Rocky Balboa ( 2006 )

Rocky Balboa is a 2006 film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, and Revolution Studios, written by, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. It is the sixth and final film in the Rocky series, which began with the Oscar-winning Rocky thirty years earlier in 1976. The film portrays Balboa in retirement, a widower living in Kensington, Philadelphia, and the owner and operator of an Italian restaurant in the city called "Adrian's", named after his late wife.

Rocky Balboa was produced as the final sequel to the Academy Award-winning Rocky. According to Sylvester Stallone, he was "negligent" in the production of Rocky V and it left him, and many of the fans, disappointed with the presumed end of the series. Stallone also mentioned that the storyline of Rocky Balboa parallels his own struggles and triumphs in recent times.


Story line;
Rocky Balboa picks up in present-day Philadelphia, where Rocky, a local celebrity, is living in a row house in Kensington (a deleted scene reveals that Paulie has been living with him in a downstairs bedroom). His wife Adrian has died (due to "woman cancer," in 2002), and Rocky has retired to become owner of a small but successful Italian restaurant, Adrian's. He charms his patrons with stories of his past. Rocky visits his late wife's grave site regularly, and embarks on a yearly tour of Philadelphia landmarks that held importance to him and Adrian, including his old apartment and the pet shop where Adrian worked. His brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young) joins him on this tour, but does so at great personal pain because, in his opinion, he did not treat Adrian well during her life. Rocky counters this claim by reminding Paulie that Adrian loved him as well.

Rocky's son, Robert Jr. (Milo Ventimiglia), is the opposite of Rocky - a buttoned-down, corporate-minded businessman...... [ Read more at Wikipedia ]

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