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Then why see the movie? That's the better question. A scant hour and a half long, padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks even the primitive suspense and crude capacity to release underdog emotions that permitted its predecessors to conquer one's better judgment. The ritual this time celebrates only cynicism and, perhaps, star egotism. In Rocky IV, the underdog is the noise-mauled audience, and one can only hope that it will come off the canvas and take a hike. Or better still, refuse the rematch. --By Richard Schickel