. It is the fourth and most financially successful entry in the Rocky
franchise. In the film, Rocky Balboa plans to retire from boxing after regaining his title from Clubber Lang in Rocky III
while an unknown amateur boxer from the Soviet Union
, Ivan Drago
(played by Dolph Lundgren
), makes a bid to enter professional boxing.
Ivan Drago
(Dolph Lundgren
), a highly intimidating 6-foot 5 inch, 261-pound Soviet boxer, arrives in America with his wife Ludmilla (Brigitte Nielsen
), and a team of trainers from the USSR and Cuba.
It ain't over until its over.
There's a lot I could say about this man, but I don't know if it matters now. I guess what matters is what he stood for, what he lived for, and what he died for. You always did everything the way you wanted it. And I didn't understand that, but now I understand. I'll never forget you, Apollo. You're the best.
No, maybe I can't win. Maybe the only thing I can do is just take everything he's got. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that. I don't know.
Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.
During this fight, I've seen a lot of changing, in the way you feel about me, and in the way I feel about you. In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than twenty million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!
We always have to be in the middle of the action 'cause we're the warriors. And without some challenge, without some damn war to fight, then the warrior might as well be dead, Stallion! Now I'm asking you - as a friend - stand by my side this one last time.
If he dies, he dies.
I must break you.
He's not human. He's like a piece of iron.
Rocky: Champ, look this fight's over. I gotta stop it.