sigh) I miss the 1980's.

[@TheKrensada]

Which makes him a role model to nobody

[@bearzdlc2172]

@@TheKrensada hes ugly and made terrible music

[@Lupucillo]

"I must break you."

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

The Russian equivalent of Clubber Lang's, "I'm gonna bust you up!"

[@utoresa5193]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia "I pity the fool"="I defeat all men"

[@Cannibalismo-b2x]

*Kinky*

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

The "No Easy Way Out" montage was ironically an _easy way out?_ That's a truly insightful & hilarious commentary, DS! Love your Rocky reviews (& all things 80s / 90s' action, sci-f-oriented)!

[@bigronnie9629]

Rocky 4 will always be my favorite of the franchise. Rocky ended the Cold War

[@andrewblanchard2537]

I think the reason Apollo lost and died was he was still thinking about that damn robot

[@Reshme77]

Andrew Blanchard yeah that damn robot!!!

[@utoresa5193]

No no,you see,Drago....IS the robot.

[@jasonkreider8954]

@@utoresa5193 no he is a video game character

[@FordPrefict42]

Rocky IV was an absolute lucky break for Dolph Lundgren. He was one of 3 people chosen to play the role. The favored to play Drago was Canadian Professional Wrestler Nikita Koloff! Unfortunately for Nikita, his size worked against him. There is a video interview with him, explaining all the finer details, on KZbin. Sorry that I don't have the link handy.

[@chazworthingtonhunts]

I love this movie. Drago was awesome!

[@kingkold]

If Apollo had actually trained properly for the fight he may have had a better chance . Apollo made the same mistake he made against Rocky in their first fight .

[@chuckhouse5179]

It wasn't a fight, it was an exhibition. World of difference. Apollo never had a chance because he was there to look good and show off for the cameras. Drago was there to destroy America.

[@davekp6773]

Rocky took too long to throw in the towel, and the ref was a complete incompetent who should have stopped the fight earlier. Ivan Drago did sod all wrong so he wasn’t a villain.

[@lunabearsong2043]

@@davekp6773 Except the steroids.

[@mladenmark6758]

@@lunabearsong2043 That every motherfucker in professional sport, be it American, Rusian or what ever, uses since the 70s...

[@davetheplugpalumbo1621]

If he dies he dies

[@Elayzee]

Rocky's really good at Blocking with his face.

[@Geek_Chorus]

Decker Shado, the hardest working reviewer on the internet. THANK YOU we reaeeeaaalllly appreciate it. He is the most prolific, he shall ride eternal shiny & chrome! Fund him on Patreon, so worth it!!!

[@ramsesdoutzenberg1455]

Do you have a FIMfiction account?

[@DatsWhatXiSaid]

For more badass 1980s Russians watch Red Heat with Schwarzenegger as Captain Ivan Danko, the cousin of Ivan Drago who both are somehow probably maybe related to Ivan the Terrible.

[@marcuscolburn4542]

You're Right He Does Look Like Weird Al

[@chuckhouse5179]

Don't forget that classic documentary Red Dawn. WOLVERINES!!!!!

[@ck552]

The film had great training montages

[@sam.ruesink]

Too bad they made up 65% of the movie though lol

[@vincegonzalez6804]

I added up the time every montage consumed and it added up to 32 freaking minutes. 32 minutes. The film as a whole is 90 minutes. Like hot damn

[@johnmonroe1903]

Hearts on fire montage is amazing! I love when Rocky climbs the mountain and the music hints at " feeling strong now!"

[@DonPandemoniac]

Looking back now, wiser and more appreciative of drama, plot and story development, I see that this Rocky movie is a almost cartoonish entry in the series. But damn, how it impressed me and my buddies, quoting "I must break you' over anything from a cook-off to a paintball match to this very day. A certified action classic.

[@tgriffin3059]

Please....you're not wiser...you're just more aware of how your words might be received...so you do exactly what Stallone did with his new cut of the movie...grovel..

[@Triangulove]

Yea, why does Ivan taking Steroids need to be explained further? The entire point of it is that Rocky was at a huge disadvantage and it made the fight that much more intense.

[@utoresa5193]

And all the more illogical that he won and without getting his eyes shut like in the first one

[@davekp6773]

A complete flip around. Its usually the USA that has the technology. Also made the Russians look like a bunch of cheats who don’t fight fair.

[@Kartissa]

"You know, I'm up for this but, uh ... kinda feels like the Dark Side has a better gym than us."

[@YTRulesFromNM]

9:20 Apollo has his very last bowel movement.

[@rxtsec1]

I always tell people this is the movie that Rocky fought a cartoon character

[@jamesroper4952]

I'll never understand why some people think having Russians as the bad guys in the 80s, is cliché. I mean call me crazy, but I kinda take the threat of nuclear war seriously. It's very good thing that the cold war never turned hot, because we all be living in a nuclear wasteland. The world of Fallout seems fun in the games, but that probably isn't the case in reality.

[@tgriffin3059]

The Russians were our enemy, so naturally the kind of people who write the movie reviews will always be rooting for THEM...

[@danielrierson6683]

Apollo shouldn’t have died tho. He should have just gotten disabled. Rocky didn’t really get much revenge for his best friend dying

[@ZiplineShazam]

There should have been absolutely no sequels to the Film "Rocky". . .The sequels quickly devolved into cartoonish shells of the original.

[@maloperverso8118]

How come they Never Explained that Fucking Robot!? WTF!?

[@pheonox14]

Just realized that this is the 1st Rocky film were Rocky doesn't "overcome" some short coming in his training. He just......trains, harder? Shows just how Mickey and Apollo's teachings made him a real champion :)

[@andrewblanchard2537]

Rocky-Rambo vs Drago-Punisher Sun Oct 30th 2016 3:19pm Nys USA

[@ToxicDust13]

Punisher.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

​@@ToxicDust13 THE PUNISHER 1989

[@kennyjohnston5345]

I love watching these....its like watching the movie....seeing the good parts and having a laugh...thanks decker

[@olatunjimason]

Rocky IV was another classic in my opinion!!! I just wish Apollo Creed didn't get killed. It would have been better if got brutal knock blow which leaves a little unconscious and hospitalized for sometime but still surviving while Rocky makes that trip to Russia to prepare for Drago. Then have a almost full recover mode out the hospital by the take Balboa takes on Drago and defeats him!!!!

[@danielrierson6683]

Right rocky didn’t really get much revenge

[@TubeSox]

Can you review the room?

[@ravager48]

+DingoPictures HA HA HA HA! What a story, DingoPictures. Anyway, how's your sex life?

[@TubeSox]

I cant tell you its confidential ;)

[@Darkko88]

You are tearing me apart +DingoPictures!

[@Reshme77]

Tube Sox so how's your sex life?

[@sincitysinner9239]

Tube Sox LMFAO!!! I can't remember the guys name right now, but the guy that played Tommy Wiseau's best friend in the room, the guy who was banging Tommy's girlfriend, wrote a movie. It stars him and Tommy Wiseau again, and is called "Best F(R)iends" and is coming out sometime in 2017. There's a trailer out and it looks like it's gonna be just as epicly terrible as the Room. There's also a movie that James Franco made about the room, I think it's called "The Disaster Artist". It looks fucking incredible, lol. It stars James Franco as Tommy Wiseau and Dave Franco as the guy who was Tommy Wiseau's best friend. It also stars a couple other big name actors, but the only one I can think of right now is Seth Rogen. OMFG, it looks fucking hilarious. I've seen videos from the set of the movie, and James Franco dressed as Tommy Wiseau looks fucking great with the long hair and the make up job, he looks just like Tommy Wiseau. Dave Franco looks hilarious as the other guy also. I can't wait to actually see it. I'm pretty sure it's called "The Disaster Artist".

[@Dre-yd2xh]

6:07 that part wasn't expected, rocky doesn't really seem like the trash talking type

[@jasonhylnd001]

I believe that same woman who watched Rocky Jr in Rocky 3 watched him again. Or maybe Mike form the gym, or Gazzo lol.

[@jasonhylnd001]

"Russia, played by wyoming". Love it!

[@mechagamera]

I wish the robot would of went on a killing spree! Like the robots in the movie, Chopping Mall!

[@deathrider7]

You are the best reviewer on KZbin!

[@BUILDSforDRIVING]

i wanted clubber vs drago

[@russiandrago821]

This movie by far my favourite, it's a bunch of 80s cheese and Cold War cock measuring contest. I loved the final fight almost as much as Rocky's rematch with Clubber because of the stakes with Ivan being a drugged up beef cake, BUT I didn't like Apollos death because I loved him and he was so rad.

[@owenterry7120]

During the press conference drago should have said 'I'm just here so I won't get fined'

[@jenny5309-k3j]

The songs in this movie make me want to run across the country while simultaneously lifting weights. With a big log strapped to my back.

[@jamescarlucci9867]

Please review Roadhouse

[@Tactical_Therapist]

The 5 year old me and the 36 year old me... still want that robot!

[@Sam-im5tc]

I really enjoy Rocky 4 and it more or less ended up giving us Creed 2 which was another pretty solid film.

[@KuroYukimura]

10:01 is that a freaking AE86 Trueno?

[@GothicXlightning]

a DAMN good movie, as I all time Rocky fan, I most say, this is when it truly reached the most epic climatic moment of the series, also become my most memorable of all , would you image how Dark-badass the film would have been if Rocky also died at the end ?? or at least had a Superman VS doomsday type of ending ........ it should have been that way, cus for the most part the series wen down the hill after 4, anyway grea example to point out that a sequel after sequel can be good, IF done Right

[@dadgraygaming3143]

By far one of the best movie sound tracks ever especially toward working out

[@puppylord3707]

i love the robot being there just for the lol

[@Moishel_Mitnyk]

11:23 Fun fact, the airplane landing scene had to be re-shot because the original plane was painted in Aeroflot colors, which the Russian state aviation department threatened to sue against.

[@JohnAvengerJR1985]

Tony burton recently passed away so after seeing this review i must say RIP.

[@chazworthingtonhunts]

DRAAAAGGGOOOOO!!!!

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

+chazworthingtonhunts I MUST BREAK YOU.

[@chazworthingtonhunts]

+Armageddon3035 if he dies, he dies.

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

chazworthingtonhunts god i love this movie. so cheesy yet awesome.

[@GothicXlightning]

DRAAAAGGGOOOOTHHHHH!!!

[@nathanmitchell3079]

Wait didn't rocky vacated the belt so he can gets his revenge on ivan drago?

[@brianmoney410]

One of my all-time favorite movies. All my kids love it as well. Entertaining review as always.

[@CassDaMan1138]

Hey Decker now that Creed is out on BluRay you think a Creed Review is on the way or does it not count in the Rocky review criteria?

[@candymanva9629]

Next in Rocky VI Little Mac vs Rocky Balboa

[@HurricaneDDragon]

I say 5 "Greatest montages of all time!" out of 5.

[@aaronstockton7373]

It's always bothered me.... in Apollo's death scene, Drago throws a left hook. Yet the close up shows and awkward looking right landing. Then back to the finish of the left hook. Great editing there.

[@tgriffin3059]

Apollo Creed's death scene is one of the greatest moments in American cinema. Masterfully done, from start to finish...

[@GanonGhidorah]

Does anyone else think this review is a bit too...yellow? (I don't know if it's done on purpose or not, but wow this yellow filter is hitting me like a punch to the nose.) As for Rocky IV - here's what I will give to it. It has probably the best intro to any of the Rocky Movies - mainly because it's the Climax from Rocky III set to Eye of the Tiger. It definitely has the best montage sound-track of the movies. It does have a unique setting and a larger than life feel to it, what with the whole Cold War Undertones. And, it sort of has Rocky fighting for more than just himself this time - what with Apollo being killed by Drago. What it doesn't have going for it... I feel like they over-sensationalized the "evil" of the Soviet Union - what with the Steroids and the overall Cold Attitude of Drago and the other Soviets. If the overall point of this movie is that, people are just people and shouldn't be enemies, then they really went too far with trying to polarize the audience to one side.

[@KamiRecca]

Seen you pronounce the name a few times now, and its time for a correction. Lundgren, the G is not silent. Lund Gren

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

I also always wondered how Rocky is fighting Drago at Night when his son is watching the fight at night.

[@CassDaMan1138]

Damn it Decker you always Sneak in before I begin to do something and I make a final refresh of my subscriptions.

[@pearljam619]

80s Propaganda at its best! As a kid I was heartbroken when Apollo died! The irony of Russian athletes taking drugs in this film and the current 2016 Olympic scandal.

[@morganangel340]

:cough: Lance Armstrong :cough:

[@victoryvic100]

ik the movie isn't good, but tbh this is the Rocky movie I saw the most.

[@Davidcross0121]

review the movie "The People Under The Stairs" quite a fun movie

[@pheonox14]

TheCableguy x Classic :)

[@antoniog4671]

Great review Decker 😊

[@MovementArtistryProductions]

Excellent and entertaining review, but guys can we take this time to acknowledge this man's dope David Hayter impression?

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

13:59 " FUCK IT LET'S JUST CLIMB A MOUNTAIN " SCREW IT CAPTAIN JAMES T KIRK WOULD AND DID .

[@joshuarockwell5352]

Great review and absolutely spot on in terms of it being a product of its time( i remember TheCinemaTologist calling Rocky IV "Rocky 80s"). If you ever do another "Summer of Sylvester Stallone" here are some suggestions i thought i might throw out there. Cliffhanger( its basically "Die Hard on a Mountain" but still a great Stallone movie; probably one of his best; John Lithgow gives Hans Gruber a run for his money as the villain in this movie). Over The Top( a Stallone action movie about arm wrestling: what more can you say) Lock Up( A Stallone prison movie and one of Stallone's more underrated action movies in my opinion; Fun Fact: They actually filmed it in a real prison) Cop Land( Another example of a movie that shows of Stallone's acting skills and a decent movie overall) Escape Plan( The other Stallone prison movie and the long awaited pairing of Stallone and Schwarzenegger: besides The Expendables movies) Grudge Match( Would be interested to hear your thoughts on the movie that asks "What if we had Rocky face the guy from Raging Bull) Also, i have a question. Since your doing the rest of the Rocky movies, does that mean you'll also review Creed?( which does technically count as a Rocky movie since Rocky is in the movie even if he isn't the star)

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

You have to remember this was the height of the Cold War during the 80's

[@vincegonzalez6804]

The movie was 32 minutes of montages or flashbacks. Stallone said he made Rocky V out of greed and he was lazy making it but it sure as hell seems he didn’t spend too much time writing the script for #4 either and spent more time working out. At least Rocky V had more dialogue and it just seemed like he missed an opportunity with #5. Rocky IV was just an MTV movie. Still love the Rocky franchise though. He really redeemed himself in Rocky Balboa

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Wyoming, Russia -- Come For The Isolation!

[@Wildfan-sg3fh]

Speaking Of Wolverine, a young Stallone would have been a good Wolverine.

[@flucazade]

Rocky films always have the best tunes

[@smizzman]

Have you ever reviewed 'REVENGE OF THE NINJA?" ....I'm sorry for raising my voice 😎

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

Sly being a Republican (by 80s standards, not today's), it's understandable that he'd want to make Russia look villainous & use 'roids while his character as a good ol' American who trained (& triumphed!) using exclusively hard work & grit. But it's also quite hypocritical if he was also using 'roids himself at that time as he was caught with them (HgH, I believe) in the mid-2000s. Still, Rocky IV is still one of my favorites.

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

MONDAY MARCH 4th 2019 SYLVESTER STALLONE IS A DEMOCRAT

[@franklind.roosevelt7416]

Somehow, no matter how much James Brown looks like James Brown he always looks like a James Brown impersonator to me.

[@BatsBeyondU]

Will you be doing Rocky Balboa (2006) and Creed (2015) as well?

[@Bulldog1982]

+Decker Shado ever think about reviewing Trancers

[@johannarniandresson1548]

Decker, could both you and creepy review the final destination franchise?

[@UndyingZombie]

Montage, the movie

[@davekennedy6315]

A BOXER? Taking steroids? How truly evil! As if a true boxer (or any sportsman for that matter!) would EVER stoop so low! It's not like performance enhancing drugs are taken by pretty much every professional sports person! Perish the thought haha!

[@2SSSR2]

For Soviet Anthem you were not far wrong. They only sing 1'st half of anthem. Main part and one chorus part that repeats 3 times: Main part: "Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!" ( Union of unbreakable free republics, joined together by great Russia. Let it live in union by people's will, our great, powerful Soviet union ) And chorus part, that goes like this: "Славься, Отечество наше свободное, Дружбы народов надёжный оплот! Знамя Советское, знамя народное Пусть от победы к победе ведёт!" ( Glory, to our free Motherland, people's union reliable stronghold! Soviet Banner, people's banner On road from victory to victory you lead us. ) ^These are from 1944 version. This are the same lyrics from 1977 version: "Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!" "Славься, Отечество наше свободное, Дружбы народов надёжный оплот! Партия Ленина - сила народная Нас к торжеству Коммунизма ведёт!" You can see hat the only thing that was changed was last 2 paragraphs. Translation of last 2 paragraphs: ( Party of Lenin - might of the people toward the celebration of Communism lead us! ) The whole point of the change was to shift the importance toward the part rather than to banner ( Soviet Flag, in USSR it was called the red banner ). And there was also the fact that Stalin himself directed 1944 lyrics, and in 1970's Soviet citizens knew what he was doing behind their backs during his reign ( it was all gone into public when Khrushchev said it, right after Stalin's death ). Hope this helped you in understanding better. :) Here's a little extra fact: there was one more version of the anthem - 1943 one. It was used only for one year, and when compared to 1944 version it was one entire part short ( 3 instead of 4 ) and it's final part had different lyrics. P.S - you may see that English translation don't match any you find on either Wikipedia or anthem videos - it is my own and it's more fitting to the actual words. Whoever did the original one didn't do a very good job.

[@diegobareno5820]

MONTAGE KOMBAT!!!

[@x-man9473]

@Lee Hayman The video games are cool. The films are horrible.

[@Mafon2]

Fun fact: russian interpreter translates Rocky''s speech very... loosely, to put it gently.

[@appleheadhoneybun8357]

Mafon2 what’d he say?

[@unrepentantpepe]

Please can you review Bronson.

[@jmanthunderbolt]

I'm new to this channel, and I gotta say, I never knew that Weird Al Yankovik ever had an illegitimate son. And yet here he is, on KZbin. Subscribed.

[@rejectwarfare7870]

Can you review creed , goosebumps , Halloween

[@Xenomaly]

You should check out the Xenomorph in MKX it's awesome

[@drumyogi9281]

Rocky IV: At Least It's Not Rocky V

[@lorenzoestrada2428]

18:00 he'll yeah decker!!!

[@Renwoxing13]

18:00 well that IS history : 101!

[@Fear605]

Holy shit you're Solid Snake is on point man!

[@buffalobruce23]

How about a review on, reanimator

[@JoshTyrReece]

Rocky: Patriotism4Ever The Movie. I know it was the Time but I can't watch it anymore today. It's so over the top and at least for me so cringeworthy. And the fight...again I get it. It's a Rocky Movie and not real Boxing. But if they tell it in the Movie itself how hard he punches...then maybe trying to stop the Fist with the face till the opponent is tired...isnt the best option. For me this and the next one are the worst Rocky Movies. Like so bad that I wonder how the Franchise survived it. (still happy it did because I love Creed)

[@tinadavis6150]

i like the ones that have bullwinkle in them

[@mitchfletcher2386]

You drunk, man?

[@norbertradwanski8737]

Greetings from Poland.You making a great videos ;)

[@serg_zero8664]

Review dragon heart please

[@Sir_Master_Kaino]

Anyone watching this video when Creed II came out in the cinema?

[@coleviloria3800]

Should I watch Creed?

[@les4767]

+Cole Viloria Yes, you should. It's the best film of the series since Rocky II

[@easternlion874]

ehm didnt you alredy reviewt rocky 4?

[@militaryhistoryguy827]

Dolph would have won in a real fight but still enjoy the movie

[@sharonpereira4501]

This is a classic.