Download Rocky Vs Drago The Ultimate Director 39;s Cut

The director's cut will hop into the ring at select theaters on Nov. 11, complete with Stallone in a live Q & A on the undercard. The new version of the film will then be available to rent on digital the following day.

The best fix Sylvester Stallone's Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago made is to Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), which syncs up nicely with Drago's appearance in Creed II. With Rocky vs. Drago, Stallone has re-edited Rocky IV into his definitive director's cut. The creator of Rocky excised scenes he never liked, added new footage, and enhanced the themes of the 1985 classic boxing film. But while Rocky vs. Drago is now even more firmly focused on the brotherhood between Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), it's Drago who is the beneficiary of the most compelling character development.

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Sylvester Stallone's Rocky IV director's cut also excises Ludmilla Drago's dialogue defending Ivan to the American media so that there appears to be even less affection between them than there was in the original version of Rocky IV. This better tracks with Ludmilla's return in Creed II where she has remarried and callously has no role in her son Viktor's life. Rocky vs. Drago's clearer picture of Ivan's ego and personality makes his confrontation with Rocky at Balboa's Italian restaurant in Creed II even more electric. Drawing the line from who Ivan was in his prime during Rocky vs. Drago to the older, bitter Ivan in Creed II becomes even more fascinating. Rocky vs. Drago's enhanced portrayal of Ivan bleeds nicely into his role in Creed II, which may have been Stallone's intent.

Rocky IV is the favorite film of many longtime Rocky fans because of its straightforward, almost superheroic story of Balboa avenging his fallen best friend. Indeed, Rocky IV goes even farther than Rocky III did with its hyper-kinetic boxing action and MTV-style training montages set to the pulse-pounding song "Hearts on Fire" by John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band. But in recent years, Stallone revealed his dissatisfaction with Rocky IV and specifically, his decision to kill off the popular Apollo Creed, which he now regrets doing. And yet, it's Apollo's death that spurs Rocky on to fight Drago in what's arguably the most thrilling of all of Rocky Balboa's boxing matches. Thankfully, Stallone wisely kept the most important and beloved moments of Rocky IV: James Brown singing "Living in America," Apollo's fatal fight with Drago, Rocky's training montage in Russia, and the climactic Rocky versus Drago fight intact in his director's cut.

But Sylvester Stallone did make numerous changes to Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago, both minor and significant. Stallone excised scenes he never liked, such as when Paulie (Burt Young) got a robot for his birthday (and all of the robot-related scenes). The director also added new footage to many scenes, inserting dialogue or previously cut moments to reveal more dimensions to characters like Rocky's wife, Adrian (Talia Shire). More impactfully, Stallone restored entire scenes that were previously left on the cutting room floor, and he also altered the unforgettable ending of Rocky IV so that the film ends on a slightly different note and feel than the 1985 theatrical version. Most importantly, Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago emphasized the brotherhood between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in ways that are clearer than it was in the original film. Here are all of the major new scenes in Sylvester Stallone's Rocky IV director's cut and how they change the movie.

After winning over the Russian crowd, Rocky knocks out Drago in the 15th round for the victory. But Sylvester Stallone uses almost entirely new and different takes for Balboa's pivotal victory speech. In 1985's Rocky IV, Balboa acknowledged the crowd cheering for him and made it the basis of his "If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!" remarks. But in Rocky vs. Drago, Stallone reframes Rocky's dialogue about the Russians cheering for Rocky and makes it all about Apollo. Now, Rocky says, "My best friend says people don't change. He died," before Balboa launches into how "everybody can change!" to rapturous applause. Surprisingly, Rocky doesn't wish his son "Merry Christmas!" as he does in the 1985 cut of Rocky IV, which is an odd bit for Stallone to cut. In fact, the director excised all the cutaways to young Robert watching his dad fight Drago in the United States. ff782bc1db