Creed (2015)

Genre: Drama

Directed by: Ryan Coogler

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Time: 133 minutes

Adonis “Donnie” Johnson is the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed. After bouncing around from one group home to another, he is adopted by Creed’s widow. Now an adult, his goal is to follow in his dad’s footsteps as a boxer. After failing to get trained at the gym owned by a friend of the family, he travels from LA to Philly to seek out the help of retired boxer and friend/opponent of his dad, Rocky Balboa.

This film serves as the start of a sort of spinoff to the original Rocky franchise. The focus is no longer mainly on Balboa. The problem is that Stallone is so good here that Michael B. Jordan has a hard time keeping up at times. Nonetheless, Creed is a very good movie. It may feel like a reheated Rocky at times, but it all feels so genuine and real that you cannot help getting on board. The story is riveting and the acting is solid.

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