YouTubeRocky III (1982)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
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.
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Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
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
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Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
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.
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
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.
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.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
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.
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
6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.9
6.9
Critic Ratings
6.5
5.7
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