Good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2016)

"Creed" is a spin-off/sequel from the Rocky Balboa franchise and focuses on the story of Adonis Creed the son of the famous Apollo Creed. He yearns to become a professional boxer just as his father was, without being overshadowed by the name Creed. Therefore he seeks out Rocky Balboa, who becomes his trainer.
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" just recently proved that the fact being the 7th installment of a movie is not necessarily representing its quality. Similar conditions appeal here. "Creed" adds many new elements to the franchise and pays homage to it at the same time. Especially Adonis is a likable, multi-dimensional and interesting new protagonist portrayed by an outstanding Michael B Jordan, who redeems himself from the awful "Fant4stic" we had to witness last year. Additionally, Sylvester Stallone reprises his most famous role as Rocky Balboa and achieves to add new depth to this beloved character and in my opinion delivers the best performance of the movie.
Furthermore, the fight scenes are well made and edited, though for some inexplicable reason they didn't get me to the edge of my seat as they were supposed to do. In total the whole movie just was not as exciting to me as other movies of the franchise or genre! It definitely is a fun time watching it and has great character development but after witnessing the hype I just expected a little bit more!