Search - Rocky Anthology on DVD

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 2/27/2021...

5/5 Rating - Rocky - Academy Award Winner of Best Picture - 1976. Rocky defined Sylvester "Sly" Stallone with many Rocky movies to follow. A must watch for Stallone and Boxing fans!

5/5 Rating - Rocky 2 - Solid Rocky plotline continues with the last ten minutes of Rocky. Rocky, Mick and others all shine in this and you will love it even though it is a dated with age.

4/5 Rating - Rocky 3 - The Rocky plotlines just keep getting better and #3 will not disappoint! Mr. T. shows up in this installment and you will not like him!

3/5 Rating - Rocky 4 - Definitely dropped in quality but does have some great moments, especially the seasons recap music video, There's no easy way out. A must watch for Rocky fans!

2/5 Rating - Rocky 5 - "Jumping the Shark", that's what happened with this installment in the Rocky series. The bad music and miscast characters during most of the movie resulting in a failure of a movie. There were some cool moments and music so it's a must for Rocky fans but keep yourself occupied so you can skip through the bad parts. Note to self: NEVER watch this again!

NO BONUS FEATURES

Amanaplanacanal Panama | Los Angeles, CA United States | 01/11/2005

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Fans heed warning: If you're anything like me, you may have asked yourself, "Since this is an updated box set from the LAST box set, what are the new features?" Answer: NONE. No trailers, no deleted scenes, no outtakes, no featturets -- NOTHING. Only get this if you have a HD TV. If you're looking for ANYthing else, get the old box set. The old one was LOADED on the first film (though only had trailers on the rest). The only thing you get here are subtitles. I can't believe I sold my old set in anticipation for this thing. MGM stinks."

The Movies are Great, The QUALITY..... NOT!!!!

Amanaplanacanal Panama | 04/28/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Rocky (Special Edition) - The DVD quality was good. Interactive menus at best were okay, considering this movie is a classic I believe it should have been done much better. Rocky II - Is the same version released 2 years ago when I purchased it the first time. MGM you should feel guilty not giving this movie more attention like improving the quality of the picture or putting a nice picture on the disc!!!!! The disk is double sided. Haven't you heard of DUAL LAYER? Plus there are no visual improvements to the movie and the menus. All and all this was a complete let down. Rocky III - No interactive menus (Another huge let down). Quality of picture was good. In a nut shell Good but by no means GREAT. MGM once again you should feel guilty. Rocky IV - Exactly the same as Rocky II!!!!!!!!!! Rocky V - Exactly like Rocky III. Considering the lack of DTS and overall quality in producing these DVD's, I would have given my review a ZERO. It smells of a George Lucas, lets release it a hundred times and get paid before we decide to release it properly like we could have from the jump. This BOX set is a joke!!! I wish I didn't like the movies so much! My rating of a 3 is due to the simple fact I think the movies are a 5. I was expecting so much more, like the attention MGM gave to the Bond film "The World is Not Enough." Wait didn't MGM release most or all of the Bond films twice? Cheap stunt that is expensive to fans! Interested in buying the Rocky Collection, wait till MGM gives these movies the attention they deserve. Which includes: Full Interatcive Menus, Dolby 5.1, 7.1, DTS, Dual Layered Discs Printed on the top side with an inspiring picture from each movie, Some deleted scenes. Now that's a real collection not this cheap watered down version."

A thrill for fans of the classic underdog vs unbeatable bout

Ryan Myers | 11/26/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"In Rocky, Sylvester Stallone plays a street bum who fights in clubs and gets $40 a victory, while the 46-0 heavyweight champ Apollo Creed struggles to get in the ring due to an injury of his challenger. Creed gives Rocky a shot because he knows that only a novice fighter would fight him in the very limited training time. While Creed sits around and drinks coffee, Rocky trains hard by pounding raw meat. I won't spoil the fight scene. Rocky II has our hero out of a job due to his lack of reading skills for commercials. He realizes that he must get money by fighting a rematch with his enraged rival, Creed. Rocky II has one of the series' better fight scenes as Rocky takes on a trained and prepared Apollo. As Rocky downs any challenger to the belt, contender Clubber Lang moves up the ranks in Rocky III. Clubber (played by Mr. T) finally gets his shot at fighting Rocky and downs him quickly, and shortly afterward his loyal manager dies of natural causes. Rocky, now trained by Creed, and full of determination, challenges Lang to a rematch. The outrageous but fun fourth installment pits an East-West battle when a huge Russian smashes the life out of Apollo Creed (literally). Rocky then travels to Russia and confronts the Goliath in hostile territory. The last one should have never been made. Rocky trains an anxious fighter who turns on him and they engage in an out of the ring battle. Here are the ratings:Rocky: 95; Rocky II: 83; Rocky III: 90; Rocky IV: 88; Rocky IV: 70"