Rocky IV The Rewatchables
Rocky IV

Most Delightfully and Ridiculously Improbable Moment

Rocky repeatedly rising; the Soviet crowd turning on Drago; Gorbachev’s standing ovation (support split)

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  • Rocky taking a Christmas fight in Russia for no money without telling Adrian was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Rocky climbing a purported 20,000-foot mountain in a light jacket and running boots was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Rocky surviving roughly 75 knockdowns was nominated. — Kyle Brandt
  • The Soviet crowd turning on Drago was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Gorbachev giving Rocky a standing ovation after the speech was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • One choice was Rocky repeatedly getting up after implausibly many knockdowns. — Kyle Brandt
  • The Soviet crowd cheering Rocky became the shared leading objection to plausibility.