Great boxing movie... One of the best in fact

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2016)

The first four Rocky movies were great, fave was part 2 and part 4 had the best fights.. The 15 round match that ended that film was epic in every sense... 5 was okay... Then over 20 yrs later he returned in Rocky Balboa.. Which was a great film... More a drama that led up the the fantastic fight at the end.. Now Creed, when I first heard about it I was like, this ain't gonna work... Creed's son?! Boy was I wrong, the characters of Adonis (the son) and uncle Rocky.. Was mesmerising to watch from the moment they met, right up until the end... Micheal B. Johnson is excellent in this, haven't seem him in many roles but this role he nailed perfectly... And Sly.. U made a Rocky 7 and I thank you for it... He was fantastic as the Legend come Trainer, as Mickey was to him all those years ago. I wont go into the story.. But it's a pretty sweet set up and once u start watching, you're literally gripped right up to the very last fight... Now the fights... U see Southpaw was a great film, more the drama aspect itself.. The actual fight I didn't think we're THAT good.. Not bad or anything but in Creed u feel every punch.. The fight scenes are some of the best you will ever see... Ahh the training, when Rocky starts him off by trying to catch a chicken running around the pen, it brings back fond memories... And lastly someone mentioned the main bad buy wasn't that sinister or something but as a fellow Brit, he nailed that role perfectly to.. I loved how the last fight was set in Liverpool at Goddison Park, home of Everton FC and when the audience starting chanting like it was a football match nice. And the so called Pretty Boy antagonist was very cock sure of himself and had that typically aggressive nature of a Liverpudlian bad boy u could tell he just wanted to end anyone he came across.. His comments to Adonis at the end of their fight was very nice and surprising touch as well.. I'll leave it there guys... This was am all round great Boxing film.. It had a lot of heart but it's Michael B. Johnson and Silvester Stallones performances that really stand out in this movie... Watch the fights also like I said before... Brilliant fight scenes..