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Rocky III (1982)

★ 6.9 · 4,471 ratings on TMDB

The greatest challenge.

Rocky III poster★ 6.9

Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.

DirectorSylvester Stallone
CastAl Silvani, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Hulk Hogan, Ina Fried
GenresAction, Drama
The emergence reading

Rocky III keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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