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Rocky IV

Most Delightfully and Ridiculously Improbable Moment

Rocky IV The Rewatchables

The panel split among Rocky repeatedly rising, the Soviet crowd turning on Drago, and Gorbachev’s standing ovation.

In the discussion (7)
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  • Rocky taking a Christmas fight in Russia for no money without telling Adrian was nominated.
  • Rocky climbing a purported 20,000-foot mountain in a light jacket and running boots was nominated.
  • Rocky surviving roughly 75 knockdowns was nominated.
  • The Soviet crowd turning on Drago was nominated.
  • Gorbachev giving Rocky a standing ovation after the speech was nominated.
  • One choice was Rocky repeatedly getting up after implausibly many knockdowns.
  • The Soviet crowd cheering Rocky became the shared leading objection to plausibility.