Film · Drama
Rocky Balboa
“It ain't over 'til it's over.”
20061h 42mDir Sylvester Stallone6.9TMDB
When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Italian Stallion to a 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history!
Top Cast
60 total
Sylvester Stallone
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa
Burt Young
as Paulie Pennino
Antonio Tarver
as Mason 'The Line' Dixon
Geraldine Hughes
as Marie
Milo Ventimiglia
as Robert 'Rocky' Balboa Jr.
Tony Burton
as Tony 'Duke' Evers
A.J. Benza
as L.C.
James Francis Kelly III
as Steps
The scene we cut
How hard you can get hit
"It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."
Stallone wrote the speech to his son about his own career. He was 60, the studios thought he was finished, and he had to fight for years to get the film made.
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