I sure don't love my country anymore. Canada has one of the most corrupt governments! O freedom here and most Canadains are just sheep with no clue of whats going on. They have no problem trampling over disabled people with horses and then joking about it later.
@Richard Craig I am Black and Tsa'Lagi mixed (Cherokee) I served and am disabled because of it. I love this nation so much I offered to die for it. I would still if needed.
@Richard Craig That is true I grew up in Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi in the 1960, and early 1970s. My earliest memory is my father carrying me to his truck as we ran from our house while a group of white sheet wearing democrats burned a cross in our front yard. Having gone to Africa and being insulted for being a "Slave" regularly while in Kenya, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. I came to understand how very different a person like myself and other Blacks in the US history and experiences are. Entitled people like Harris who never really lived anywhere where people were not bending over to cater to you have no idea.
Irina, as a former kickboxer, I'll take Rocky's tough outside training method over Drago's comfy inside gym--Outside cold air gives you extra wind. Running on rough , uneven snow-covered terrain beats any treadmill or skip rope. Dragging the sled (Power core and legs) , chopping wood outside, (Gives u an excellent overhand right) By the way, since 1981 40 boxers have died from injuries sustained in the ring.
@Richard Craig yepp. But it's rarely in the heavyweight division. Benny the kid parret, levander Johnson, Patric Day, Jimmy Doyle, etc most of the deaths in boxing are in the lighter weight divisions
Both Drago and his girl were played by Scandinavian actors, both over 6 feet tall. The Drago actor was a real kickboxer and very educated. He injured Stallone's heart in a fight rehearsal. Creed was played by a former NFL player. The Creed character was patterned after Muhammed Ali.
I love how in Creed II they told much more of Drago's story and made him into a very sympathetic character. Now we have three families in this series... Balboa, Creed and Drago
@@oblongbox5110 its called allowing people to evolve and grow as they learn from past mistakes. Drago was used by the state and then later the state and everyone, including his wife, abandons him and we see him decades later as a good father who loves his son dearly. And also that his son is more important to him than winning a boxing match. Nobody is saying that he's an angel, just that he's grown and matured and evolved and we get to see good qualities in him. So hopefully this explains some of why people say that.
@chandie5298 I see your point. Let me ask you a question, someone beats one of your loved ones to death father mother Etc. And then brags about killing them. If you saw them years later with their son or daughter would you walk up to them and say I forgive you for killing my loved ones?
@@oblongbox5110 Absolutely not. However, I am me and I'm not Rocky so everything you just said has no relevance whatsoever. You didn't actually see my point. That's just as a-hole segue into then saying... "let me ask you a question" and then launching into a condescending scenario...blah blah blah. Were I Rocky, I would likely not forgive him. But I'm the viewer of a film. I wonder if you've done anything in your past and have since grown and learned from your mistakes..... haha.. of course not. Your perfect.
met Dolph Lundgren at a convention, he mentioned during this movie that Stallone asked him to throw some real punches for the close-up shots. Dolph obliged...Stallone went to the hospital with swelling around his heart after the real punches. Dolph was worried for a few days that he might have killed Stallone
It's interesting to see a reaction to this movie from a Russian point of view, at least in your case it was cool because you treated it as entertainment instead of being upset with the fact the Russian was the villain in that story. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
This is one of my favorite Rocky movies of the series; it's short and to the point. I first saw this film when I was a kid back in the 80's and the soundtrack is still awesome after all of these decades. Thanks for reacting to this!
A real caricature of how russia and russians were seen by the west and especially the US in the 80's during the cold war. Dolph Lundgren is a swedish actor though.
"Growing up, we were taught that you were the enemy. And you were taught the same thing about us. And we were both wrong. It's the French." Billy Crystal, Live From Moscow
The divide people felt during the cold war cannot be overstated. Today we can scoff at it but only those who lived the period know the feeling of not knowing if the next day the end of the world was gonna happen, it seemed the divide would be eternal. Only the people who visited Russia really understood the extent of the degradation of the soviet system(parts where looking outside the window of planes was prohibited, small bath towels and etc).
@@kinsmart7294 way overstated. I lived the period, and nobody was worried about the next day being the end of the world. Both sides took mutual assured destruction very seriously.
Ivan Drago has roughly SIX LINES the whole movie. And yet, ironically, due to his build, his looks and character being so "cold"... Ivan Drago is ICONIC in the Rocky series. His name STILL (decades later) brings to mind Rocky's toughest opponent, Rocky's biggest fear, Rocky's most "personal fight". And to think, Dolph Lungrend has a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, a Black Belt in Karate and was an European Champion, won a scholarship to MIT, speaks (not fluently in all) 5 different languages... and is possibly one of the most "educated actors" around. Funny Story: Due to his reputation as a "tough guy", 3 robbers broke into his family home and tied up his wife and threatened her. When they saw a family photo and realized WHO they were robbing...... they untied the wife and FLED, TAKING NOTHING.
@@oblongbox5110 Sure, but the fight with Dragp It was the straw that broke the camel's back, the brutal punishment received in that fight ended up aggravating the brain damage he was carrying, his eye was the least of it, at the end of the fight with Drago he ended fatally, with tremors in his hands, they did not prohibit him boxing for his eye, but for the brain damage he had
When you said that Apollo fell like he was already dead, it was because he was actually unconscious! Before the filming for that scene, Carl Weathers told Dolf Lundgren not to hold back, to 'sell the scene' to the audience and make it believable. So Dolf was *actually* punching him, and _knocked him out cold!_ So he went down for real. When you see him laying there twitching, he was going in and out of consciousness, and trying to get up at those moments when he was conscious. Something similar happened with Stallone during a practice session. Stallone told Lundgren to give him everything! And Lundgren actually _is_ a trained martial artist, and _was_ in the kind of excellent shape that he seemed, in the movie. So when Stallone and he started punching, Lundgren actually 'unloaded on him'! Stallone ended up in the hospital for 3 or 4 days, and they weren't actually sure he'd come back completely! Apparently, he was, at first, briefly in a coma; they had to delay resuming production until Stallone could start doing scenes again. I think all that might be considered 'taking realism too far'! P.S. - by the way, I think you have great heart, able to see how people can be! I love that!
To add to that story, I *heard* that Stallone's health insurance company tried to sue him for fraud after he got out of the hospital. See, the punch Lundgren unloaded on Stallone with was to his chest, which shattered his ribs. And the x-rays were thought to be consistent with that of a collision from a vehicle. Which just goes to show how insanely strong Lundgren is- *if* the story is true!
@@dbluwlf3596 Stallone at his prime was around 5’9”. Not huge at all. Lundgren was 6’5”. Much bigger, a trained fighter, faster reflexes, and had power.
Are you sure about that? I always thought the way Apollo twitched when he fell was him (acting) dying. I never heard of anyone twitching like that from simply falling unconscious. Dead yes.
@@Trusteft ... I said he was going in and out of consciousness and trying to get up during the conscious moments. Had to be a little scary when he finally 'came to', remembering fading in and out and not being able to really do anything! From what I read, he apparently had a medic staying with him for a few, or several, hours afterwards - to make sure he wasn't going to have what the medicos call 'sequelae'.
Two parts I absolutely love in this movie: Right before the fight when Paulie tells Rocky if he could be anyone else in this world it would be him, also when Apollos trainer tells Rocky "you cut him! You see! He's not a machine, he's a man!" I also feel bad for Ivan, his coach calling him an idiot for not beating Rocky. It's not that easy to beat a man with an iron will like Rocky has.
Not to mention that Ivan has never had a professional boxing match before, and he is facing the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. I dont care how strong you are or how great an amateur record you have, if your first fight is against the world champion, you are in deep shit. The fact that a guy with a 0 fight record managed to go 15 rounds with the world champion is nothing short of a miracle, infact its a better achievement than Rocky's against Apollo in the first movie, since Rocky had had many professional fights prior, even if they were low card fights. People fail to realise that at the end of this movie, Drago still hasnt made his professional debut, since his fight with Apollo was an exhibition and his fight with Rocky was unsanctioned. So he still has a 0-0-0 record.
@@Bodanki Not actually. Drago may not have had pro bouts, but he was 100-0-0 and an Olympic champion, he knows how to box. Rocky's lifetime record is 57-23-1, and he is a brawler wearing gloves. Nearly all of those 81 fighrs were "professional" only because he got paid a pittance, not because of the quality of the fights. Apollo cleaned Rocky's clock in both bouts. Rocky busting a couple of Apollo's ribs was the only reason Rocky won, Apollo wasn't able to breathe right and was bleeding internally, which combined to weaken Apollo. If that rib shot didn't land, Rocky would never get the strap. Here, Drago hurts Rocky but can't keep him down. Right after the cut, Rocky gets a boost. "He's not a machine, he's a man". At the same moment, Drago refers to Rocky as like a piece of iron. The fight turns not on skill., but on their respective shifts in confidence. Drago is the better boxer, and he's stronger. But he lost heart. He started reacting to Rocky and slugging instead of sticking to his own advantages and using his reach to keep Rocky back.
Not his coach. That was a Politburo functionary. Zampolit, or political officer. A boxing coach or trainer would know better than to get physical with a boxer in mid-bout.
Great reaction! I love how you were so genuine for your country you don't have to apologize to us. Not people who are decent at least. It was so nice to see a perspective from you watching this movie. Thank you!
semen flooded your brain? where was she authentic to her country? all the time she was writhing like a black man gets in the face. are you blind or is your brain flooded with semen? 33:35
The actor that played Paulie, Burt Young passed away a couple days I wanted to see some Rocky Reactions, it was great seeing a Russian Girl react to this movie, thanks for sharing this! I saw this movie a few times in the movie theater as a kid with my cousins it was such a great movie in that time period, cheers! I hope our countries can find peace again!
Nice Reaction, you have a warming Heart, no matter what happens in the World, the most People are like you on this Planet and this Matters. Greetings from Germany.
A good movie that shows people can change. Great reaction video young lady. It is to bad our leaders can not see the advantages of just getting along. I love how Rocky's wife always gives him the strength and spirit to do his best.
Wauw what a great movie and how beautiful seeing your reactions during the movie. It left me breathless at some times. One of the greatest movies of all time in my opinion. I love the phrase: 'If I can change, you can change, everybody can change!' How actual these days.
You gotta understand a warriors spirit never gives up. It’s just the warrior and the fighter in Apollo. “If you have nothing worth dying for you aren’t fit to live”
I remember being around 11 or 12 when this came out in the theaters, even people in the theater were chanting ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY! Ahhh the good old days
Love to watch a reaction of a russian young person about american movie... about the Soviet Union. And singing the himn... So great. Thanks so much!!! Kisses from Spain!!
The kind of music they play right after the movie,is the kind of music I listen when I go to sleep on. It works for me. I have "Insomnia,so it's uplifting. And I'm glad to see you happy and I definitely don't want you to feel alone. You're my favorite "Russian "RUclipsr 💐🙌
His training location was Siberia. Hence all the snow. Also, that plane wasn't supposed to represent the physical state of all Russian planes, just the ones flying to remote outposts like where his training camp was located. The actual filming site was in Wyoming, I believe.
Great reaction!! The place they filmed where it snowed was actually Canada, to let it look like Russia. I just thought I'd let you know!! It was so cute when you sang with the old Russian National Anthem!! One thing about movies is, they don't always correctly translate the languages!! Your reaction was awesome!!
Thanks for reacting to this. It's great to see a reaction to this movie not only because it's a classic, but because of your background. Very interesting.
As a youngster, I remember jumping up and down in my living room during the Rocky vs Drago fight. It was so intense, I loved everything about this movie! Hell, I even bought the soundtrack which is one of my favorites till this day. As an adult, I realized this movie was a perfect example of an anti-russian / pro-american propaganda during the Cold war era. Nice reaction video, though, Irina!
I loved your reaction... This was my 1st timing watching your channel... I boxed golden gloves along with my cousin here in Kansas city... After losing in the semi-finals I quit... But my cousin kept going and eventually signed a contract with Don King Ent. Sadly, he died in the ring. 21 headbutt in what was supposed to be a tune up fight at the Harrah Casino in Kansas City... His name was Randy "The Natural" Carver... So yeah, deaths really occur in the ring... So this movie as much as I love it, just hits different... Sorry for the long story but thanks for letting me share. SALUTE to you!!!
Wow, you are gorgeous. Its hard to see past your beauty ❤but your emotions and reactions were great. Loved when you sang along to old USSR national anthem. Hard to believe this film is 39 years old and most watched it time.
I love your expression during the anthem. I don't think the producers realised that they used the old Stalin version of the anthem and not the 1977 version.
Great to see you back doing movie reactions Irina! Letting you know that there is another version of this movie, completely recut by Sylvester Stallone during the lockdown, which explores and expands Ivan Drago's character in much more depth. Feel free to do a reaction of the recut any time!
Rocky is amazing. I watch it every single year. On November I go through the entire series and watch all the movies with my wife. Rocky is not a boxing movie. It's a long running story about a man's life. From start to finish. The ups, downs, losses, victories, falling, and all the twists and turns. From enemies becoming friends to losing family to carrying on with all that life throws at you and learning that each time you think you've hit a stride there is a life hit coming your way. You can't dodge it you can only take the hit and the end of the Rocky story should be his death. The idea that life goes on even when we are gone. We can leave an impact but in the long run life will one day move on without us. I see Creed 3 or 4 being the final piece of the Rocky story and if not then they have missed the point completely.
The actor that played the Russian Ivan Drago was Dolph Lundgren (Swedish)......Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982. He holds the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980-81.
Ivan Drago actor, Dolph Lundgren is actually Swedish. Despite the stereotypical views he’s got from his roles the guys an actual genius. Has an IQ of 160 and graduated MIT in chemical engineering. He’s also a great martial artist too. A 4th Dan Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate. Sylvester Stallone had commented that getting hit by Dolph felt like getting hit by a speeding car, “he is the car” and suffered many severe injuries throughout filming. Even Apollo actor Carl Weathers almost called it quits on the 4th movie cause of how hard Dolph hits
I googled the known number of fatalities in the boxing ring it said that since 1889 there has been 1876 recorded deaths due to fatal injuries during a boxing match.
Welp, I'm late again. I've seen this movie before, years ago. It was much more enjoyable today. Thank you for your time and energy. It is worth it. RussianReaction smile activated! Have a great evening. Worst fan has left the arena.
@@ninjavigilante5311 Russian women are just hot man, this woman here is drop dead gorgeous. I challenge any guy to find a woman in America that's NOT rich that looks anywhere near as good as this Russian woman here.
Fighters are warriors. Rocky understood what Apollo was talking about thats why he had to fight Drago. Its more then about pride and ego its about the challenge.
I have many good memories with the first 4 Rocky movies as I was a kid back then and they were some of the most popular movies. The older brother of a friend of mine loved the looks of Drago so much he not only trained (nothing professional), but he also tried to have the same exact hairstyle. Fun times.
Hello, I just want to say first that I think you have wonderful reaction videos and I am very happy to watch them! Next, I don't know if someone else here in the comments already mentioned this, but when Rocky was training that wasn't really Russia. This movie was made in 1985 when the Cold War was at one of the worst times. Animosity between the USA and the USSR was very high. The Soviet Union would never allow an American movie to come film in Russia, especially a movie like this. They filmed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the Grand Tetons mountain range which is part of the "Rocky" Mountains 😉 In the movie they were supposed to be in Krasnogourbinsk, Siberia. However, it was only two years later that an American movie *was allowed* to come to Russia to film. By 1987 Gorbachev had become the Premier and had started his progressive doctrine of Glasnost. The Cold War started to thaw at this time. Ironically, the movie that was allowed to come film in Russia was an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, who has always had a rivalry with Stallone in regard to their movies. The entire first act of the film takes place in Moscow where Schwarzenegger plays a Soviet police officer. He ends up going to America to chase a criminal and teams up with an American cop. At this time in the 80's a sub-genre of film had become very popular, the "buddy cop movie" where very different types of police officers were paired up into unlikely partnerships. The movie made a lot of news because it was the first movie allowed to come film in Russia in many years. The movie is called Red Heat, in my opinion it is a good movie but not great. There is another sports movie I highly recommend, this one is about baseball and is based on a true story. Just after the fall of the Soviet Union, a former player and coach of a Major League Baseball team is hired to come to Russia to bring baseball to the country and to teach Russian athletes to play baseball, and to form a national baseball team for Russia. This is a very feel good movie about good sportsmanship and friendly rivalries. This movie was made in the 90's so at this time they were allowed to come film in Russia with much less of an issue. The movie is called Comrades of Summer, I recommend it. Finally, I wanted to recommend one more movie, it is called Moscow on the Hudson, it came out in the early 80's. In this movie Robin Williams plays a musician who defects from the Soviet Union and becomes an American immigrant. This is a movie focuses on Robin Williams' character but is a sweet story about immigrants in general. Robin Williams, of course, is great in this film. Best Regards!
She’s need to watch rocky 3 I promise you she’ll 😢 cry for sure. When part rocky lost his manger Mickey and Stallone made that cry sound real it made me 😢 cry she’s going to need a tesho for sure 😢😢😢😢😢
I never hated and feared a character as much as Ivan Drago as a kid. I remember the first time I watched this on TNT, I was balling my eyes out when Creed died. When Creed 2 came out I was so excited watching the sons of these warriors suffering for the sins of their fathers.
OOF! I'm so sorry I missed the live watching, Irina! 😱 I had to be out all night taking care of business. It's so nice to see that you have finally seen Rocky IV now. Now, just waiting for Dasha to watch it. ⌚️ 😶🌫️😄 I remember when this movie came out, because my childhood was before the fall of the Soviet Union. So, naturally I love seeing things like the fall of the Iron Curtain and people coming together, like you.
I'm new to your channel, and I love these reactions from different channels. When you said you didn't remember that much snow in Russia. Well, that's because the snow scenes are in Jackson Hole Wyoming lol.
Nice to see you relax and have a good time. Really! Glad to be there when you were able to get some girly girl moments in the continuing love story that is Rocky. We all knew things would get better for him once Adrian showed up in Wyoming or Montana or Canada or wherever his simulated Russia was. Still great chemistry between them. Sylvester and, that blonde chick, Brigitte N. worked together again in a cop movie Cobra. It's okay but not great. Most of the people who watched seemed to like it. Oh, he has a great car in the movie. She made a sword and sorcery thing with Arnold S. "Red Sonja ". That Dolph fellow is a big dude about 6ft 5 or 6. Dolph has made a bunch of action things but I don't recall any light action comedies the way Sly has. I had a good time Irina. Hug Montana
The ring announcer in 3 and 4 is the famous sports artist Leroy Neiman. He did many sports paintings and the painting at the end of 3! Pro tip...if u watch Creed, u will find out who won the private fight between Rocky and Apollo!!
The object on the Russian car is tire chains. The rubber compound in tires gets hard and loses traction when in cold weather tire chains hold the whole tire while the weight of the vehicle presses the metal chains into the ice creating a great amount of traction on ice snow and mud
Irina, I loved your reaction video. Your reactions to Apollo's death were touching. It was essential to the story for Apollo to die. He did it all for pride, but no one would have taken Ivan seriously otherwise. It was essential to the story. Rocky loved Apollo as much as he did everyone and he fought Ivan first for the love, then he saw it brought people together too. I was sad too the first time I saw it. That excercise Rocky was doing is called a Dragon Flag. Bruce Lee used to do this.
I’m so proud that you support our country of the USA 🇺🇸. I will always appreciate immigrants who come here for the right reasons and live by our rules and support our way of life. Welcome to America.
Trivia: Sylvester Stallone decided that for the shooting of the fight, he and Dolph Lundgren (Drago) should hit one another for real, so as to increase the intensity of the scene. After doing three takes of Rocky taking shots to ribs, Stallone felt a burning in his chest, but ignored it. Later that night, he had difficulty breathing and was taken to a nearby emergency room. It was discovered that his blood pressure was over 200, and he had to be flown on a low-altitude flight from Canada to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where he remained in intensive care for four days.
Carl Weathers (who played Apollo Creed) walked off the set one day because Dolph was being so rough during their fight (under similar circumstances) it delayed shooting for a few days while Sly had to negotiate with him to get him to return. In the end, Dolph agreed to "take it down a notch". But Sly and Weathers have since said Dolph could have easily been a professional boxer.
So since the US and Soviet Union were in bad relations at this time, this movie could not be filmed in Russia. Instead the training in Russia scenes were all filmed in the state of Wyoming.
No matter what's happening in the world, never apologize for loving your country.
Great reaction.
I loved that she knew the words to the OLD Soviet Anthem. Shows she is connected to her history.
@@VadulTharys New anthem and old is not that different it just words that are change like they will say russia instead ussr
I sure don't love my country anymore. Canada has one of the most corrupt governments! O freedom here and most Canadains are just sheep with no clue of whats going on. They have no problem trampling over disabled people with horses and then joking about it later.
@Richard Craig I am Black and Tsa'Lagi mixed (Cherokee) I served and am disabled because of it. I love this nation so much I offered to die for it. I would still if needed.
@Richard Craig That is true I grew up in Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi in the 1960, and early 1970s. My earliest memory is my father carrying me to his truck as we ran from our house while a group of white sheet wearing democrats burned a cross in our front yard. Having gone to Africa and being insulted for being a "Slave" regularly while in Kenya, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. I came to understand how very different a person like myself and other Blacks in the US history and experiences are. Entitled people like Harris who never really lived anywhere where people were not bending over to cater to you have no idea.
Irina, as a former kickboxer, I'll take Rocky's tough outside training method over Drago's comfy inside gym--Outside cold air gives you extra wind. Running on rough , uneven snow-covered terrain beats any treadmill or skip rope. Dragging the sled (Power core and legs) , chopping wood outside, (Gives u an excellent overhand right) By the way, since 1981 40 boxers have died from injuries sustained in the ring.
Give mma a little more time, it will surpass that number eventually
That number probely would have been slightly higher if they had not dropped the old standard of 15 rounds to 12 rounds after that Ray Mancini fight.
And you notice it's rarely heavyweights that die. Never heard of any dying honestly.
@Richard Craig yepp. But it's rarely in the heavyweight division. Benny the kid parret, levander Johnson, Patric Day, Jimmy Doyle, etc most of the deaths in boxing are in the lighter weight divisions
@Richard Craig oh ok. I got u
Greatest training montage ever by far. The music, 80's vibes, parallel training sequences. Just everything.
Both Drago and his girl were played by Scandinavian actors, both over 6 feet tall. The Drago actor was a real kickboxer and very educated. He injured Stallone's heart in a fight rehearsal. Creed was played by a former NFL player. The Creed character was patterned after Muhammed Ali.
All facts
"If he dies, he dies"
This line is better then all the iconic Terminator one liners... It's so cold.
_"Fuck you asshole."_
Sorry, I could't help it! :p
I love how in Creed II they told much more of Drago's story and made him into a very sympathetic character.
Now we have three families in this series... Balboa, Creed and Drago
i was in the military during the Cold War and we all loved this movie.... I mean, cold war is better than real war, but no war is even better.
Nothing sympathetic about Drago's character I don't get why people say that.
@@oblongbox5110 its called allowing people to evolve and grow as they learn from past mistakes.
Drago was used by the state and then later the state and everyone, including his wife, abandons him and we see him decades later as a good father who loves his son dearly. And also that his son is more important to him than winning a boxing match.
Nobody is saying that he's an angel, just that he's grown and matured and evolved and we get to see good qualities in him.
So hopefully this explains some of why people say that.
@chandie5298 I see your point. Let me ask you a question, someone beats one of your loved ones to death father mother Etc. And then brags about killing them. If you saw them years later with their son or daughter would you walk up to them and say I forgive you for killing my loved ones?
@@oblongbox5110 Absolutely not.
However, I am me and I'm not Rocky so everything you just said has no relevance whatsoever.
You didn't actually see my point.
That's just as a-hole segue into then saying... "let me ask you a question" and then launching into a condescending scenario...blah blah blah.
Were I Rocky, I would likely not forgive him. But I'm the viewer of a film.
I wonder if you've done anything in your past and have since grown and learned from your mistakes..... haha.. of course not. Your perfect.
met Dolph Lundgren at a convention, he mentioned during this movie that Stallone asked him to throw some real punches for the close-up shots. Dolph obliged...Stallone went to the hospital with swelling around his heart after the real punches. Dolph was worried for a few days that he might have killed Stallone
It's interesting to see a reaction to this movie from a Russian point of view, at least in your case it was cool because you treated it as entertainment instead of being upset with the fact the Russian was the villain in that story. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
I've been waiting for......almost 40 years for a real Russian Reaction to this movie.
THANK YOU!
This was my mother's favorite Rocky movie, may she R.I.P. Thank you for this!
I love you son. Thanks 4 shouting me out.
This is one of my favorite Rocky movies of the series; it's short and to the point. I first saw this film when I was a kid back in the 80's and the soundtrack is still awesome after all of these decades. Thanks for reacting to this!
A real caricature of how russia and russians were seen by the west and especially the US in the 80's during the cold war.
Dolph Lundgren is a swedish actor though.
"Growing up, we were taught that you were the enemy. And you were taught the same thing about us. And we were both wrong. It's the French."
Billy Crystal, Live From Moscow
The divide people felt during the cold war cannot be overstated. Today we can scoff at it but only those who lived the period know the feeling of not knowing if the next day the end of the world was gonna happen, it seemed the divide would be eternal. Only the people who visited Russia really understood the extent of the degradation of the soviet system(parts where looking outside the window of planes was prohibited, small bath towels and etc).
@@kinsmart7294 way overstated. I lived the period, and nobody was worried about the next day being the end of the world. Both sides took mutual assured destruction very seriously.
@@kinsmart7294it's full lie about Windows in planes
The Soviet Union is not a Russia. Soviet citizens are not Russians all the time. Drago was not Russian.
Ivan Drago has roughly SIX LINES the whole movie.
And yet, ironically, due to his build, his looks and character being so "cold"... Ivan Drago is ICONIC in the Rocky series. His name STILL (decades later) brings to mind Rocky's toughest opponent, Rocky's biggest fear, Rocky's most "personal fight".
And to think, Dolph Lungrend has a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, a Black Belt in Karate and was an European Champion, won a scholarship to MIT, speaks (not fluently in all) 5 different languages... and is possibly one of the most "educated actors" around.
Funny Story: Due to his reputation as a "tough guy", 3 robbers broke into his family home and tied up his wife and threatened her. When they saw a family photo and realized WHO they were robbing...... they untied the wife and FLED, TAKING NOTHING.
And, indirectly, who forced Rocky retirement.
@@rvelezbarreda an accumulation of fights caused Rocky to retire. Specifically his eye.
@@oblongbox5110 Sure, but the fight with Dragp It was the straw that broke the camel's back, the brutal punishment received in that fight ended up aggravating the brain damage he was carrying, his eye was the least of it, at the end of the fight with Drago he ended fatally, with tremors in his hands, they did not prohibit him boxing for his eye, but for the brain damage he had
It is funny every movie every time they show Russia it’s always winter hilarious.
The Soviet Union is not a Russia
In Russia, their summers are 50 below. Their winters are 100 below.
When you said that Apollo fell like he was already dead, it was because he was actually unconscious! Before the filming for that scene, Carl Weathers told Dolf Lundgren not to hold back, to 'sell the scene' to the audience and make it believable. So Dolf was *actually* punching him, and _knocked him out cold!_ So he went down for real. When you see him laying there twitching, he was going in and out of consciousness, and trying to get up at those moments when he was conscious.
Something similar happened with Stallone during a practice session. Stallone told Lundgren to give him everything! And Lundgren actually _is_ a trained martial artist, and _was_ in the kind of excellent shape that he seemed, in the movie. So when Stallone and he started punching, Lundgren actually 'unloaded on him'! Stallone ended up in the hospital for 3 or 4 days, and they weren't actually sure he'd come back completely! Apparently, he was, at first, briefly in a coma; they had to delay resuming production until Stallone could start doing scenes again.
I think all that might be considered 'taking realism too far'!
P.S. - by the way, I think you have great heart, able to see how people can be! I love that!
To add to that story, I *heard* that Stallone's health insurance company tried to sue him for fraud after he got out of the hospital. See, the punch Lundgren unloaded on Stallone with was to his chest, which shattered his ribs. And the x-rays were thought to be consistent with that of a collision from a vehicle. Which just goes to show how insanely strong Lundgren is- *if* the story is true!
@@dbluwlf3596 Stallone at his prime was around 5’9”. Not huge at all. Lundgren was 6’5”. Much bigger, a trained fighter, faster reflexes, and had power.
Are you sure about that? I always thought the way Apollo twitched when he fell was him (acting) dying. I never heard of anyone twitching like that from simply falling unconscious. Dead yes.
@Richard Craig I see. Well, you said it all. :)
@@Trusteft ... I said he was going in and out of consciousness and trying to get up during the conscious moments. Had to be a little scary when he finally 'came to', remembering fading in and out and not being able to really do anything! From what I read, he apparently had a medic staying with him for a few, or several, hours afterwards - to make sure he wasn't going to have what the medicos call 'sequelae'.
Two parts I absolutely love in this movie: Right before the fight when Paulie tells Rocky if he could be anyone else in this world it would be him, also when Apollos trainer tells Rocky "you cut him! You see! He's not a machine, he's a man!" I also feel bad for Ivan, his coach calling him an idiot for not beating Rocky. It's not that easy to beat a man with an iron will like Rocky has.
Trainer: "He's not a machine, he's a man!"
Drago: "He's not human."
Not to mention that Ivan has never had a professional boxing match before, and he is facing the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. I dont care how strong you are or how great an amateur record you have, if your first fight is against the world champion, you are in deep shit. The fact that a guy with a 0 fight record managed to go 15 rounds with the world champion is nothing short of a miracle, infact its a better achievement than Rocky's against Apollo in the first movie, since Rocky had had many professional fights prior, even if they were low card fights. People fail to realise that at the end of this movie, Drago still hasnt made his professional debut, since his fight with Apollo was an exhibition and his fight with Rocky was unsanctioned. So he still has a 0-0-0 record.
@@Bodanki Not actually. Drago may not have had pro bouts, but he was 100-0-0 and an Olympic champion, he knows how to box. Rocky's lifetime record is 57-23-1, and he is a brawler wearing gloves. Nearly all of those 81 fighrs were "professional" only because he got paid a pittance, not because of the quality of the fights. Apollo cleaned Rocky's clock in both bouts. Rocky busting a couple of Apollo's ribs was the only reason Rocky won, Apollo wasn't able to breathe right and was bleeding internally, which combined to weaken Apollo. If that rib shot didn't land, Rocky would never get the strap. Here, Drago hurts Rocky but can't keep him down. Right after the cut, Rocky gets a boost. "He's not a machine, he's a man". At the same moment, Drago refers to Rocky as like a piece of iron. The fight turns not on skill., but on their respective shifts in confidence. Drago is the better boxer, and he's stronger. But he lost heart. He started reacting to Rocky and slugging instead of sticking to his own advantages and using his reach to keep Rocky back.
Not his coach. That was a Politburo functionary. Zampolit, or political officer. A boxing coach or trainer would know better than to get physical with a boxer in mid-bout.
Great reaction! I love how you were so genuine for your country you don't have to apologize to us. Not people who are decent at least. It was so nice to see a perspective from you watching this movie. Thank you!
Apologize for what, dummy?😂
semen flooded your brain? where was she authentic to her country? all the time she was writhing like a black man gets in the face. are you blind or is your brain flooded with semen? 33:35
The actor that played Paulie, Burt Young passed away a couple days I wanted to see some Rocky Reactions, it was great seeing a Russian Girl react to this movie, thanks for sharing this! I saw this movie a few times in the movie theater as a kid with my cousins it was such a great movie in that time period, cheers! I hope our countries can find peace again!
wow thank you for the background, ty for the comment and watching with me
Nice Reaction, you have a warming Heart, no matter what happens in the World, the most People are like you on this Planet and this Matters. Greetings from Germany.
Thank you so much 😀
A good movie that shows people can change. Great reaction video young lady. It is to bad our leaders can not see the advantages of just getting along. I love how Rocky's wife always gives him the strength and spirit to do his best.
Wauw what a great movie and how beautiful seeing your reactions during the movie. It left me breathless at some times. One of the greatest movies of all time in my opinion. I love the phrase: 'If I can change, you can change, everybody can change!' How actual these days.
That was a fun experience watching with you live) Great job with the editing by the way!
You gotta understand a warriors spirit never gives up. It’s just the warrior and the fighter in Apollo. “If you have nothing worth dying for you aren’t fit to live”
I remember being around 11 or 12 when this came out in the theaters, even people in the theater were chanting ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY! Ahhh the good old days
@Richard Craig the 80s were the good old days dummy
They did that in the UK too. I was eight when this came out and when he floored Drago the bloody place came unglued.
@@theradgegadgie6352 epic times
The exterior shots in Russia were filmed in British Columbia, Canada
The Russian car has chains on the wheels for better grip on the very icy road
I used to live in that area lol.. outside of Vancouver.
Love to watch a reaction of a russian young person about american movie... about the Soviet Union. And singing the himn... So great. Thanks so much!!! Kisses from Spain!!
One of the exercises Rocky did in his training montage is one that Bruce Lee did for his workout routine. It's called the Dragon Flag.
I love it when you start singing
The kind of music they play right after the movie,is the kind of music I listen when I go to sleep on. It works for me. I have "Insomnia,so it's uplifting. And I'm glad to see you happy and I definitely don't want you to feel alone. You're my favorite "Russian "RUclipsr 💐🙌
His training location was Siberia. Hence all the snow. Also, that plane wasn't supposed to represent the physical state of all Russian planes, just the ones flying to remote outposts like where his training camp was located. The actual filming site was in Wyoming, I believe.
And Canada as well
Wisconsin I think
@@michaelblaine6494 There are no mountains of that magnitude in Wisconsin.
@@ninjavigilante5311 Yep
I am happy that your patriotic but you can still love Rocky Balboa thank you for the video. You are a very beautiful Russian.
Great reaction!! The place they filmed where it snowed was actually Canada, to let it look like Russia. I just thought I'd let you know!! It was so cute when you sang with the old Russian National Anthem!! One thing about movies is, they don't always correctly translate the languages!! Your reaction was awesome!!
Thanks for reacting to this. It's great to see a reaction to this movie not only because it's a classic, but because of your background. Very interesting.
The Actress playing Drago’s Wife Is Model /Actress Bridgette Nielsen who at the time was Sylvester Stallone’s Wife. She was a very tall person herself
she's gorgeous, ty for telling me didn't know
As a youngster, I remember jumping up and down in my living room during the Rocky vs Drago fight. It was so intense, I loved everything about this movie! Hell, I even bought the soundtrack which is one of my favorites till this day. As an adult, I realized this movie was a perfect example of an anti-russian / pro-american propaganda during the Cold war era. Nice reaction video, though, Irina!
@Richard Craig Don't get me wrong, R3 was a good one too! Basically every movie up until R5 is good or very good. It's a downhill from there...
I loved your reaction... This was my 1st timing watching your channel... I boxed golden gloves along with my cousin here in Kansas city... After losing in the semi-finals I quit... But my cousin kept going and eventually signed a contract with Don King Ent. Sadly, he died in the ring. 21 headbutt in what was supposed to be a tune up fight at the Harrah Casino in Kansas City... His name was Randy "The Natural" Carver... So yeah, deaths really occur in the ring... So this movie as much as I love it, just hits different...
Sorry for the long story but thanks for letting me share. SALUTE to you!!!
YEAH, this is my favorite Rocky movie. yeah, that speech at the end gets me too.
Wow, you are gorgeous. Its hard to see past your beauty ❤but your emotions and reactions were great. Loved when you sang along to old USSR national anthem. Hard to believe this film is 39 years old and most watched it time.
Thank you so much!!
I love your expression during the anthem. I don't think the producers realised that they used the old Stalin version of the anthem and not the 1977 version.
Great to see you back doing movie reactions Irina! Letting you know that there is another version of this movie, completely recut by Sylvester Stallone during the lockdown, which explores and expands Ivan Drago's character in much more depth. Feel free to do a reaction of the recut any time!
Rocky is amazing. I watch it every single year. On November I go through the entire series and watch all the movies with my wife. Rocky is not a boxing movie. It's a long running story about a man's life. From start to finish. The ups, downs, losses, victories, falling, and all the twists and turns. From enemies becoming friends to losing family to carrying on with all that life throws at you and learning that each time you think you've hit a stride there is a life hit coming your way. You can't dodge it you can only take the hit and the end of the Rocky story should be his death. The idea that life goes on even when we are gone. We can leave an impact but in the long run life will one day move on without us. I see Creed 3 or 4 being the final piece of the Rocky story and if not then they have missed the point completely.
The actor that played the Russian Ivan Drago was Dolph Lundgren (Swedish)......Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982. He holds the rank of 4th dan black belt in Kyokushin karate and was European champion in 1980-81.
What the hell? I havnt been getting notifications, I had to look this up. I have all notifications on as well.
The scenes in Russia where Rocky trains was actually filmed in Wyoming, and the fight was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
Love this movie. Haven't seen it in awhile. Thanks for sharing emotions with it. Takes it to another level. Peace
This was a great reaction. this was one of my favourite Rocky Movies.
Ivan Drago actor, Dolph Lundgren is actually Swedish. Despite the stereotypical views he’s got from his roles the guys an actual genius. Has an IQ of 160 and graduated MIT in chemical engineering. He’s also a great martial artist too. A 4th Dan Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate.
Sylvester Stallone had commented that getting hit by Dolph felt like getting hit by a speeding car, “he is the car” and suffered many severe injuries throughout filming. Even Apollo actor Carl Weathers almost called it quits on the 4th movie cause of how hard Dolph hits
It's very worthwhile to have reacted to this movie! you're a great woman!!
I googled the known number of fatalities in the boxing ring it said that since 1889 there has been 1876 recorded deaths due to fatal injuries during a boxing match.
with the end... its crazy that Gorbatschow was an iconic hero all over the world but kinda like hated in russia until today.
Welp, I'm late again. I've seen this movie before, years ago. It was much more enjoyable today. Thank you for your time and energy. It is worth it. RussianReaction smile activated! Have a great evening. Worst fan has left the arena.
I have to be honest. Russia is absolutely beautiful landscape. Breath taking views
I had a great time watching the movie with you live! I hope we do that again!
Ahhhhhhhhh.. Where's the rocky 3 reaction ???????
Beautiful reaction. Thank you
Such a great reaction/review keep up the fantastic work ❤❤❤
The Melody of the Russian Anthem is so beautiful and powerful!🥰
Thanks for your real reaction 😊
Seeing a Russian girl singing along with the anthem of the Soviet Union was… interesting. Not wrong, just interesting.
It was actually pretty hot to hear her sing that.
She is proud of her country in some ways.. nothing wrong with that
@@ninjavigilante5311 Russian women are just hot man, this woman here is drop dead gorgeous. I challenge any guy to find a woman in America that's NOT rich that looks anywhere near as good as this Russian woman here.
@@mr_m4613 My wife?
@@mr_m4613 she pretty but calm down.
How many people remember this from the context of the Cold war? I imagine younger folks watching this today don't have the same feeling.
Fun fact: The Russia scenes were actually filmed in Wyoming.
Wyoming is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. I sure hope liberals stay out of it. They ruin everything they touch.
Fighters are warriors. Rocky understood what Apollo was talking about thats why he had to fight Drago. Its more then about pride and ego its about the challenge.
IN THE WARRIOR CODE THERE IS NO SURRENDER
Excellent reaction & always enjoy your perspective, comments.
Don’t want to sound redundant but this is my favorite reaction to anything ever
Outstanding review!
Well done…
I have many good memories with the first 4 Rocky movies as I was a kid back then and they were some of the most popular movies.
The older brother of a friend of mine loved the looks of Drago so much he not only trained (nothing professional), but he also tried to have the same exact hairstyle. Fun times.
I truly love your reaction to Apollo dead and Adrian arrival... from Costa Rica a big hug and I hope you can see the others movies too.
Nice reactions to this movie, Irina!🎬👏🏽Apollo's death was very sad.😢 I saw this in the theater in 1985. About 2,000 boxers have died in the ring.
Those tears are universal to everyone
amazing movie
I absolutely love your reactions!
Hello, I just want to say first that I think you have wonderful reaction videos and I am very happy to watch them!
Next, I don't know if someone else here in the comments already mentioned this, but when Rocky was training that wasn't really Russia. This movie was made in 1985 when the Cold War was at one of the worst times. Animosity between the USA and the USSR was very high. The Soviet Union would never allow an American movie to come film in Russia, especially a movie like this.
They filmed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the Grand Tetons mountain range which is part of the "Rocky" Mountains 😉
In the movie they were supposed to be in Krasnogourbinsk, Siberia.
However, it was only two years later that an American movie *was allowed* to come to Russia to film. By 1987 Gorbachev had become the Premier and had started his progressive doctrine of Glasnost. The Cold War started to thaw at this time.
Ironically, the movie that was allowed to come film in Russia was an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, who has always had a rivalry with Stallone in regard to their movies. The entire first act of the film takes place in Moscow where Schwarzenegger plays a Soviet police officer. He ends up going to America to chase a criminal and teams up with an American cop. At this time in the 80's a sub-genre of film had become very popular, the "buddy cop movie" where very different types of police officers were paired up into unlikely partnerships. The movie made a lot of news because it was the first movie allowed to come film in Russia in many years. The movie is called Red Heat, in my opinion it is a good movie but not great.
There is another sports movie I highly recommend, this one is about baseball and is based on a true story. Just after the fall of the Soviet Union, a former player and coach of a Major League Baseball team is hired to come to Russia to bring baseball to the country and to teach Russian athletes to play baseball, and to form a national baseball team for Russia. This is a very feel good movie about good sportsmanship and friendly rivalries. This movie was made in the 90's so at this time they were allowed to come film in Russia with much less of an issue. The movie is called Comrades of Summer, I recommend it.
Finally, I wanted to recommend one more movie, it is called Moscow on the Hudson, it came out in the early 80's. In this movie Robin Williams plays a musician who defects from the Soviet Union and becomes an American immigrant. This is a movie focuses on Robin Williams' character but is a sweet story about immigrants in general. Robin Williams, of course, is great in this film.
Best Regards!
I love your beautiful eyes. My ex-girlfriend was Russian. Her eyes were just as beautiful as yours. She passed away in 2020, she was 26. I miss her.
I’ve noticed that your English is getting better every time I watch❤
Finally...
The newest reaction video from you!😃
Спасибо большое, Ирина!💋💋💋💖💖💖
Hello Gorgeous Russian lady l love this reaction ❤️❤️❤️❤️ this a Rocky movie 🎥 classic Rocky 4 is a classic movie 🎥🍿
I liked your reactions they seem genuine and not over exaggerated. You are cute. Rest In Peace Apollo. 😪
Terrific reaction -- you have such a huge heart -- love it!
She’s need to watch rocky 3 I promise you she’ll 😢 cry for sure. When part rocky lost his manger Mickey and Stallone made that cry sound real it made me 😢 cry she’s going to need a tesho for sure 😢😢😢😢😢
The sound track for this movie is so good
Love it !! Plus your personality is very good !! I love it
Great reaction as usual.
I never hated and feared a character as much as Ivan Drago as a kid. I remember the first time I watched this on TNT, I was balling my eyes out when Creed died. When Creed 2 came out I was so excited watching the sons of these warriors suffering for the sins of their fathers.
OOF! I'm so sorry I missed the live watching, Irina! 😱 I had to be out all night taking care of business. It's so nice to see that you have finally seen Rocky IV now. Now, just waiting for Dasha to watch it. ⌚️ 😶🌫️😄 I remember when this movie came out, because my childhood was before the fall of the Soviet Union. So, naturally I love seeing things like the fall of the Iron Curtain and people coming together, like you.
i saw this movie with my Daddy when it first came out! USA! USA! USA!
I'm new to your channel, and I love these reactions from different channels. When you said you didn't remember that much snow in Russia. Well, that's because the snow scenes are in Jackson Hole Wyoming lol.
Hey model Irina! This is my favorite Rocky, and it also has my favorite Rocky song on it "Hearts on fire"! ❤️🔥🔥😀
Nice to see you relax and have a good time. Really! Glad to be there when you were able to get some girly girl moments in the continuing love story that is Rocky. We all knew things would get better for him once Adrian showed up in Wyoming or Montana or Canada or wherever his simulated Russia was. Still great chemistry between them. Sylvester and, that blonde chick, Brigitte N. worked together again in a cop movie Cobra. It's okay but not great. Most of the people who watched seemed to like it. Oh, he has a great car in the movie. She made a sword and sorcery thing with Arnold S. "Red Sonja ". That Dolph fellow is a big dude about 6ft 5 or 6. Dolph has made a bunch of action things but I don't recall any light action comedies the way Sly has. I had a good time Irina. Hug Montana
The ring announcer in 3 and 4 is the famous sports artist Leroy Neiman. He did many sports paintings and the painting at the end of 3! Pro tip...if u watch Creed, u will find out who won the private fight between Rocky and Apollo!!
Rocky spammed the punch attacked many times and did a combo also with the help of friendship 😁😁😁
What happened to Rocky 3 reaction?!
I was wondering that to! If she skipped it she just destroyed the whole franchise for herself🤦♂️
Hey Irina awesome to see you again, you are looking amazing,oh yeah good movie 🎥🍿
The object on the Russian car is tire chains. The rubber compound in tires gets hard and loses traction when in cold weather tire chains hold the whole tire while the weight of the vehicle presses the metal chains into the ice creating a great amount of traction on ice snow and mud
Irina, I loved your reaction video. Your reactions to Apollo's death were touching. It was essential to the story for Apollo to die. He did it all for pride, but no one would have taken Ivan seriously otherwise. It was essential to the story. Rocky loved Apollo as much as he did everyone and he fought Ivan first for the love, then he saw it brought people together too. I was sad too the first time I saw it. That excercise Rocky was doing is called a Dragon Flag. Bruce Lee used to do this.
The soundtrack alone, motivates you. Best soundtrack ever
Rocky four and Rocky series is film set a must have teaches you overcoming.
This movie was most definitely a product of it's time. In 1985, the USSR was very much the big bad guy in the U.S.
Ummmm...... Ukraine
Life was so much simpler then.
@@voodoochile333 What about it? That's Russia, NOT, the USSR. Ukraine was part of the USSR.
Great reaction. Thank you
I’m so proud that you support our country of the USA 🇺🇸. I will always appreciate immigrants who come here for the right reasons and live by our rules and support our way of life. Welcome to America.
Trivia: Sylvester Stallone decided that for the shooting of the fight, he and Dolph Lundgren (Drago) should hit one another for real, so as to increase the intensity of the scene. After doing three takes of Rocky taking shots to ribs, Stallone felt a burning in his chest, but ignored it. Later that night, he had difficulty breathing and was taken to a nearby emergency room. It was discovered that his blood pressure was over 200, and he had to be flown on a low-altitude flight from Canada to St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, where he remained in intensive care for four days.
Carl Weathers (who played Apollo Creed) walked off the set one day because Dolph was being so rough during their fight (under similar circumstances) it delayed shooting for a few days while Sly had to negotiate with him to get him to return. In the end, Dolph agreed to "take it down a notch". But Sly and Weathers have since said Dolph could have easily been a professional boxer.
Truth. Why can't we just all be friends first?
So since the US and Soviet Union were in bad relations at this time, this movie could not be filmed in Russia. Instead the training in Russia scenes were all filmed in the state of Wyoming.