Rocky V (1990)

Overview

After his fight with Ivan Drago, Rocky Balboa returns home, where he learns that due to head injuries he is forced to end his career. Moreover, due to financial machinations, his family loses all their wealth. Rocky is forced to return to his native Philadelphia neighborhood, where he begins training a young promising boxer, Tommy "Machine" Gunn. However, the ambitions and influence of the unscrupulous promoter George Washington Duke lead to a conflict between teacher and student, which ends in a street fight.

Franchise chronology

• Rocky (1976) – the first film about an underdog boxer who gets a chance at a championship fight.
• Rocky II (1979) – Rocky meets Apollo Creed for the second time and wins the title.
• Rocky III (1982) – Rocky loses the title in a fight with Clubber Lang, but regains it with Apollo's help.
• Rocky IV (1985) – Rocky avenges Apollo's death in a fight with Soviet boxer Ivan Drago.
• Rocky V (1990) – after an injury, Rocky trains a protégé but faces betrayal.
• Rocky Balboa (2006) – sixteen years later, an aged Rocky steps into the ring for one last fight.
• Creed (2015) – Rocky trains Apollo Creed's son, Adonis.
• Creed II (2018) – Adonis fights Ivan Drago's son.
• Creed III (2023) – Adonis defends his title against a childhood friend.