Unnecessary remake of Rocky 1

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2015)

The movie isn't that bad, but its basically just a remake of the previous Rocky movies, particularly Rocky 1. Its better than the awful rocky 5, but you are better off watching the original Rocky 1 another time instead of seeing this one. The story is the same, but the original Rocky has a lot more charm.
Stallone can play Rocky in his sleep, and Jordan does a decent job as the new "Rocky". However the chemistry between the lead characters isn't that great. I found it hard to believe their quickly formed friendship. The other characters don't get much screen time and are mostly unnecessary for the story. The relationship between Creed and his love interest Bianca is even more unbelievable than the friendship with Rocky.
In this movie Rocky is a tired old man that has no will to live anymore. Considering his greatest quality was never giving up its not exactly "in character" for Rocky. It just feels like they had to make Rocky more pathetic as a part of rebooting the franchise with Creed as the main character as they finally realized Stallone is too old to fight. I think i'd prefer it if they just made a standalone boxing movie without trying to reboot Rocky without Rocky(Stallone).