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  Rocky II - Rotten Tomatoes
Rocky II is carried on the strong shoulders of Sylvester Stallone who puts in a stellar performance as a loving husband and a good friend.
While cruder than the first film, Rocky II successfully drives its hero back to the underdog status needed to make the final fight as exciting and satisfying as it is.
Rocky II has a waxy feeling, and it never comes to life the way its predecessor did.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/rocky_ii   (536 words)

  
  KUsports.com - The Greene Room: Rocky Ratings
Rocky III — Granted it happened a little bit at the beginning of Rocky II, but this was really where Stallone’s character fell into all of the monetary pitfalls of an over-adored heavyweight champ.
Rocky — There’s nothing like an original, and this movie had all of them — the run up the steps, punching in the meat locker and the eggs, which were earlier in the movie but count towards the montage in these eyes.
Rocky II — The montage had Rocky chasing and finally capturing a chicken in a back alley, which was taking a chance, but I can respect that.
www2.kusports.com /blogs/greene_room/2006/dec/26/rocky_ratings   (2460 words)

  
  Rocky II
Rocky II was the 1978 sequel to Rocky, a movie where a boxer goes from rags to riches by lasting the distance with the world's Heavyweight champion.
Rocky, meanwhile, tells him that he is quitting boxing.
When round 15 arrives, Rocky seems to be hopelessly behind on points, but, in a scene many Hollywood critics have called one of the greatest scenes in film history, both boxers hit each other with knockout punches simultaneously, and both go to the floor.
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 Rocky II (1979)
Rocky’s tough stance during this defeat was something of a moral victory as it showed how the little guy can come out okay after all.
Rocky’s girl Adrian (Talia Shire) is nothing more than a token babe in the sequel, and her brother Paulie (Burt Young) simply redoes his loudmouth shtick from the first movie.
Rocky II appears in both an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 and in a fullscreen version on this double-sided, single-layered DVD; the widescreen image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
www.dvdmg.com /rocky2.shtml   (1837 words)

  
 Rocky - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Rocky returns to earth to live in poverty with his ugly wife, wimpy son and drunken and abusive brother in law.
Rocky doesn't know when to give it a rest, but returns to his KKK roots to pummel another African American, despite his age and two injuries that should have ended his career.
Rocky made a major appearance as an enemy to Sinbad early in the movie, but later teamed up with him when Sinbad proved to be a worthy opponent.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Rocky   (1353 words)

  
 Rocky Micro-Rovers
Rocky I was a critical step in proving to NASA mission managers that a small rover could do useful missions on Mars.
Rocky III displayed a combination of autonomy, mission directedness, high mobility, and manipulation ability (not to mention overall speed) that has been unmatched in planetary rover robots before or since.
Mounted near where the arm was located in Rocky III is a rock chipper, which could remove the weathering rind on a small area of rock visible to the spectrometer.
www.kipr.org /robots/rocky.html   (686 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Rocky II at Epinions.com
Rocky II is a decent successor to the original, but don't expect the same greatness.
Rocky can't find a job because he's not educated and he and Adrian are preparing to have a child, when Rocky decides that the way to help his family is to get back in the ring with Creed even without Adrian's blessing.
The fight in Rocky II is also my favorite of them all as it was paced well, though not very believable (but none of them were).
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 Tampabay: USF gets a raging bull in Rocky II
Rocky II, a Brahman bull calf from Riverview, is the new face of USF athletics.
But Rocky II is not quite 5 months old and weighs a mere 200 or so pounds, so don't expect to see him before the 2007 football season.
For now, Rocky II is at Newsome's ranch in southern Hillsborough, preparing to join the ranks of college mascots like Bevo the Texas Longhorn and Ralphie the Colorado Buffalo.
www.sptimes.com /2006/07/07/Tampabay/USF_gets_a_raging_bul.shtml   (508 words)

  
 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- ROCKY II
ROCKY II ($25) is the surprisingly good sequel to the Academy Award winning best picture of 1976.
ROCKY II picks up right after the events of the first film, and propels the characters into new situations that they find themselves ill prepared.
Rocky discovers his newfound fame fleeting in the light of his loss to Heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
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 Butler: Rocky IV
Rocky is a solid brick wall beginning to crumble.
Rocky’s opponent in an unfeeling machine who relies on science to build his body.
The big fight between Rocky and the Russian was filmed at an arena in Vancouver for a number of reasons, among the biggest being that this is genuinely cold country and people who came to see the filming were dressed appropriately.
www.cameraguild.com /interviews/chat_butler/butler_rocky4.htm   (2663 words)

  
 Rocky II News
Rocky II News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Truth be told, Joshua Appleby saw "Rocky II" before he saw the first Sylvester Stallone movie, which premiered the same year the San Antonio middle-school coach was born.
"Rocky Balboa" *** : I'm as surprised as anyone to hear me say that this sixth installment in the "Rocky" franchise is one of the best of the bunch: a fitting, bittersweet bookend to the classic underdog story.
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 Rocky II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocky II begins with the 15th round of the Bicentennial fight from the first movie.
After their championship bout, Rocky and Apollo are taken by ambulance to a hospital, where they meet once again in the emergency room.
One note from the previous film is that the driver of Gazzo's car tells Rocky after saying Adrian was mentally challenged to "take her to the zoo, I hear retards love the zoo" and after leaving the hospital in Rocky II, Rocky proposes in the zoo.
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 DVD Reviews - Rocky (original & SE)
Rocky feels like life's opportunities have passed him by.
Rocky's ability as a fighter has nothing to do with his selection - it's his nickname, "The Italian Stallion," that attracts Creed and his management team.
Rocky IV (the best films in the series after the original) have been released previously on DVD (each with letterboxed-only widescreen and full frame video on the same disc).
www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/rocky.html   (1623 words)

  
 One last bout for a beloved franchise - USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Preview screenings of Rocky Balboa are delivering a sucker-punch of charm: Jaded Hollywood journalists, many of whom sneered at all the sequels, are grudgingly conceding their affection for it.
The Rocky long-shot feeling is relatable to millions of Americans, particularly those struggling to get by, says David Sirota, a Democratic campaign strategist and author of the book Hostile Takeover, an exploration of how politics is increasingly dominated by the interests of those with a lot of money, at the expense of those with little.
Rocky may mean the most to those who have the least, or those trying to bounce back from terrible mistakes.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-12-17-rocky-balboa_x.htm   (1630 words)

  
 AMCTV.com MEMBER REVIEWS: Rocky 2   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rocky takes a tremendous pounding from Apollo throughout the rematch, but in the 15 th and final round, Rocky knocks Apollo out and falls to the canvas with him.
II drags in parts, Rocky's inability to do anything but box, Adrian's illness, come to mind.
The entire Rocky saga is entertaining but Rocky II is and "Against All Odds" type of entertainment.
www.amctv.com /show/review?CID=2805-EST   (0 words)

  
 Rocky Films
Rocky has cleaned up his act and successfully worked his way out of Philadelphia and has become a very rich prize-fighter.
Rocky retires for good, but decides to train this protege full time at the expense of quality family time with wife and son, who is played by Stallone's son, Sage.
Rocky goes back to the Rocky of I and II, meaning that the leather jacket and cigarette smoking is back, which makes for an interesting change.
www.angelfire.com /bc/lowblows/rocky.html   (765 words)

  
 Amrel Rocky II Ruggedized Notebooks
ROCKY II+ from AMREL Systems Inc. represents a line of ruggedized mobile computing systems designed for field service and in-vehicle applications within such markets as public safety, emergency response, military and utilities.
ROCKY II+ offers capacitive touch screen options for applications such as in-vehicle computing where keyboard entry may be difficult.
Added to ROCKY II+’ s array of user friendly field capabilities is it’s optional 4 COM ports which allows for simultaneous interfacing with multiple components such as GPS, wireless modems and touch screen all at the same time.
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 Rocky II quiz -- free game
""Rocky II", in my opinion, is not only the best of all the "Rocky" films, but the greatest movie of all time.
After Rocky was taken to the O.R., he received surgery on his right eye.
Rocky and Adrian were deciding on names for the kid, but couldn't immediately decide on one.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=225373   (0 words)

  
 ROCKY (5-DISC GIFT SET) + ROCKY ANTHOLOGY - DVDs
The thin line separating the myths of Rocky and Stallone is all but erased in an opening montage that summarizes the pop-cultural baptism of the former in part through clips of the latter doing his own media song-and-dance, and the meta aspects of this second sequel only deepen from there.
Apart from the Rocky series' obvious trends (the horizontal scrolling of the opening title, for instance), I began to realize that the only thing they ever show on TV in Rock's Philadelphia is news pertaining to The Italian Stallion himself or his next sparring partner.
Rocky V represents what is sometimes called "the fallacy of the sequel," in that it invalidates the previous film's happy ending.
www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/rocky.htm   (1926 words)

  
 Rocky II: Rocky Anthology (1979)
Rocky himself just acted as the stand-in for anyone who’d felt less successful than they’d like to be.
Rocky II appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
A nice mix of extras certainly would have made Rocky II more appealing, as the movie itself didn’t do much for me. Oh, it’s a fairly entertaining piece of fluff, but it lacks any form of depth or drama.
www.dvdmg.com /rocky2anthology.shtml   (1635 words)

  
 Rocky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocky is a 1976 film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G. Avildsen.
Rocky Balboa is introduced as an enforcer for a loan shark who boxes on the side.
The night before the fight, Rocky confides in Adrian that he does not expect to beat Creed, and that all he wants is to last 15 rounds (the typical scheduled length of championship fights at the time).
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 411mania.com
Rocky mumbles to the world that he's officially retired, but Apollo demands a rematch, still high on the adrenaline and angry that this no-name chump just went the distance with him.
When Rocky walks up the stairs, the scene looks exactly like the moment from the first film where Mickey walked up the stairs to Rocky's building and asked him to be his manager.
Rocky then resorts to bringing up how he allowed Mickey to be his manager, how that was what Mickey needed when it was more of the other way around.
www.411mania.com /movies/columns/48283/Scene-Anatomy-101:-Rocky-II.htm   (3052 words)

  
 Pen Computing Magazine: Archive: Issue 25: Hardware - Amrel Rocky II
Amrel Rocky II The Amrel Rocky II is a representative of the re-emerging class of rugged pen-enabled clamshell notebooks.
In addition, though our review unit was all fl, you can get the Rocky with all of the protective rubber on dent and high impact areas in bright yellow, which provides the unit with the attention grabbing appeal of a Hummer with a custom paint job.
The Rocky's relatively large size also means that all important interface ports are built into the unit rather than requiring a port replicator or a dock.
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 UGO.com - Ranking the Rocky Films
Rocky II The gist: Apollo Creed, embarrassed by the fact that an unknown took him to the limit in their last fight, demands a rematch.
Rocky II contains many of the same elements that made its ancestor so great - the training montages, the vibrant characters and the spectacular, brutal finishing bout - but with a happier ending.
Why it's bad: Rocky II is in no way a bad movie, or even a bad sequel; if anything, it replicates the formula of the first Rocky almost too well.
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 Amazon.ca: Rocky II (Widescreen/Full Screen): DVD: Sylvester Stallone,Talia Shire,Burt Young,Carl Weathers,Burgess ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rocky is a film about overcoming what seems to be impossible odds with sheer character; a simple mind does not equal a simple soul, and as Rocky Balboa clearly demonstrates - when you get the shot you've always dreamed of, make it worth every second.
"Rocky II" is a very entertaining sequel, it has all the elements to make it a very pleasant film, it's not as transcendent as the original movie, but the characters and the plot are good enough to keep the audience interested in the life of Rocky Balboa and his family, friends and enemies.
"Rocky II" is the story of a man that puts his family in first priority, also in second priority and he is the one that counts the least, Rocky prefers to jeopardize his future in order to assure a good life for his wife and his son.
www.amazon.ca /Rocky-II-Widescreen-Full-Screen/dp/6304604548   (1751 words)

  
 Rocky Series II Reviews! - RockyFigs.com
Rocky got in better shape as the films went along, and Jakks noted this, as they gave him a leaner, more chiseled torso.
Rocky's manager Mickey Goldmill is depicted in his yellow cornerman attire from the second film.
Rocky Series II brings us the first figure from the sixth Rocky film- "Rocky Balboa." This figure, an early sneek peek release of Rocky from his fight with his newest opponent- Mason "The Line" Dixon.
www.rockyfigs.com /inner2.php?id=34&page_id=1&PHPSESSID=f44bd15e9f12451fb7391a50b13016f2   (1409 words)

  
 Rocky (1976)
Continuity: When Rocky sees Marie and asks her if her brother knew she was hanging out with those "coconuts", he's smoking a cigarette.
All Rocky wants is to be able to go all ten rounds with the champ, because no one else has.
It's about Rocky and his desire to get by in the world without being a bum.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0075148   (667 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment: Local
World War II veterans, from left, Bobby Freeman, who served in the Army; Wayne Whitlock, of the Army Air Forces; and George Meshko of the Air Force, applaud Monday during a send-off ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Littleton.
Twenty-five World War II veterans - including 15 with Colorado ties - will visit European battlefields and other sites related to the campaign thanks to the Greatest Generations Foundation, a Denver nonprofit organization that returns them to the places where they fought.
The trip was organized by the Greatest Generations Foundation, a Denver-based nonprofit organization started for the sole purpose of returning military veterans to their fields of battle.
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 Rocky II
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When he proves unsuited as a television pitchman, an embarrassed Rocky is forced to work at a meat packing company with Adrian's brother, Paulie (Burt Young).
Meanwhile, Apollo, angered by repeated taunts that his fight with Rocky was fixed, is eager for a high-profile rematch to prove that the first match had been a fluke.
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 Rocky II mistakes, goofs and bloopers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Continuity: In the pre-fight scene, Rocky's trainer is seen pulling two cotton swabs from his mouth and then leads Rocky to the center of the ring for the referee's instructions.
Continuity: When Rocky walks up the stairs after watching Apollo taunt him on television, there is a chair and a plant on the floor against the wall in the back of the scene.
Deliberate "mistake": When Rocky meets the kid that has his entire overbody and head covered in gypsum you can see that it is fake as the gypsum on the kids head is loose.
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