Rocky III Page #8

Synopsis: Three years and 10 successful title defenses after beating Apollo Creed, with whom he has become great friends, a now wealthy Rocky Balboa is considering retirement. Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to Clubber Lang, who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's trainer Mickey. Rocky sinks into a depression, and Apollo decides to train Rocky for a rematch against Lang so Rocky can try to win the title back.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Sylvester Stallone
Production: MGM
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG
Year:
1982
99 min
Website
5,181 Views


- He's a fool. He's stupid.

How could he come back

from that beating?

What the hell are you doin'?

- It's a strategy. I know what I'm doin'.

- You don't know.

- He's gotta come to you.

- He's nothin'. He's mine.

Stand toe to toe with this bum and

he'll kill you. He'll beat your head off.

He's gettin' tired.

Don't go wasting your punches.

Don't try to take him out with one punch.

Use your head. You wear him down.

He's all ours.

I know what I'm doin'.

Don't tell me what you think!

Go out there and do it. Eye of the tiger.

(buzzer)

Knock his head off. He's just a man.

Be more man than him.

Go get him. Eye of the tiger.

(bell rings)

(Bill) Round three - tough round to call.

This is a little slower...

It's my round.

I'm gonna take ya this time.

You're mine. You're mine.

- Come on. Come on.

- I'm gonna get ya.

Get outta there.

Get outta there!

- Come on.

- Stick him.

Come on!

Again, again!

- He's gettin' killed

- No, no, no, he's not. He's gettin' mad.

The whole world's watching.

Knock me out.

Harder! Can you hit hard? Hit me harder!

Get outta there!

Rocky!

Yeah!

My mother hits harder than that. Come on!

A little harder. Hit me on the face.

Come on, champ. You ain't so bad.

You ain't nothin'.

Rocky!

(chanting) Rocky! Rocky!

(Stu) I might believe the strategy now.

He's making Clubber miss!

He drew him in. Now Rocky's throwing

the punches. Look at the punches.

He's lifting him right off

the canvas with those punches!

He's completely psyched out!

Lang is confused by all of this!

(cheering)

(cheering)

Come on!

(wild cheering)

The place is going bananas!

- Get up!

- Five!

Six!

Seven!

Eight! Nine!

Ten. You're out.

(cheering)

(Stu) There he is, the new heavyweight

champion of the world, Rocky Balboa!

Rocky is exhausted.

(MC) Ladies and gentlemen,

the winner by knockout...

- Are you all right?

- Never better. Never better.

...the heavyweight champion of the world,

the Italian Stallion...

...Rocky Balboa!

(cheering)

- (Apollo) We made a deal.

- I know, but this is extremely crazy.

Yeah. Mentally irregular, right?

But it makes sense. You owe me a favour.

I know, but, uh...

When did you think of this?

- About three years ago.

- This is very crazy, Apollo.

Stallion, when you won that last fight,

you beat me by one second.

That's hard for

an intelligent man to handle.

- Didn't you say you learnt to live with it?

- I lied.

- Oh, you lied!

- (Apollo laughs)

- So now you gotta prove it to yourself?

- No TV, no newspapers. Just you and me.

Nothin'. Just you and me.

Age before beauty.

- Anything you say.

- I'll do all the work, OK?

You better go slow cos you ain't

as young as springtime any more.

I'm still young enough

to whip your butt.

Yeah? How you gonna do that?

You taught me everything you know.

Almost everything. You gotta remember,

you fight great, but I'm a great fighter.

- You ready?

- Absolutely.

You know, Stallion,

it's too bad we gotta get old.

(laughs)

Ah, just keep punchin', Apollo.

You wanna ring the bell?

All right.

Ding-ding.

Come on, Stallion.

(laughing) Come on, come on.

Boy, you really move good

for an older guy.

You're lookin' good. I taught you well.

I think you taught me too good.

Look at him fly.

Look out now. No, no, you don't

want any of this. Come on.

- Maybe I'm in here with the wrong guy.

- Watch yourself. Ready?

# It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watching us all with the eye

# Of the tiger

# Risin' up

# Back on the street

# Did my time, took my chances

# Went the distance

Now I'm back on my feet

# Just a man, and his will to survive

# So many times, it happens too fast

# You change your passion for glory

# Don't lose your grip

# On the dreams of the past

# You must fight just to keep them alive

# It's the eye of the tiger

It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watchin' us all with the eye

# Of the tiger

# Face to face

# Out in the heat

# Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry

# They stack the odds

Still we take to the street

# For the kill with the skill to survive

# It's the eye of the tiger

# It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watchin' us all with the eye

# Of the tiger

# Risin' up, straight to the top

# Had the guts, got the glory

# Went the distance

Now I'm not gonna stop

# Just a man and his will to survive

# It's the eye of the tiger

# It's the thrill of the fight

# Risin' up to the challenge of our rival

# And the last known survivor

Stalks his prey in the night

# And he's watchin' us all with the eye

# Of the tiger

# The eye of the tiger

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