QDid Sylvester Stallone write the screenplay for 'Rocky V'?
AYes. Like Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), and Rocky IV (1985) before it, Rocky V was written by Stallone. Instead of directing the movie, however, as Stallone did for II, III, and IV, John Avilsen (who directed the first Rocky movie), was brought back to direct Rocky V. Rocky V was followed by Rocky Balboa (2006).
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Rocky V can be found here.
QWhat's the situation with the title belt in this film?
AIn Rocky IV, because the Boxing Commission would not sanction Rocky's fight with Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) in Russia, Rocky was forced to relinquish the title. Whilst Rocky IV seemed to imply that he was vacating the title permanently, Rocky V implies that it was only a temporary surrender of the belt insofar as upon returning to America from Russia, George Washington Duke immediately tries to arrange for Rocky to defend the title against Union Cane (Michael Anthony Williams). Some fans also query how Rocky was able to bury the belt with Apollo in Rocky IV, yet here he still has the same belt. The simple answer to this question is that items placed on coffins (flowers, pictures etc) are not necessarily buried with the coffin. Rocky's placing of the belt on Apollo's coffin was a symbolic act, he wasn't literally burying the belt with him. Since every champion crowned maintains permanent physical ownership of his belt, new belts are made for newly-crowned heavyweight champions. Most likely, the belt Rocky places on Apollo's casket was in fact Apollo's own championship belt. In any case, the simple fact is that, at the start of this film, Rocky is still the champion and still has the belt. After he announces his retirement, however, he obviously vacates the title, which is subsequently captured in a contenders tournament by Union Cane. Cane then goes on to drop the title to Tommy Gunn in his first defense.
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