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Adrian reveals that she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Apollo, fueled by hate mail claiming he fixed the fight in order to protect his reign as champ, becomes obsessed with the idea that a rematch is the only way to discredit Rocky's performance. Determined to rectify his boxing career's only blemish, Apollo demands his team do whatever necessary to goad Rocky out of retirement, despite the pleas of his friends and family that Rocky's ability to absorb punishment is too dangerous for his chances to successfully defend the title a second time.
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work so well—those notions that ordinary people are worth knowing about, that love is the surpassing emotion in our lives and that some things are worth struggling hard for, even if there may only be the honor of the struggle to show in the end." Gary Arnold of
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2244:Filmography
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2054:Video games
1611:December 2,
1430:"'Rocky II"
1173:January 26,
1166:The Numbers
1064:Video games
1025:Other media
970:Gene Siskel
561:Rocky Steps
512:Lou Filippo
504:Frank McRae
494:Joe Spinell
463:Tony Burton
419:Talia Shire
276:Talia Shire
272:film series
231:$ 7 million
207:120 minutes
116:Bill Butler
88:Talia Shire
57:Produced by
39:Directed by
2603:1979 films
2597:Categories
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1909:Ivan Drago
1876:Characters
1474:Retrieved
1466:Metacritic
1305:29 October
1228:2024-01-16
1189:"Rocky II"
1140:References
1034:See also:
943:Metacritic
893:Box office
790:Bill Conti
667:Bill Conti
640:Soundtrack
530:Production
498:Tony Gazzo
429:Burt Young
401:See also:
280:Burt Young
255:drama film
236:Box office
190:1979-06-15
155:Production
148:Bill Conti
93:Burt Young
49:Written by
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2569:Samaritan
2498:Homefront
2448:Rambo III
2297:Rocky III
2230:Films by
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1861:Creed III
1805:Rocky III
1223:USA TODAY
1068:In 1987,
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1036:Rocky III
1009:Accolades
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888:Reception
875:Billboard
867:position
833:Personnel
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688:Jazz-funk
520:Stu Nahan
335:Rocky III
122:Edited by
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2287:Rocky II
2188:Category
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1970:Rocky IV
1947:Rocky II
1854:Creed II
1812:Rocky IV
1798:Rocky II
1723:Rocky II
1712:Rocky II
1706:AllMovie
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1690:Rocky II
1648:June 11,
1638:Film.com
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988:Rocky II
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898:Rocky II
810:" – 2:35
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325:Rocky II
303:Rocky II
247:Rocky II
220:Language
144:Music by
78:Starring
22:Rocky II
2458:Rocky V
1819:Rocky V
1672:5280245
1508:Variety
1397:July 1,
1390:Variety
1098:films.
992:Rocky I
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601:Filming
223:English
212:Country
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