Creed II

**_Decent enough, but adheres far too rigidly to the_ Rocky _template_** > _I have not met one person who didn't like a_ Rocky _movie._ - Steven Caple Jr.; "How _Creed II_ Director Crafted His _Rocky IV_ Successor" (Mia Galuppo); _The Hollywood Reporter_ (November 21, 2018) Ryan Coogler's _…

I finally got around to this, and I think my issue with it is Adonis Creed. I kind of passed it over in the first one, because, honestly, it was just nice to see another Rocky movie, and you did see Creed train and fight and struggle a bit. What we have is a kid that grew up an orphan, but at …

Creed II takes pieces of the previous Rocky stories and is able to completely transform them into a better, more emotional story that can easily resonate with audiences. If I have one big complaint about this installment, it would be that the script steals almost every single story beat from Rock…

I like the 1st Creed alot. This one though is trying to be to much like the old rocky movie. He said he wants to be his own fighter. Yet the stories are just like the rocky movies.

This is the son of the grudge match, and it pitches the now reigning champion “Adonis” (Michael B. Jordan) against “Viktor” (Florian Munteau). Now this latter guy is the son of the “Drago” (Dolph Lundgren) and “Mrs. Drago” (Brigitte Nielsen) who got thumped by “Rocky” (Sylvester Stallone) way back i…