Frank Martin
Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?
American Commentator #2
록키는 친구 아폴로 크리드와 러시아 출신 복서 이반 드라고의 경기를 참관한다. 드라고는 소련이 정책적으로 키운 복서이며 첨단의 인체공학을 응용한 초현대식 훈련장비를 사용하여 강력한 파워와 테크닉을 갖춘 강철같은 사나이였다. 그는 록키에게 공공연히 도전하면서, 미국의 자존심을 건드린다. 록키를 대신해 크리드가 나서지만, 드라고의 적수가 되지 못한 크리드는 드라고에 의해 경기 도중 사망하게 되고, 록키는 크리드의 매니저에게 도움을 받아 크리드의 원한을 갚고 드라고와 맞서기 위해 소련으로 가는데...
