One step. One punch. One round at a time.

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2018)

May contain plot spoilers if you haven't figured out the entire plot from the title and poster.
Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) is the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed who died while mom was pregnant. He has climbed the corporate ladder but feels incomplete because he is not a boxer. Not being able to secure a trainer in LA, he travels to Philadelphia where a reluctant Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) trains him and he also gets a love interest (Tessa Thompson). At this point the plot becomes more inane as it simply repeats the first film with different characters, if fact I was expecting to hear, "Cut me Mick" it was so grossly similar. Oh wait. It was Light Heavyweight, so I guess it was different.
I can't imagine this film catching on to a sequel, but then again I never imagined Hellraiser going into outer space either. I was disappointed primarily in the trite formula script. They even reused the sound track which was the best aspect of the film. I left the theater feeling, been there, done that, got the t-shirt several times over.
Now having said that, the acting was great. The plot was fan fiction quality. 3 1/2 stars
Guide: 1 quick F-bomb. No sex or nudity.