6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Action • 1982 • 100 min • Older Kids (7+)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky III (1982)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Sylvester Stallone • Talia Shire • Burt Young
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Sylvester Stallone • Talia Shire • Burt Young
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: High
While set in an apolitical sports context, the film's central solution to Rocky's complacency is a return to individual discipline, hard work, and traditional training, which strongly aligns with conservative values of self-reliance and personal accountability.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features visible diversity within its cast, including significant roles for Black characters, but these do not involve explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive portrayal of traditional identities and does not center on explicit DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: High
The film portrays Rocky's Catholic faith as a fundamental source of his moral strength, humility, and resilience. His religious practices, such as prayer and church attendance, are depicted as genuine and integral to his character's positive development and ability to overcome challenges.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Rocky III does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on heterosexual relationships and platonic friendships, with no elements that could be interpreted as LGBTQ+ representation, resulting in no net impact.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Rocky III, a sports drama centered on boxing, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on the challenges and triumphs within the world of professional boxing, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Rocky III is a direct sequel where all established characters maintain their original gender from previous installments. New characters introduced in this film do not represent gender swaps from prior canon.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
All primary characters in Rocky III maintain the same race as established in prior installments. No existing characters were recast with actors of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
6.9
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6.7
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