When the Rocky theme song started playing the nostalgia instantly took over. To this day, I still love watching all the Rocky films and its theme song instantly takes me back to my years growing up as a child.

I had originally planned to watch Rocky Balboa during its premiere release a few days ago, but after watching Rocky V, I was very skeptical about this addition to the series. After hearing alot of positive comments about the film, I just had to check it out for myself.

Rocky Balboa is story and character driven much like the original Rocky that won a Oscar and Golden Globe. It focuses on the life of Balboa after boxing and the difficulties both physically and mentally when “human beings” begin to decline with their age. The script itself is written fairly simple like most of the series, but you can sense the genuine emotion that Stallone put into his final Rocky film. Thats what really made this film great.

Thanks for the sixth and final round Sly. You pulled this film off and ended a epic boxing story on a extremely positive and fulfilling note. The Italian Stallion will forever be remembered as being ALL HEART.

Rocky Balboa is now a fifty-something widower running a small restaurant in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the World Boxing Heavyweight Champion, Mason “The Line” Dixon is the dominant force within his sport. Lonely, Rocky feels the ring beckon him once more and he knows he must return to the sport that he loves.