ROCKY II

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ROCKY II Movie

1979

(7,2 out of 10)
Drammatico (Sportivo)
1 h 59 min - 119 min
Directed by Sylvester Stallone

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	Sylvester Stallone
	Talia Shire
	Burt Young
	Carl Weathers

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Dopo l'incontro mondiale con Apollo Creed, nel quale ha perso ai punti, Rocky Balboa decide di ritirarsi dal pugilato in seguito a un problema all'occhio destro riportato dopo l'incontro stesso. Rocky e Adriana si sposano, con Paulie e Mickey che fanno da testimoni.<br>Giorni dopo il matrimonio, Rocky inizia a spendere i soldi guadagnati dopo l'incontro con Apollo, acquistando anche una grande villa a Filadelfia.<br>Quando i soldi cominciano a diminuire e Adriana è incinta, Rocky è costretto a trovarsi subito un lavoro per sostenere la famiglia, così come Adriana che nonostante la gravidanza si sforza nel negozio di animali dove lavorava in passato. Rocky prova prima con la pubblicità dove però non ha successo, poi torna a lavorare al mattatoio dove lavora Paulie.<br>Tuttavia Apollo, tornato a Los Angeles con sua moglie Mary Anne, subisce le pesanti critiche da parte di tutti i suoi tifosi che lo accusano di non aver dato il massimo. Apollo sa di aver dato il massimo e da quello che succede, si accorge di aver finalmente trovato in vita sua un pugile in grado di tenergli testa e ha paura di non essere più il migliore.<br>Apollo decide quindi di organizzare una rivincita: si batterà nuovamente con Rocky a Filadelfia, mettendo ancora una volta in palio il suo titolo mondiale. Apollo provoca pesantemente Rocky tramite la televisione per convincerlo a tornare sul ring e questo scatena l'ira di Rocky che si prepara per il suo secondo incontro mondiale. Mickey si offre di allenare nuovamente Rocky per la rivincita contro Apollo.<br>Gli allenamenti non iniziano bene, in quanto Rocky è preoccupato per le condizioni di salute di Adriana che si avvicina sempre di più al giorno del parto. Un giorno Adriana viene colta da un malore e portata in ospedale; Rocky sospende i suoi allenamenti per correre da lei. Il giorno dopo Adriana sta meglio e dà alla luce il piccolo Robert.<br>Il giorno del match, Rocky va prima dal suo prete Padre Carmine per ricevere una benedizione prima di questo incontro e poi si dirige allo stadio con Mickey che gli fa nuovamente da manager; nel frattempo Adriana e Paulie guardano l'incontro di Rocky tramite la televisione.<br>L'incontro inizia con Apollo che sembra subito molto aggressivo e pieno di furia, pronto a tutto pur di mettere al tappeto una volta per tutte Rocky; il pugile italo-americano però resiste ancora una volta come non mai e mette in difficoltà Apollo con i colpi e con la resistenza lasciandolo del tutto stremato. Come successo nel primo incontro, si arriva fino al 15º e ultimo round e Apollo sta per vincere di nuovo ai punti ma è proprio nella metà dell'ultimo round stesso che succede un gran colpo di scena: Rocky, spendendo tutte le sue forze, sferra una potentissimo pugno in faccia ad Apollo che fa barcollare il campione, tutti e due i pugili cadono al tappeto: Apollo per il durissimo pugno subito e Rocky per lo sfinimento. Durante il conteggio però Rocky riesce a rialzarsi prima di Apollo, vincendo l'incontro e divenendo così il nuovo campione mondiale dei pesi massimi.<br>Quando si trova di fronte alla stampa, Rocky dedica questa grande vittoria ad Adriana e al figlio, e allo stesso tempo alza la cintura del campione al cielo in segno di vittoria verso tutti.

When Rocky turns the TV on for the turtles, Brent Mussberger is talking about the Rams and their field goal kicker, Frank Corral. The plot of the movie has the time line at mid to late 1976 (Apollo's trainer, Duke, mentioned a couple of scenes earlier that about 6 months had passed since the first fight), there is a problem because Frank Corral did not play for the Rams until 1978. <br>------------------------<br><br>The film takes place from New Year's Day to Thanksgiving Day, 1976. However, when Rocky is at the old Pontiac dealer at Broad and Pine Street in Philadelphia, the green car in the showroom and his new car are 1979 models. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the referee is talking to Rocky and Apollo at the beginning of the final fight, his lips don't match what he's saying. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Apollo is in the office attempting to set up a rematch, he calls Tony Burton's character by the actor's name. At this point he wasn't credited as a named character, but starting in Rocky III he's known as Duke, not Tony. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the first fight depicted in the first film, which also shown in the beginning of this film, Rocky's right upper lid gets hematoma and they cut it. And when Mick tests Rocky's sight, we clearly see that it's the right eye that has vision problem. But during second fight, when Rocky is first knocked-down the commentator says that Apollo has hit the damaged left eye, which was cut in the previous match. <br>------------------------<br><br>It's well established that Rocky is left handed, however when he signs an autograph for the nurse at the beginning of the movie he uses his right hand. <br>------------------------<br><br>In Rocky III, Mickey is buried in a Jewish funeral. In this film, when Mickey enters the hospital chapel, he crosses himself and later prays without donning a hat or skull cap. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Adrian is in the coma, Rocky's facial hair is used to give a general idea of time. Just before Adrian comes out of the coma you can Rocky with almost a full beard. The shot pans over to Adrian opening her eyes. When the shot pans back to Rocky, he barely has a 5 o'clock shadow. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Mickey is watching Apollo Creed on TV, he has one sock on. When he stands up in rage, he has both socks on. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Adrian holds their baby for the first time, he is crying. In the next scene as Rocky is sitting with her, the baby is sleeping peacefully. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the priest is marrying Rocky and Adrian, he says Adrian's last name like "Pennino". But according to the name listings at the press conference in [Rocky Balboa] (based on what we see on Paulie's card), the name is actually Panina. <br>------------------------<br><br>The final fight between Rocky and Apollo takes place in November. We are told that this fight is taking place exactly 10 months after the events of the first film, This places the fight from the original Rocky in the January of the same year. However when Rocky is about to begin his entrance into the arena he comments on his robe,comparing it to the one he wore for the first fight, saying it fits well "unlike last years", Despite the fact that both fights took place in the same year. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Rocky and Pauly are talking by the bridge, Pauly's sno-cone continually changes levels with each shot. <br>------------------------<br><br>In the 15th round, Rocky is punching Apollo in the red corner. The camera turns to Mickey for a period of two or three punches; it turns back and suddenly Rocky and Apollo are in the black corner. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Rocky and Apollo are on the canvas at the end of the fight, Adrian and Paulie are at home standing up in front of the TV yelling for Rocky to get up for the entire count. When he finally gets up, they show them jumping up out of their chairs as if they have been sitting through the count. <br>------------------------<br><br>At the end of Rocky I, Rocky punched Apollo in the right ribs. But when both of them meet in the hospital in Rocky II you will noticed Apollo is holding his left ribs. <br>------------------------<br><br>Mick says to Rocky "You gotta learn to be a right-handed fighter". However in the gym, as a part of the training right after the chicken chase and while talking to Paulie, we see Rocky having his right arm tied to his body and hitting the bag with his left. At one point, he says to Mick that he wants to use his other (right) arm. This is surely not the way to become a right-handed fighter. <br>------------------------<br><br>As the ambulance is headed toward the hospital, it is being closely followed by a news van, no more than one second behind. When the ambulance makes a right turn down a side street, the news van is nowhere to be seen. But when they pull up to the hospital, the news van is right behind the ambulance again. <br>------------------------<br><br>The shape and size of Rockys sweat mark on his chest throughout the running scene with the kids <br>------------------------<br><br>When Apollo is on his way to the ring, his robe is done up and a towel is wrapped tightly around his neck. The scene cuts away to a shot of the ring and then cuts back to Apollo and his robe is now undone and the towel is dangling from his neck with his chest visible. The scene cuts away again and then cuts back to Apollo and his robe is done back up and the towel wrapped tightly around his neck again. It appears that they used footage from 2 different takes, one with the robe done up and the other with the robe undone. <br>------------------------<br><br>During the "Gonna Fly Now" training scene. Rocky is running through the city. He makes a left turn down a very crowded street. As he turns there is a golden coloured Gremlin parked on the opposite side of the road. In a subsequent front-on shot he is shown running much further down the road but he passes the same Gremlin once again. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Mickey comes to visit Rocky, Rocky opens the door for him to enter. Mickey never moves past the threshold but the door that opens inwards is now closed behind him. <br>------------------------<br><br>During the fifteenth round, Rocky lands a left hook and Apollo Creed is knocked down. Rocky falls as the result of his own punch. The referee begins to count both fighters out. The referee would only be counting Apollo Creed out because Rocky's punch knocked him to the canvas. According to the rules of boxing, Rocky should not be in danger of being counted out because he was not struck by a punch. Rocky was off balance and so the referee would rule it as a slip. <br>------------------------<br><br>When they show a long shot of the ring right before round 3, the scoreboard above the ring still shows it to be round 1. <br>------------------------<br><br>While the kids are running with Rocky through Philadelphia, the group runs around a fountain. If you look closely several children fall and get trampled on by the crowd. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Apollo delivers his "You're goin' down" line to Rocky in the big fight near the end, it's a mirror image (identifiable by the "Superfight II" poster in the background having reversed lettering). <br>------------------------<br><br>When Micky is watching television, his feet do not move at all, and you can tell it is a still image super-imposed on screen. <br>------------------------<br><br>"Rocky vs Apollo" poster above the crowd is back-to-front in one shot revealing the fact that the film was flipped for that particular shot. <br>------------------------<br><br>Letters on a news camera are backwards in at least one frame during the big match, revealing use of a mirror image. <br>------------------------<br><br>