The Cheat Sheet

‘Rocky IV’: Sylvester Stallone Wishes He’d Let Apollo Creed Live to Play This Role in ‘Rocky V’ and ‘Rocky Balboa’

Stallone publicly apologized to Weathers for killing off his character in a 2019 happy birthday Instagram post reported by CinemaBlend. In Rocky IV, a retired Apollo agrees to fight an exhibition ...
Chicago Sun-Times

With new cut of ‘Rocky IV,’ Stallone gives Apollo (and the movie) more dignity

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Why Apollo Creed Deserved to Lose in Rocky IV

Tom Reimann is a writer and comedian and somehow Senior Editor of Features at Collider. He has written for Cracked.com, Mad Magazine, BunnyEars.com, and Some More News, and is the co-founder of the ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago — The Ultimate Director’s Cut’ Movie Review: The Stallone Cut

After a one night only theatrical event from Fathom on Nov. 11, Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago is available on VOD. Trailers for the director’s cut promised 40 minutes of new footage. The new cut runs 94 ...
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Sylvester Stallone Discusses Apollo Creed's Death in Rocky 4

Kelvin Owens is a TV/Movie News Writer at Collider. He has loved movies since the first time he sat in front of an old floor model at the tender age of nine and watched Back to the Future for the ...
Decider

Carl Weathers Imbued Apollo Creed — The Embodiment of the American Dream —With Power, Confidence, and Intelligence

“This is the land of opportunity, right?” says Carl Weathers as World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed in Rocky (1976) as he figures out a way to make his next bout “viral” by inviting a local ...