Rocky IV

Rocky IV was an extreme case of bias. This movie revolves around Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), an American boxing legend. After his mentor Apollo (Carl Weathers) was challenged to a fight by the new Russian boxer, Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren). Throughout this movie it seems like there is a lot of American propaganda. Rocky's family is very wealthy and they have lots of luxuries. When he travels to Russia it is snowing and bleak. The house he stays in has no common amenities like a television. Considering this movie seemed to be a big statement about the Cold War, it was implying how poor Russia is. To even train Rocky had to use techniques like running or doing cart lifts. The whole movie tries to show Russia as this poor, dangerous, and desolate country. Surrounded by mountains and snow in a tiny house. Even in the fight there was a lot of bias. It was obvious Rocky was going to win, he had taken several monster hits without getting much in return, but it had nearly no affect on him. After ten rounds of having his face pummeled Rocky finally decided to start fighting back. With inhuman endurance he managed to somehow beat Ivan Drogo. One of the more ridiculous parts was when the Russians started cheering for Rocky. They would never cheer against there own fighter. Imagine the Americans cheering for Ivan when he was killing Apollo. The whole point of this movie was to portray America as much better than Russia.