What is the Movie About? When world heavyweight boxing champion Apollo Creed wants to deliver a publicity stunt to an unknown boxer, his managers chose palooka Rocky Balboa, a Philadelphia debt shark collector. Rocky hooks up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of his rare vacation.
Thoughts On The Movie. Sylvester Stallone's career is a fascinating one... so why not look into one of his early works? No, not at all! The one that catapulted him to fame, a film he created himself: Rocky! It's more information a semi-autobiographical work in which Stallone portrays his own life troubles as those of a low-ranking boxer.