There really isn't any reason why we cannot have . . .

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2015)

. . . a Second Coming of CREED. For one thing, Adonis Creed "Donnie" Johnson is still alive at the end of CREED I. Secondly, his geriatric trainer Rocky Balboa has risen from his death bed to remain in the picture here through the final fight. Though many critics believe that Sylvester Stallone's dialect always has been somewhat akin to an Italian geezer recovering from a stroke, there are plenty of other old folks maladies left to endanger the Rocky Balboa character, without forcing Mr. Stallone to attempt the Herculean acting height of portraying what would essentially be a stroke victim squared. The erstwhile Rambo actor has attained the Real Life age where bouts with influenza are frequently fatal; "Can Creed cream corny pugs as Rocky fights flu?" sounds like a ready-made tag-line for the next CREED offering. This would give the scriptwriters an opportunity to have Mr. Adonis bellow out "Bianca, Bianca!" at the end of a tussle (which could become as memorable as a Mum-Yelled "Adrian!" by the original Rocky).