Just watched this on DVD: Rocky as a robot, except that the robot is a better actor than Stallone. Well worth a rental or catching on the movie channels.
"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
Thinking about it some more, it's more of a blend of Rocky and "Over the Top", with the overall arc of Rocky and the father/son reconciliation from OtT.