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...

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 t...

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 eve...

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” (...