The presence early on of Hulk Hogan as Thunderlips heightens the feeling that with this third Rocky movie you are merely watching a World Wrestling Federation-style soap opera in which alliances switch and change simply to continue the melodrama, and so Rocky aligns himself with former rival Apollo Creed, takes on new rival-in-the-ring, boxing up-and-comer Clubber Lang (Mr T), and poor Adrian begins her demise, turning into the sad onlooker she becomes in Rocky movies evermore...but then "Gonna Fly Now" starts, there's some slow-mo muscle montages, Apollo Creed appears in a crop-top, and at least for the last half hour the appeal of the original Rocky returns.
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