Rocky Balboa

Thirty years ago he was a man with no future, working for a small time loan shark on the South Side of Philadelphia.  When blind luck landed him the chance to enter the ring against reigning champ Apollo Creed, it was the million-to-one-shot of a lifetime.  And all he wanted was to go the distance.  His courage and perseverance, both in life and in the ring, gave hope to millions. 

Now, glory has come and gone and Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), the one-time Italian Stallion, spends his evenings telling old stories to the patrons of his restaurant, Adrian’s, named after his late wife, whom he quietly mourns. His son (Milo Ventimiglia) doesn’t want to spend time with him; he’s too busy trying to live his own life.  Time and knocks have humbled Rocky, deformed his fists, slouched his shoulders and taken away all he had except his old stories, but in his heart he’s still the same man. In his heart, he’s still a fighter.