Worst Representation: Rocky Franchise

The first installment of the Rocky franchise was a huge hit, an Oscar winning hit. As a stand alone film, the first Rocky doesn’t deserve to be under the worst boxing movie bracket but instead I have placed the franchise under that bracket. The reason, ever since it’s sequel was released in 1979, and up to it’s sixth edition in 2006, the Rocky films have gradually got worse and worse. They became nothing more than caricature’s of themselves. Granted, they sold cinema tickets, but as a piece of celluloid, they were pretty hopeless. In 2006, Stallone released the sixth and so far, final film, in this tired franchise. It was a moderate success bringing back a small amount of pride to the series but it didn’t quite recapture the magic it’s original laid down in 1976.

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