I thought it was a farce and only made for Stallone to get some extra cash. Can we say 60 yr old boxer? c'mon. hate a predictable movie with bad acting. Stallone has never been a good actor. He just got lucky in the original Rocky cuz it wasn't a bloody Woody Allen, gangster or disco movie. [In my humble opinion].
Cinderella Man was a much better boxing movie as was Million Dollar Baby. But nothing will ever match the all time greatest boxing movie.....
The Raging Bull
I hardly see Raging Bull as a Boxing movie, it was more of a good drama I reckon.
I thought Rocky Balboa was as expected, nothing more, nothing less. I guess I'm a small fan of the series.
Rocky (1976) was released in the same year as Taxi Driver, and I still see it as a more superior film. It just seems to be 'cool' to like Taxi Driver these days.