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Rocky 5 movie storyline. Shortly after Rocky Balboa’s victory over Ivan Drago in Moscow, he, his wife Adrian, his brother-in-law Paulie, and his trainer Tony “Duke” Evers return to the United States, where they are greeted by Rocky’s son, Robert. At a press conference, boxing promoter George Washington Duke attempts to goad Rocky into fighting his boxer Union Cane, who is now the top rated American challenger. They want the bout for the World Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, but Rocky declines the offer. Duke refuses to give up on the mega money with Balboa and surmises he needs to come up with an angle to convince him to fight.
Shortly after returning home, it is discovered that Paulie unknowingly had Rocky sign a “power of attorney” over to Rocky’s accountant, who had squandered all of his money on real estate deals gone sour; in addition, the accountant had failed to pay Rocky’s taxes over the past six years, and the mansion is discovered to be unpaid by $400,000. His lawyer confirms this, but he tells Rocky the situation is easily fixable with a few more fights. Rocky, not wanting to go bankrupt, decides to accept the mega fight with Cane for the money.
However, after seeing a doctor, an examination reveals permanent and irreversible brain damage from the fight with Drago and at Adrian’s insistence, prompting Rocky to retire from boxing. He files for bankruptcy, has his mansion and belongings auctioned off, and moves his family back into Paulie’s old house in South Philadelphia.
Adrian returns to working part-time at the J&M Tropical Fish pet shop while Paulie goes back to the Shamrock Meat Packing facility. Rocky arranges plans to refurbish and reopen Mighty Mick’s Boxing Gym, willed to his son Robert by his late trainer Mickey Goldmill. He walks through the abandoned gym and reminisces about a training session between the two just before Rocky fought with Apollo Creed years before.
One day, Rocky and Paulie meet a hungry young fighter from Oklahoma named Tommy Gunn, and Rocky takes him under his wing. Training the young fighter gives Rocky a sense of purpose, and Gunn fights his way up the ladder to become a top contender. Rocky eventually becomes so distracted with Gunn’s training that he winds up neglecting Robert. He falls in with the wrong crowd at school and as a result, he begins acting out at home.
Union Cane wins the vacant world heavyweight title while Gunn continues his rapid and impressive rise through the ranks. Still wanting to do business with Rocky, Duke sees Gunn’s knockout streak and relationship with Rocky as a way of getting control of him. Duke showers Gunn with luxuries and promises him that he is the only path to a shot against Union Cane for the title. Duke hopes to take control of Gunn as his manager and keep Rocky on as head trainer.
Rocky V is a 1990 American sports drama film. It is the fifth film in the Rocky series, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone, and co-starring Talia Shire, Stallone’s real-life son Sage, and real-life boxer Tommy Morrison, with Morrison in the role of Tommy Gunn, a talented yet raw boxer. Sage played Robert Balboa, whose relationship with his famous father is explored. After Stallone directed the second through fourth films in the series, Rocky V saw the return of John G. Avildsen, whose direction of Rocky won him an Academy Award for Best Directing.
Rocky V (1990)
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Sage Stallone, Tommy Morrison, Burgess Meredith, Richard Gant, Delia Sheppard, Mike Sheehan
Screenplay by: Sylvester Stallone
Production Design by: William J. Cassidy
Cinematography by: Steven Poster
Film Editing by: John G. Avildsen, Robert A. Ferretti, Michael N. Knue
Costume Design by:
Set Decoration by: John M. Dwyer
Art Direction by: William J. Durrell Jr.
Music by: Bill Conti
Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, United International Pictures
Release Date: November 16, 1990
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