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Creed II (12A)

Drama

Sports drama in which a heavyweight boxer seeks to avenge his father's death.


The critical consensus

Given the never-ending production line of lazy inferior sequels, it’s such a joy to encounter one that feels necessary. Elevated by a central trio of winning performances and a director who provides equal weight to drama in and out of the ring, Creed II deserves to be cheered.

****(*)Benjamin Lee, The Guardian, 16/11/2018

Creed II is to Creed what the Rocky sequels are to the original: a more generic, less textured take on familiar boxing movie tropes. The difference, it seems, is Coogler.

***(*)(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 16/11/2018

Blow for blow Creed 2 is a closer match for its heavyweight predecessors than anyone dared hope. Transparently formulaic at times – but boy will it get your blood pumping.

****(*)Jordan Farley, Total Film, 25/11/2018

Creed's interactions with Rocky and Bianca remain charming, but the film doesn't quite have the heart of Coogler's original instalment.

***(*)(*)Katherine McLaughlin, The List, 26/11/2018

Good fun, but frequently misses decisive blows.

Kambole Campbell, Little White Lies, 27/11/2018

Even when the plotting is at its most clunky, the film never loses its raw emotional power.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 28/11/2018

Creed II is a winner, but it can't match the succession of devastating blows delivered by Ryan Coogler’s original film.

***(*)(*)Benjamin Rabinovich, The Skinny, 29/11/2018

While it all fits together neatly enough, there’s something a little schematic about it too, and as the plot turns soapy the film doesn’t land its emotional punches as well as it did first time round.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 29/11/2018

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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