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Rocky II (1979)

Name: Rocky II
Genre: Drama
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith

Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.

Rocky II

Drama

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Release Date: June 15, 1979
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone , Talia Shire , Burt Young , Carl Weathers , Burgess Meredith
Runtime: 1hr 59min
Main Genre: Drama
Studio: Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Writers: Sylvester Stallone
Tagline: Rocky shows he's a champ...and wins!
Franchise: Rocky

Summary

Rocky Balboa is enjoying life. He has a lovely wife, Adrian, had a successful fight with Apollo Creed and is able to enjoy the money he earned from the fight and a new endorsement deal. Unfortunately, Rocky becomes embarrassed when failing to complete an advert and ends up working in a meat packing company. He believes that he will no longer have a career as a boxer. Apollo wants to rematch with Rocky to prove all his critics wrong that he can beat Rocky. Can Rocky once again have a successful fight?