The added conversation helps it become more of a Rocky movie than the first version which was more of a music video style film. A large chunk of Adrian's dialog is restored. The silly robot is gone. This chapter in the Rocky franchise always to me had an emptiness to it. A fight scene, music training sequence, and than a great fight scene. The main characters were not really there in the first version. The little bit of added Drago dialog helps also. The eighties had a few movies that had a long form music video feel to them. This Rocky was directly released in the center of the decade and in my opinion was one of the biggest examples of the trend. Its nice to see a better version released. Y.
Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director's Cut
(2021 TV Special)
Better than the original.
11 June 2023