Rocky IV (1985)

Bias Rating

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Strong Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 5.5

Overview

Rocky Balboa accompanies his friend Apollo Creed to the ring in a boxing match against a Russian Boxer named Ivan Drago. Drago is too strong for Creed, and unfortunately kills him in his match. Balboa blames himself for ...

Starring Cast

Sylvester Stallone • Talia Shire • Burt Young

Where to watch

Prime Video

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Right

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Sylvester Stallone • Talia Shire • Burt Young

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Primary

Political: Strong RightConfidence: High

Rocky IV explicitly frames the Cold War as an ideological battle between American individualism and Soviet state control, championing the former through the triumph of its protagonist, which aligns with conservative ideology.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The movie features traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on traditional heroic archetypes and themes, without critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

Rocky IV is a sports drama centered on boxing and Cold War themes. The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate within this framework. Therefore, its net impact on LGBTQ+ representation is N/A.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

Rocky IV is a direct sequel featuring established characters from previous installments. All returning characters maintain their original gender, and new characters introduced in this film do not have a prior canonical gender to swap from.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

All major characters in Rocky IV, including legacy characters from previous installments and new characters introduced in this film, maintain their established or depicted racial identities without any changes.