Rocky V

After pulling off the incredible defeat of Soviet powerhouse Ivan Drago, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is still the champion at the start of ROCKY V. But when he can't stop his hands from shaking after the fight with Drago, doctors confirm that all the fights and blows to the head have taken their toll on Rocky; he has suffered brain damage and is told to stop fighting if he wants to continue living. As if this weren't bad enough, Rocky and Adrian (Talia Shire) learn that their fortune has been completely stolen after an unscrupulous accountant took advantage of Uncle Paulie (Burt Young) and had him sign documents giving away the money. Suddenly broke, Rocky, Adrian, Paulie, and Rocky Jr. must leave their palatial mansion and go back to where they started: the streets of North Philadelphia, where they still own their old flat in the neighborhood, as well as the old gym that used to belong to Rocky's late trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith). Rocky decides to reopen the gym as Adrian takes her old job back at the neighborhood aquarium store, and Rocky Jr. makes the transition from elite prep school to tough inner-city public school. This is when Tommy Gunn, a young boxer from Oklahoma, arrives practically on Rocky's doorstep, begging Rocky to train and manage him. Rocky is reluctant at first, but when he does agree to train and manage Gunn, he begins to vicariously experience the boxing thrills he once knew firsthand, at the expense of his relationships with Adrian and Rocky Jr. But as Gunn's career rises through the ranks of boxing, Gunn feels he's being portrayed as a puppet of Rocky by the press, and he's lured into the glamorous life by a corrupt boxing promoter trying to lure Rocky back into the ring. Gunn unceremoniously dumps Rocky without a trace of remorse. When Gunn defeats the current boxing champion, the press tells Gunn he's a fake because he never fought the champion who went out on top: Rocky. With reporters and camera crews, Gunn -- goaded by his promoter -- goes to the neighborhood bar where Rocky now hangs out, and demands that he fight him so his title has legitimacy. Rocky refuses, but when Gunn knocks over Uncle Paulie, Rocky decides to settle this once and for all -- not in the ring, but outside on the street.