Rocky Balboa The Cold War

Rocky IV was produced in the year of 1985 and directed by Sylvester Stallone, who also plays the main character, Rocky Balboa, along with Dolph Lundgren and Carl Weathers. This film is much more than a victory for the American champion, Rocky Balboa as it highlights the hardships of the Cold War. The film focuses on then tensions of the Cold War in the shadows of Ivan Creed and Rocky Balboa, but more importantly, it communicates the powerful message that despite two countries’ long history of rivalry and hatred, there can be change.

The story of Rocky IV conveys the significant competition and mutual conflicts that had developed between the Americans and the Soviets during the Cold War. The Soviet Union’s most famous boxer, Ivan Drago, announces

As the movie progresses, the competition between the countries also increases. While watching the film, I found the Russians to be technologically superior and arrogant and the Americans appeared more old school and traditional. During the press conference with Drago, Apollo Creed expresses comments that heat up the upcoming fight between the two. The fight between Creed and Drago begins with an astonishing performance from America as Creed gets overconfident with his performance. However, things take a turn quickly as the two nations are shocked that Creed was physically unfit for his Russian opponent, he dropped dead in only the second round. This scene represented direct fighting between representatives of two vicious countries that resulted in death. Rocky Balboa soon made a rash decision to defeat Drago not only for

From the beginning of the film, the Russians appeared fearless and harsh towards Americans. As an American, it is difficult not to feel irritated at the behavior of the opposing country. The plot of the story was quite easy to follow, and I found the actors very effective in their roles since they made the film appear as a thriller and kept me wanting to know the end result. There were many confrontations between the two countries during their press conferences that seem to be showing the audience that Drago represents Russia, as Creed represents America during this time period. Their attitudes towards each other are obviously hostile, and it is clear in these scenes that they are recreating the complexity of the Cold War. Though it is an adequately short film, it conveys an important message. At the end of the film, viewers could see that the two rivalries have somewhat accepted each other, as Rocky represents this in the boxing ring. He conveys a message to the crowd after his victory over Drago that got the entire arena’s attention. The crowd, including the Russian hierarchy, excepted Rocky [America] for his logic for a change. The moral of Rocky IV is that despite the circumstances, peace is still possible and change can be brought