Rocky Balboa is a 2006 film written, co-produced and directed by Sylvester Stallone who also stars 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 Philadelphia, and the owner and operator of a local Italian restaurant called "Adrian's", named after his late wife.

Rocky Balboa was produced as the final sequel to the Academy Award-winning Rocky. According to 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.[2]

In addition to Stallone, the film stars Burt Young as Paulie, Rocky's brother-in-law, and real-life boxer Antonio Tarver as Mason Dixon, the heavyweight division champion in the film. Boxing promoter, Lou DiBella plays himself in the movie and acts as Mason Dixon's promoter in the film. It also features the return of two minor characters from the original movie into larger roles in this film: Marie, the young woman that Rocky attempts to steer away from trouble; and Spider Rico, the first opponent that Rocky is shown fighting in the original movie. The film also holds many references to people and objects from previous installments in the series, especially the first.

The film exceeded box office expectations and critical reaction was positive, with several critics also calling it the "best since the original."[3] The film has made $35,391,270 in DVD sales, bringing its total film gross to $191,110,975.

imdb Rating: 7.5/10

Original Soundtrack

Whether the film Rocky Balboa has a soundtrack is subject to some debate. On December 26, 2006, Capitol Records released a CD titled "Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky" which had a logo and cover art that was identical to the film's theatrical poster.

The CD itself contains short dialogue clips and musical tracks, some of which are remixes, from all the Rocky films. Notable though is that only 3 of its 19 total tracks are from the Rocky Balboa film, 2 dialogue tracks and the Three 6 Mafia song "It's a Fight" (The UK version contains the additional track "Still Here" by Natasha Bedingfield). This has led some to categorize the CD as a compilation while others suggest that it is a soundtrack and that the use of past material simply reflects the film's extensive use of flashbacks.

Relevant to this debate is the complete absence of any compositions by Rocky IV composer Vince DiCola. DiCola is the only person, other than Bill Conti, to act as composer on a Rocky film and his work was used extensively on the 1991 compilation CD "The Rocky Story: Songs From The Rocky Movies". The missing DiCola tracks are the only tracks on the 1991 CD that are not present on the new CD which indicates an effort to use only Rocky Balboa composer Conti's tracks.

Track Listings

1. Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) (3:18)
2. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor (3:58)
3. Going The Distance (2:46)
4. Living In America - James Brown (4:45)
5. Redemption (Theme From Rocky II) (2:40)
6. Fanfare For Rocky (2:55)
7. Burning Heart - Survivor (3:50)
8. Conquest (4:42)
9. Adrian (1:47)
10. No Easy Way Out - Robert Tepper (4:38)
11. Rocky's Reward (2:05)
12. Alone In The Ring (1:26)
13. Heart's On Fire - John Cafferty (4:12)
14. Can't Stop The Fire (3:20)
15. Mickey (4:37)
16. Overture (8:50)
17. It's A Fight - Three 6 Mafia (3:07)
18. Gonna Fly Now (John X Remix) (3:07)

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