The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
The best Rocky film since the original, honouring the Stallone legacy while setting it in a different direction. Feel the need. The need for Creed.
Coogler and Jordan re-ignite their Fruitvale chemistry while Stallone delivers a knockout performance. Surprisingly effective, punchy and powerful, this Rocky rocks.
From the perfectly judged poignancy to the beautifully choreographed and brutal bouts, Creed certainly goes the distance.
Ryan Coogler has turned in a deft, likable cross-generational boxing flick with humour, as Rocky coaches the son of old adversary Apollo Creed.
Sylvester Stallone rises to the challenge of growing old.
A terrific surprise of a film.
Rocky has always been about heart and Creed has heart by the (spit) bucket load.
Coogler and Jordan bring an authenticity and intelligence that elevates Creed from the restrictions of a franchise movie.
What follows may be familiar fare, but Coogler somehow manages to revivify the series, aided by a punchy turn from Jordan and deceptively complex support from Tessa Thompson.
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