An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
This movie contains 12 potentially triggering events.
Nothing graphic, but as it's a film about boxing it's unavoidable. Rocky himself also tells Adrian that his hands are sore and bruised after every fight.
In the final fight, Rocky is advised to keep punching Apollo in the ribs and not to let him breathe. Both fighters gasp for breath at times during the fight.
It’s not actually broken, but Rocky threatens to break a man’s thumb if he doesn’t pay a creditor. Rocky also has a pinkie that can bend backwards because of a fight
There's a teen girl in the neighborhood who hangs out with a group of boys and likes to cuss. Rocky lectures her, saying that if she keeps acting like that no boy is going to respect her and she's going to get called a whore.
Rocky doesn't let Adrian leave when she wants to, and it's presumed they have sex off-screen. However this relationship turns into a consentual, very happy relationship that's good for both Rocky and Adrian.