Rocky II
Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.
- Director: Sylvester Stallone
- Genre:Action / Sport
- Runtime:119 minutes
Cast
Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Balboa
Talia Shire : Adrian
Burt Young : Paulie
Carl Weathers : Apollo Creed
Burgess Meredith: Mickey Goldmill
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Rocky II begins with the 14th round of the Bicentennial fight from the first movie. The fight lasts the entire 15 rounds with each fighter suffering many devastating injuries. After the fight, Rocky calls out for Adrian, who runs down to the ring. As Creed is announced the winner by split decision, Adrian and Rocky embrace, and Rocky tells her that he loves her.
After their championship bout, Rocky and Apollo are taken by ambulance to Pennsylvania Hospital in Center City (a WCAU-TV Channel 10 news truck follows behind the ambulance), where they meet once again in the hospital lobby with a mob of reporters. Apollo Creed, who retained the championship on points, is furious at Rocky, the first man to go the distance with him, and starts clamoring for another chance to knock Rocky out. Rocky goes to Apollo’s room that night and asks “Did you give me your best?” to which Apollo answers “Yeah.” Rocky declines talk of a rematch and tells Apollo that he is quitting boxing. Rocky’s decision to retire is strengthened when doctors tell him he needs surgery for a detached retina.
Following his hospital stay, Rocky proposes to Adrian in front of the tiger exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo, and they later on get married in a private church ceremony. Rocky begins to enjoy the profits from his fight with Apollo. He buys his first brand new car which is a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am (even though it’s still supposedly 1976), goes on a shopping spree (purchasing a black leather jacket with a tiger on the back, a fur coat for Adrian, and some watches, to name a few), and buys a two-story house. He also convinces his previous employer, Gazzo (Joe Spinell), to give Paulie his old collecting job. Rocky then opts to earn money by appearing in television commercials. His new career, however, is quickly derailed by his sub-par reading skills, which leads to a clash with the director of his first commercial. Read more.
