“Ground Zero”: For Sylvester Stallone, the worst Rocky, it is!

What is the best rock movie? In 2008, as a Friday Nights guest on The Jonathan Ross Show, Sylvester Stallone agreed to rate the Rock movies on a scale of 1 to 10, and they were ( Le Figaro):

the best You know very well!

Best Rock Without Context for “Sly” is the first, which he gives a 10/10. The film represents his breakthrough in the profession as well as his escape from poverty and one of his greatest artistic achievements. And proof that the film laid a solid historical foundation: it had 5 sequels, not counting the Creed saga.

The “second best,” he says, is Rocky III, Eye of the Tiger, which establishes Balboa as a great boxing star but has been weakened by luxury and excess. He also pays the price against his rival, Clubber Lang, who, in addition to tragically damaging his relationship with Mickie, beats him in the ring.

Which episode is worth “zero points”?

Rocky II and Rocky IV are worth a 7.5/10 in his eyes, but the worst rated is (obviously?) Rocky V, which is generally considered the weakest link in the franchise:

“It was bad, zero points! And that was one of the reasons I wanted to do it, because I couldn’t end up with something bad, with a false mark like that. That was the reason I did it.”

Rocky Balboa was not part of the small play offered to Stallone and did not receive a rating. What’s more, Sly had less perspective on the title at the time, as the film had been released barely two years earlier. He then signed the swan song of the character and almost Stallone himself, which is not surprising, because Rocky’s life belongs to him.

Stallone has since agreed to play the role of Rocky again in the Creed saga. He appeared only in the first two and refused to participate in the third part after leaving the team due to creative differences. He did not agree with the direction of the film, “Sly” even chose to appear in it.